Insertion machine job scheduling systems and methods

A method comprising:

• at a job management system, assigning a pick ticket for material needed by an insertion machine to complete a job to a warehouse stager;
• receiving, at the job management system, input indicating material associated with the pick ticket has been delivered to the insertion machine;
• and
• changing a status associated with the pick ticket to indicate the pick ticket has been completed.

A system comprising:

• a communications interface, to receive an insertion machine job;
• a data store to store the insertion machine job and setup information for a plurality of insertion machines, the setup information including job configuration information for at least a subset of jobs scheduled to the insertion machines;
• and
• logic, communicatively coupled with the data store, to evaluate each of the insertion machines based at least in part on the setup information and one or more criteria associated with the insertion machine job, to select one of the insertion machines based on the evaluation and to schedule the insertion machine job to the selected insertion machine.