Job Ticket Holders for Vehicle Maintenance Shops

Hi friends! This is Mallory and this time around, I have a personal story to tell you: I recently took my car to a local service shop for an oil change and general inspection. After a pleasant experience in the waiting room with my "Chefs" magazine I went to the front desk to pay for the service. I was shocked to find that the paperwork they presented me with was completely unorganized and had footprints and dirt all over them. I also noticed that the merchant's copies were simply paper clipped together (not even stapled!) with my personal and payment information, and set on top of a stack on the back desk, that I can only assume would end up in some kind of secure file cabinet at the end of the day (at least that is what I hope!). With identity theft being what it is today, and with my desire to have organized and clean paperwork, (I am not OCD, I swear!) I was clearly unhappy with the result. To top it off after they called me to the front desk they fumbled with the paperwork and had to obtain more from the service team that was missing, so I had to wait longer.

But what irked me the most is that there is an incredibly and simple solution to this problem: job ticket holders. They are used in many industries as a way to keep consistency for proper storage and filing, they often have a hole with a grommet at the top for easy hanging and binding with other pockets, and you can buy them in a ton of different sizes, styles, and even colors.

Job ticket holders (also sometimes called job jackets) are essentially heavy-duty pockets/sleeves that keep all of the bits and pieces of a single job together in one place. They are typically made of a vinyl or poly material for flexibility and durability. A service shop, for instance, would use them to hold job tickets, coupons to bring the client back again, and even the car keys (temporarily). In the marketing and advertising world, job jackets might contain layouts, printing specifications, quotes and purchase orders, vendor pricing, PMS color swatches and other graphics or samples associated with the project.

Here are some of the most popular job jacket styles:
• Black Trim Job Ticket Holders
• Black Back Job Ticket Holders
• Expandable Job Ticket Holder
• Neon Trim Job Ticket Holder
• Custom Job Jackets

If you want to make your jackets really spiffy (which is great for branding and promotions given to current and potential clients) then you can even get a job ticket holder custom printed with your logo, or any other information, on the front. Aside from printing, we have all of the equipment to create custom sizes, multi-pocket job jackets, special punched and closure jackets, and more!

By the way, I did pitch these products to the service manager when I received my jumbled and dirty papers, and dropped off a sample the next day. A couple days later I received a call from their purchaser ready to order several boxes because their employees were so happy to finally have some kind of system to keep items together and clean. While I will not be returning to see progress until my next car check-up is needed, I am sure they are putting these job ticket holders to good use.


Mallory Morsa, Binding101 Product Expert About the Author • Mallory Morsa has been the product expert at Binding101 since 2008, and has grown up in the industry. Every day she pushes herself to learn new information, incorporating real-life experiences to create solutions to the most common problems in the industry, and then present those solutions in a way that is easy to understand for everyone, from novices to experts.