What a traveler is
Tulip, a software vendor, describes a traveler as the document holding all the details about the materials and processes that went into an item.
It follows the job from operation to operation, so every station builds and checks the same thing. Tulip also calls it a job traveler.
Sources
- Manufacturing travelers: steps to digitize your product documentation (P. Lemay, 2025-01-23) - Tulip Interfaces (software vendor blog)
