ITEMS

ITEMS shows a list of the items in your MIS or ERP system.

DATALINK links COCKPIT to an MIS or ERP system that contains all the registered items. Consequently, the content of the ITEMS page is coming from the items in the linked MIS/ERP system.

  • Select the column header to sort on the content of the column.
  • Enter content in the field underneath the column header to narrow down the data in the column.

Link a file to an item

If a file in DELIVERIES has not been linked to an item yet, the item has status Wait for Customer Files. To link a file to an item:
  1. Go to DELIVERIES.
  2. Select one of the delivered PDF files.
  3. Select Link to open the dialog where you can select the item to link the file to.
  4. Select the item.
  5. Select Assign.
In ITEMS, the item has a preview and has changed to Waiting for Prepress. When you open the disclosure triangle of the item, the linked production file is displayed.

Flow

This is the flow in ITEMS:
  1. If the item does not have any linked files, the Item Status is Wait for Customer Files.
  2. If one or multiple files are linked to an item, the status changes to Waiting for Prepress. The Action Edit file is available.
  3. Start editing the file in PACKZ:
    1. Select Edit file. The status changes to Edit in progress and a folder Production is created in the Items subfolder, on the same level as the Original subfolder. This will allow you to compare the original file with the edited production file.
    2. Go to PACKZ > Window > Kiosk.
    3. Select the jacket. Since the workable is on hold, you can use the filter Hold () to narrow down the jackets list result.
    4. Open the file by selecting the link in the section FILES.
    5. Make the edits.
    6. Select Item Ready.
    7. Select Save And Submit. The workable continues.
  4. Go back to the item in the ITEMS list in COCKPIT. Under the disclosure button both the original file and the edited production file are available.
  5. The item status has changed to Send to QA. Two Actions are available: QA - approve and QA - reject.
  6. Before you can approve or reject the file, select the link Diff. This opens the file opens in PROOFSCOPE, where you can compare the edited production file with the original file.
  7. Go back to the ITEMS list in COCKPIT and select an Action: QA - approve or QA - reject.
    • If you select QA - approve, the file is QA approved and the customer approval starts.
    • If you select QA - reject, the file is QA rejected. The status changes to Correction and the file needs to be corrected. After correcting the file, select Action Send to QA to resend the file for QA approval.
  8. If the file is internally approved with the Action QA - approve, the customer approval starts. The customer receives an email with a link to open the file in PROOFSCOPE and approve or reject the file with the decision buttons.
    • If the customer approves the file, the status changes to Ready for Production.
    • If the customer rejects the file, the status changes to Correction and the file needs to be corrected. After correcting the file, select Action Send to QA to resend the file for QA approval.