Understanding the Job Order Detail Form

Background

The job order detail form is composed of numerous elements.

 

(Note: In the below sections/text, the numbers in (bold parenthesis) refer to the annotations in the above screen-shot)

 

Layout Composition

An explanation of these elements can be found below:-

#

Element

Description

1

Job Order Number

Job Order numbers are recorded in the following syntax <job_order>/<stroke_number> where:-

 

For a newly raised job:-

 <job_order>  is the next sequential number and <stroke_number> is /1

 

For a duplicated job:-

 <job_order> is identical to be previous job, but <stroke_number> is incremented by 1 from the previous job's  <stroke number>

See How to Raise a New or Duplicated Job for how jobs are raised, and Understanding Job Number Syntax for information regarding the numbering method.

2

New Record Icon

Will cause a new job order record to be created. Clicking this button from here, will initiate the raise a new/duplicate job process.

3

Job Order Header Fields

These fields hold vital information about the job order, such as:-

 

  • Whom the job order is for

  • What is the customer's internal reference for their order,

  • Who are the internal sales and production contacts within your organisation is responsible for the customer order.

  • The date by when the customer job order needs to be completed.

 

See How to Populate Job Header Fields for more details.

4

Job Order Tabs

The job order detail form has various tabs, each of which has various sub-components which are displayed when the tab is active

To make a tab active, click the tab name.

In the above example, you can see that the Processes tab has been made active.

5

Process Panes

This pane records the Process Lines required on a job order from its origination until completion.
A process line outlines at a high level the department(s) which must perform one or more tasks associated with the customer order.

Once all the required processes are undertaken and finalised, the customer order will have been successfully processed.

The following example process lines  exist:-

  • Art
  • Embroidery
  • Print Digital
  • Print Screen
  • Other Processes
  • Quality Control


A customer job order may require one or more process lines.
It is important to note that for each process line recorded in here, there will be one or more detailed tasks associated with it

 

The list of process lines is maintainable in system preferences. See How to add Department Values for more information

See How to Add Process Lines to a Job for details of how to add and populate process line records on a job order.

 

6

Resource Allocation Pane

This pane is visible within the processes tab and records the machine(s) will be involved to do the work outlined for each of the process lines, together with the scheduling details of when that work should occur.
See How to Add Scheduling Information for a Process Line for more information.

7

Garment Sheet Pane

From within this pane :-

 

  • You can view any garment sheets that are associated to a job order
  • Add one or more garment sheets to the job order.

 

Garment Sheets essentially detail the garments which will be used (known as blanks ) for a job order ("the inputs"), together with their corresponding decorated (printed / embroidered) with artwork garments that will be created as a result of the processes outlined on the job order ("the outputs").

See How to Populate Garment Sheets Required on a Job for more details on how to add and populate garment sheets.

8

Fulfilment Pane

From within this pane :-

  • You can view any Fulfilments that are associated to a job order
  • Add one or more fulfilments to the job order.


Fulfilment
is the term used to describe the process by which decorated products are organised and delivered to a customer, and thus removed from the warehouse and related stock list.
See:-

for more details on what constitutes, how to create and how to populate, a fulfilment.

9

Job Order Footer fields

These fields hold information regarding particular customer specifications to use.
See -How to Populate Job Footer Fields for more details

 

 

Related Topics

How to Raise a New or Duplicated Job

Understanding Job Number Syntax

How to Populate Job Header Fields

How to Populate Job Footer Fields

How to Add Process Lines to a Job

How to Add Scheduling Information for a Process Line

How to Populate Garment Sheets Required on a Job

Entering Fulfilment Information