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English translation: defining the "printing job"

12:15 Oct 2, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing
English term or phrase: jobbing
I would like some help regarding the meaning of the word ''jobbing'' in this context (a user guide):

''Prism Win is a Management Information System (MIS) created specially for the graphic arts and printing industries. It is a whole package that allows companies to perform estimating, jobbing, job costing and tracking, accounting, scheduling, inventory purchasing, and sales ordering and management.''
or

''The Prism WIN MIS encompasses a full accounting suite, estimating and jobbing, job costing and tracking, inventory and purchasing, scheduling, sales management and sales ordering.'' ( http://tinyurl.com/jz6qex8 )

What exactly happens at the ''jobbing stage''?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Grzegorz Mysiński
Poland
Local time: 07:32
Selected answer:defining the "printing job"
Explanation:
this software Prism WIN MIS is meant for printers to keep track of what they are doing; if you look at the whole list

estimating,
jobbing,
job costing and tracking,
accounting,
scheduling,
inventory purchasing, and
sales ordering and management

"jobbing" comes before "job costing and tracking" and after "estimating" so it ought to be:

defining the "printing job" (format, type of paper, number of pages, number of copies etc ...) IOW dividing the work to be done for one client in one or more "jobs", and specifying each "job".

if you look at any software used to control printers attached to a PC, printing is done by "jobs" with more or less the same options that would also apply to printing done by a printing shop.

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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:32
Grading comment
Thank you very much Daryo.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3defining the "printing job"
Daryo
3 +2(estimating) performing job as unit or set piece
Yvonne Gallagher
4 +1scheduling
Jennifer Levey
4 -1work sourcing
Châu Nguyễn
4 -2(hiring people to) do occasional jobs/to work by the piece
Margarida Martins Costelha


Discussion entries: 4





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(estimating) performing job as unit or set piece


Explanation:
usually "jobbing" means a set piece or unit of work

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Note added at 8 mins (2016-10-02 12:23:21 GMT)
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probably no.5 were for computers

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jobbing
5. Computers A program application that may consist of several steps but is performed as a single logical unit.

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 06:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, breaking down into jobs (= tasks), or the reverse, grouping together... for things that might be done by different departments, on different sites, outsourced, etc.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks:-) yes, unit(s) of work = "jobs" or tasks to be performed
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
20 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
work sourcing


Explanation:
In my Project Management System, the usual stages would be planning, task delegation, costing of tasks, sourcing people to do those tasks. With the description of the program, I think it is something similar to my system. And also considering the definition of jobbing (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jobbing), I think jobbing is sourcing people to do the job.

Châu Nguyễn
Vietnam
Local time: 12:32
Native speaker of: Native in VietnameseVietnamese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: this software is for printing shops that do themselves the printing, not for middlemen
5 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
(hiring people to) do occasional jobs/to work by the piece


Explanation:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobbing

Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Not in this specific context, and not in the way it is being used here.
3 hrs
disagree  Daryo: this software is for printing shops that do themselves the printing, not for middlemen
3 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
defining the "printing job"


Explanation:
this software Prism WIN MIS is meant for printers to keep track of what they are doing; if you look at the whole list

estimating,
jobbing,
job costing and tracking,
accounting,
scheduling,
inventory purchasing, and
sales ordering and management

"jobbing" comes before "job costing and tracking" and after "estimating" so it ought to be:

defining the "printing job" (format, type of paper, number of pages, number of copies etc ...) IOW dividing the work to be done for one client in one or more "jobs", and specifying each "job".

if you look at any software used to control printers attached to a PC, printing is done by "jobs" with more or less the same options that would also apply to printing done by a printing shop.



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much Daryo.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
57 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
12 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Didier Fourcot: Also splitting into standard units that can be compared to a trade schedule for costing, matching the customer's request to a set of standard operations: http://www.imprimez-moins-cher.com/brochure-depliant,fr,8,18...
14 hrs
  -> Merci!
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
scheduling


Explanation:
In this specific context, "jobbing" refers to the scheduling of tasks relating to the making of an individual product (a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.) in a way that optimises the use of the print company's resources (typesetters, print machines, folders, trimmers, binders, etc.).

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 01:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: could make sense, but don't you need first to define each "printing job" before you try to find a slot for them?
11 hrs
agree  acetran
12 hrs
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