Title: Barcode Job Cards for Work Orders | ZMOS URL: https://zudoworks.com/zmos/barcode-job-cards/ Description: Every ZMOS work order prints a job card with a QR code and barcode, so the floor issues material, logs labour and completes steps on the right job. Updated: 2026-11-03 ZMOSPrint, scan, record # Barcode job cards that follow the work A work order in ZMOS prints a job card PDF with a QR code and a Code 128 barcode. The card follows the work through the shop; a phone camera or a keyboard-wedge scanner reads it back, so issues, returns, labour and completed steps land on the right job without typing a number. [Try ZMOS free](https://app.zudoworks.com/signup) [Book a 20-minute demo](https://zudoworks.com/contact/) - Job card PDF with QR code and Code 128 barcode - Camera scanner on the phone: EAN, UPC, Code 128, Code 39, QR, Data Matrix, PDF417 - Keyboard-wedge scanners work as they are - Routing steps start and complete in sequence ![The ZMOS work order form with part, quantity, due date and routing steps](https://zudoworks.com/Asset/img/zmos/work-order-form.webp) A work order; the job card and barcode print from its header. Sample data. ## What is on the card and what it does 1. **Header and barcode** Job number, item, quantity, due date, customer reference and status, with a QR code and a Code 128 barcode. The card opens in an in-app viewer and prints as a PDF. 2. **Materials** Planned quantities from the bill of materials, scrap included, against issued and returned per component. The Issue form takes the warehouse, the quantities and a reason for any over-issue. 3. **Routing** Ordered steps with the work centre and planned hours. Steps start and complete in sequence, pending, running, done. 4. **Labour and cost** Hours at the work-centre rate, material at moving-average cost, total and per unit. The cost is on the card when the job closes. 5. **Lifecycle** Draft, released, in progress, completed, closed. Each move notifies the job's creator, writes the audit log and fires the job webhooks. 6. **Photos and signatures** Attachments on the job and on its movements, so an inspection photo or a sign-off travels with the record. ## Scanning on the floor The scanner is a page in the app; nothing is installed. 1. **Open Scan** The camera opens with a framing guide, a permission explainer, vibration and a spoken result. 2. **Read the card** The QR or barcode opens the job. Formats: EAN-13 and 8, UPC-A and E, Code 128, Code 39, QR, Data Matrix and PDF417. 3. **Record** Issue material, return offcuts, start or complete the step, attach a photo. 4. **Offline** Records made offline queue and sync in order when the connection returns; the pending count shows in the top bar. ## Where this fits, and where it does not A barcode job card is the cheapest way to get accurate issues and labour from a small floor. It is not a full shop-floor terminal system with machine telemetry; ZMOS records what people scan and enter. For a 10 to 50 person shop that is usually the right amount of system. - Barcode generator is a built-in enterprise feature of ZMOS - The phone app installs as a web app with an install prompt - Any keyboard-wedge scanner types the code into the search box - Money and status changes never post offline ## In numbers codes on each card: QR and Code 128 : 2 barcode formats the camera reads : 8 lifecycle states from draft to closed : 5 cost on the card the day it closes : Per unit Watch it work ## See this part of ZMOS on video Recorded in the product itself, narrated in English, start to finish. [![Video thumbnail: Chapter 16. On the shop floor](https://zudoworks.com/Asset/img/zmos/work-order-form.webp)Chapter 16. On the shop floor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AptIFS1Jo&t=3583s) 59:4316. On the shop floor The job card on the floor: scanning, issuing material and logging the work. The clip starts at this chapter of the full two-hour build; every step is on sample data and the current version. [All 38 chapters and the 20-minute tour](https://zudoworks.com/zmos/videos/) ## Questions buyers ask Short answers. The [pricing page](https://zudoworks.com/zmos/pricing/) covers plans and the trial. ### Related - [Job costing](https://zudoworks.com/zmos/job-work-and-costing/) - [Production and bills of materials](https://zudoworks.com/zmos/production-and-bom/) - [The stock ledger](https://zudoworks.com/zmos/stock-ledger/) - [Quality: inspections, NCRs and CAPA](https://zudoworks.com/zmos/quality/) Does ZMOS print barcodes? Yes. Every work order has a job card PDF with a QR code and a Code 128 barcode, printed from the job page. The barcode generator is built in; no label software is needed. What scanner do I need? None in particular. The phone camera scans eight formats through the app's Scan page, and a keyboard-wedge scanner simply types the code into the search box. Can material be issued by scanning? Yes. Scanning the card opens the job; the Issue form takes the warehouse and quantities, and the movement posts to the ledger as a job issue. Does it work without internet on the floor? Some records queue offline and sync in order when the connection returns. Money and status changes never post offline, so a job is not closed from a dead zone. How does labour get on the job? Routing steps carry the work centre and planned hours; starting and completing a step records the hours at the work-centre rate, which feeds the job cost.