Know which jobs actually made money — before the quarter closes, not at tax time.
WorkTickets is the routing, traveler, and job-costing layer for CNC, sheet metal, welding, and plastics job shops — one-tap clock-in, live WIP, and actual-vs-quoted labor, without the cost or scope of full ERP.
- 3-day free trial · No credit card required
- Built for 5–50 employee job shops
- No ERP implementation project
- Exports to QuickBooks
The cost of doing nothing
Three costs your current system will never show you
Every one of these is money already leaving a 5–50 employee shop each year — it just never appears on a line item.
No actual-vs-quoted labor feedback loop
$15,000–$40,000/yr
Quotes are built from feel and memory. Nobody knows which jobs actually made money until year-end tax prep, if ever.
“Where is job X?” requires walking the floor
~$8,000/yr
30–45 minutes a day of owner or supervisor time spent answering a question a screen should answer instantly.
Scrap and rework never attributed to the causing operation
$5,000–$12,000/yr
The same error recurs job after job because nothing structurally links a scrap event to the operation that caused it.
$28,000–$60,000/year — quantified cost of doing nothing.
How WorkTickets closes each one
A routing, a traveler, and a clock event — that is the whole loop
Routing and traveler builder → structured actuals
Every traveler is generated from a defined routing, so every operation clocked has a standard time to compare against. That is what makes actual-vs-quoted possible at all.
Live WIP dashboard → instant job lookup
A work-center queue view showing what is waiting and what is running, refreshed as clock events post. Search by job number, part number, or customer instead of walking the floor.
Scrap logging tied to the operation → root-cause loop
A scrap entry without an operation is not a valid record. Attribution is structural, so the recurring-defect pattern finally shows up in the data.
Features
One focused product, no ERP bloat
Routing & traveler builder
Ordered operations, work centers, and standard times per part number — printed or on screen.
One-tap kiosk clock-in
Shared shop-floor kiosk or individual mobile login, with setup/run/waiting/rework reason codes on every punch.
Live WIP dashboard
Work-center queue view answering “where is job X” in under two seconds.
Actual-vs-quoted labor comparison
Operation-level actuals measured against the routing's standard times.
Burden-rate job costing
Burden and machine rates per work center, recalculated whenever rates or hours change.
Scrap/rework logging
Every incident tied to the specific operation within the specific job that caused it.
How it works
Three steps to first numbers
- 1
Build a routing
Define the operation sequence, work centers, and standard times for a part number once.
- 2
Print or view the traveler
Generate the traveler from that routing — on paper with a barcode, or on a screen at the machine.
- 3
Clock in and see the numbers
Operators tap in and out per operation. WIP, actual-vs-quoted labor, and job costing update as they go.
ROI Calculator
What is quoting drift and floor-walking actually costing you?
Enter six numbers you already know and see the recoverable figure — plus which tier fits your job volume.
Estimated annual savings
$85,482
with Professional · 2,041% ROI · payback in 0.6 months
- Underpriced labor from quoting drift
- $56,250
- Floor-walking time
- $10,920
- Scrap and rework
- $22,500
Example — based on 75 active jobs/month. Recommendation based on inputs you provided; actual savings will vary.
Templates
Not ready for software? Start with a template.
Ready-to-use spreadsheets and forms for shops not ready for full SaaS — or as a companion to it.
Job Costing & Quoted-vs-Actual Workbook
Quoted hours in, actual margin out — the Job Costing & Quoted-vs-Actual Workbook compares every operation on the job against what you quoted.
$99
Machining Shop Traveler System
Part number and routing in, printable traveler and live WIP log out — the Machining Shop Traveler System tracks every operation from setup to done.
$79
Guides
Traveler, routing, and job-costing guides for job shops
Travelers & Routing
Shop Travelers and Routers: The Complete Resource Hub
The complete resource hub for shop travelers and routers: what they are, how to build them, vertical variants, and the move to digital.
Job Costing
Job Costing for Job Shops: The Complete Resource Hub
The complete resource hub for job-shop job costing: rates, burden, actual-vs-quoted, and profitability, organized from fundamentals to advanced.
Job Costing
OEE vs Job Costing: Which Metric Answers Your Question
OEE and job costing answer different questions. Why a small job shop starts with 'did the job pay?' before worrying about equipment effectiveness.
Pricing
Pricing that clears its own cost of inaction in month one
Essentials
$199/mo
Solo owner/GM piloting the workflow on one shop floor
Professional
$349/mo
Shop supervisor running the full workflow across a mid-size floor
Business
$599/mo
Multi-work-center shop wanting full burden-rate costing
Enterprise
Starting at$1,199/mo
Larger job-shop groups or those requiring SSO/dedicated support
Start with the numbers you already have
Run your own figures through the ROI calculator, or start a 3-day free trial and build your first routing today.
- No credit card to start
- Cancel anytime
- Data exportable as CSV
The cost of the status quo
$28K–$60K/year
the typical cost of quoting drift, floor-walking, and unattributed scrap for a 5–50 employee job shop