Zip multiple files or folders but keep the file name

These two example files need to be compressed into one zip
20150113-Signs-R04.eps
20150113-Signs-R04.jpg
As you know the the default name of the zip becomes:
Archive.zip
I would like it to be:
20150113-Signs-R04.zip
I understand the ZIP utility cannot do this. However, I was hoping there is an Applescript that would help me get it done.

This Automator Workflow should do what you want.
(You can also save as an Automator Service (delete the Ask for Finder Items Action) that you can access by selecting files in Finder then right click):
mv "$1" "${2%.*}".zip

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iTunes gives each track in the database a unique ID and knows the path that the file is supposed to live on. If you replace the original file with a different file of higher bitrate that has the same filename then iTunes will use that new file next time it wants to play the track. When it does so it will also read the tag and update itself if any of the information is different.
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