Production jobs

A ‘production job’ in EmbroideryStudio is essentially one design on one garment. It is defined as:

3A discrete embroidery design

3To be stitched on a specified product in a specified location

3For a specific order number relating to a specific customer on a specific order date

3For a specified order quantity, broken down by color / size / quantity.

A customer order might sometimes require multiple production jobs. If so, you use separate EMB files for each job in the order. To see all jobs for a specific order, list designs by order # or customer, etc.

Multiple production jobs in one order

If a customer order requires multiple production jobs, separate EMB design files are created for each one. You can handle this in one of two ways. Either define a different internal order number for each job with a common stem. For example:

Job

Order #

File Name

1

12345-1

DesignFile

2

12345-2

DesignFile

Alternatively, use the same order number and distinguish the job by file name. For example:

Job

Order #

File Name

1

12345

DesignFile-1

2

12345

DesignFile-2

Design status

Design Status is managed by company staff who change the status manually when relevant. Designs can be searched, grouped, and managed by status. The droplist contains the following default values:

Status

Usage

1-Requested

Customer Service or Sales requests a new design to be digitized.

2-Assigned

Digitizing manager assigns to an embroidery digitizer.

3-Digitized

Digitizer finishes – design is ready for internal review.

4-Not Ok

Digitizing was checked and found faulty – needs to be fixed.

5-Ok

Digitizing was checked and found ok – Sales rep to send to customer for checking and approval.

6-Sent to Customer

Sales rep has sent the design to customer for approval.

7-Approved

Sales rep records customer approval.

8-In Production

Production manager indicates the job is in production.

9-Job Done

Production manager signs off when production job is done.

A staff member sets the status to indicate what he has done, not what is to happen next. Other staff monitor status via the Design Library in order to know when they are supposed to take subsequent action, and update status when they have done so.

Grouping & sorting production jobs

Company staff can use Design Library to see all jobs related to one order by searching or sorting by order number. You can also:

3Group by: Design Status, Customer, Order, Order Date, Order Due, Product Type

3Sort by: Design Status, Customer, Order, Order Date, Order Due, Product Type