Delayed billing when die/tooling usage is not captured to jobs

$10,000–$25,000 in lost/underpriced bids monthly; incorrect job costing masks true profitability; cash tied up in unprofitable jobs; margin degradation • $10,000–$25,000 in monthly margin loss from inaccurate costing; unprofitable jobs not flagged until post-production; cash tied up in mispriced work • $10,000–$40,000 cash flow delay

After jobs ship, customer service and scheduling teams chase operators and maintenance by email or on the floor to find which dies were used and whether any refurb/regrind occurred, then update an Excel cost sheet or manual surcharge table before invoicing. • After realizing that tooling charges are missing from a shipment or invoice, Customer Service and Plant Admin teams chase down details via emails, phone calls, paper travelers, and ad‑hoc Excel lists, then ask operators or toolroom staff to reconstruct which die was used, how many impressions or cycles were run, and whether refurbishments occurred. • At the end of the shift or week, production supervisors, packaging design engineers, and QA managers huddle with planners and finance to reconstruct which dies were used on which jobs by cross-checking paper travelers, Excel logs from the tool crib, email/WhatsApp messages, and people’s memory before billing or adding tooling charges.