A cutting ticket is a document attached to bundles of cut fabric pieces, identifying the style, size, color, quantity, and cutting details for production tracking.
What's on a Cutting Ticket
- Style number, size, and color - what was cut
- Number of pieces and ply count - how many, from how many layers
- Cutting date and cutter ID - when and by whom
- Marker reference - which layup the pieces came from
Why Tickets Matter
Cutting tickets provide traceability through the entire production process. If a defect appears in sewing, the ticket traces it back to the exact cutting batch, date, and operator. They also keep bundles from being mixed up - a wrong-size bundle sewn into finished garments is an expensive mistake.
FAQs
- Is a cutting ticket the same as a bundle ticket?
- Closely related - bundle tickets travel with sewn bundles; cutting tickets originate at cutting.
- Are cutting tickets still paper?
- Many factories now use barcode/RFID, but paper tickets remain common.
- Who creates cutting tickets?
- The cutting department, from the production order.
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