What is SUPPLY-TO-ORDER?
‘supply-to-order’ includes both the familiar ‘assemble-to-order’ process in which a specific work order is created to build the item and ‘procure-to-order’ (or back-to-back orders) whereby a specific purchase order is created to fulfill the sales order demand. ‘Supply-to-order’ items are either standard items or (with OM Family Pack H) models that have the ‘assemble-to-order’ item attribute turned on. It is this attribute that launches the ATO workflows that deliver this feature. PTO models by definition cannot be ‘supply-to-order’, since turning on the ‘assemble-to-order’ attribute would make them an ATO model. But you can have the shippable options of a PTO model be fulfilled via back-to-back orders by checking the ‘assemble-to-order’ item attribute of those components.
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