# How to Close a Job in JobBOSS2 > Source: https://netray.co/erp-help/jobboss2-how-to-close-a-job > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: ERP Help ## Short answer A job in JobBOSS2 will not close cleanly until every routing operation is marked complete, all material has been issued or returned, and all labor and cost transactions are posted. Review the job's Work In Process detail first, clear any open items, then change the job status to Complete and run final job costing before it is locked. ## Kind how-to ## System small-erp ## Erp JobBOSS2 (Shop Management Software by Global Shop Solutions) ## Module Job Management / Job Costing ## Query how to close a job in JobBOSS2 ## Alternate Queries - JobBOSS2 job will not close - how to mark a job complete in JobBOSS2 - JobBOSS close job order steps - JobBOSS2 job status stuck open ## Applies To JobBOSS2 (cloud shop management system) and the legacy JobBOSS desktop client, for both make-to-order job shops and job-based manufacturers. ## Steps ### Close a job in JobBOSS2 without leaving orphaned WIP **Items:** Open the job in Job Management and review the routing (operations) list; every operation must show a completed quantity equal to the required quantity, or be explicitly marked done. Check the Time Clock / labor entries tied to the job; if a shop floor employee is still clocked into an operation on this job, that operation cannot be fully closed until the clock entry is closed out. Review material issues against the job's bill of material - confirm all required raw material has been issued, and return any excess material through a proper material return transaction rather than leaving it as an open shortage or overage. Run the job's Work In Process (WIP) report or job detail screen to confirm there is no remaining open labor, material, or outside processing cost sitting against the job. Resolve any outside processing (subcontract) purchase orders tied to the job - the PO must be received and the vendor invoice matched before the associated operation can be considered complete. If the job ships against a sales order, confirm the shipment and invoice have been processed, since some shops tie job closure to the shipping and invoicing step for costing accuracy. Change the job status to Complete (or Closed, depending on your JobBOSS2 configuration) and review the final job cost summary - estimated versus actual material, labor, and overhead. Once costs are confirmed correct, lock or archive the job so no further postings are accepted against it. ## Sections ### Why a job refuses to close **Body:** JobBOSS2 will not silently close a job that still has open cost commitments, because doing so would corrupt WIP and job cost reporting. The most common blockers are an operation left in progress because an employee forgot to clock out, a partial material issue that was never reconciled, or an outside processing PO that is still open on the purchasing side. Rather than forcing a close, JobBOSS2 expects each contributing transaction type - labor, material, outside processing, and overhead - to be resolved on its own screen first. Trying to close the job before that just returns a validation message pointing at the unresolved category. ### Reconciling labor and time clock entries **Body:** Time Clock entries that are still open against an operation keep that operation, and therefore the job, from reaching a completed state. Before closing, check for any employee still clocked in against the job's operations and close those clock entries with the correct actual hours, even if that means manually entering an end time for a shift that was not properly clocked out. This step matters for costing accuracy as much as for closing the job - actual labor hours against each operation drive the variance between estimated and actual job cost, which is the number most shop owners actually care about. ### Material and outside processing cleanup **Body:** Any raw material issued in excess of the bill of material needs a deliberate decision: return it to inventory, or accept it as scrap and let it flow into the job's actual material cost. Leaving it unresolved distorts both the job's cost and the on-hand inventory count for that part. Outside processing operations depend on the linked purchase order being received and invoice-matched. A job with an open subcontract PO for heat treat or plating, for example, will show that operation as incomplete even if the parts physically came back from the vendor, until the PO paperwork catches up. ## Pitfalls - Closing a job before the outside processing vendor invoice arrives, which locks in an estimated cost instead of the actual vendor charge. - Forcing an operation complete without checking whether an employee is still clocked into it, which leaves a dangling labor transaction. - Ignoring small material overages as immaterial, which accumulates into meaningful cost variance across dozens of jobs. - Closing a job that has not yet shipped when your shop's process ties revenue recognition to the shipment, creating a mismatch between job cost and invoiced revenue. - Not reviewing the job cost summary before closing, and only noticing a large estimate-to-actual variance after the job is locked and harder to adjust. ## Ai Angle ERPray grounded on JobBOSS2 job, routing, and time clock data can flag which jobs are sitting with open clock entries or unreconciled outside processing POs before someone tries to close them, and answer a shop supervisor's plain-language question like which jobs are ready to close today without them running through every screen by hand. ## Faq ### What happens if I close a job with an open time clock entry? **Answer:** JobBOSS2 generally blocks the close or flags the operation as incomplete. You need to close out the clock entry with correct hours first, even if that means a manual correction for a shift the employee forgot to clock out of. ### Can I reopen a job after it is closed? **Answer:** Depending on your JobBOSS2 permissions and configuration, closed jobs can often be reopened by an administrator, but doing so regularly is a sign the close checklist is being skipped rather than a normal workflow step. ### Does closing a job automatically release material shortages? **Answer:** No. Material shortages or overages need to be resolved through proper issue or return transactions before closing; closing the job does not clean up inventory discrepancies on its own. ### Should I close a job before or after invoicing the customer? **Answer:** Most shops close the job after shipment and invoicing so job cost and revenue line up in the same period, but the right order depends on how your shop ties job costing to sales order fulfillment. ## Search terms JobBOSS2 how to close a job, JobBOSS job will not close, JobBOSS2 job status stuck, JobBOSS job costing close checklist, JobBOSS2 time clock open entry, JobBOSS work in process report, close job order shop management software, JobBOSS2 job complete vs closed --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json