?Make-to-Order? and ?Assembly-to-Order?
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:17 am
These are 2 of order flows that needs product shipping and inventory updates, could someone tell us the differences?
<b>Make To Order</b>
Standard products are designed and published in catalogs. The actual product is built on receipt of customer order. Customer might be able to choose certain characteristics optionally. An example of this would be machine building. Each customer order may have an associated project to manage the production and delivery schedule
<b>Assemble To Order</b>
These are also standard products and are often configured by customers. you don't wait until the order is received to build an ATO product. Sub assemblies are manufactured prior to receiving the order and when the order is received. The sub assemblies are assembled to make the finish product. Automobiles and computers are example of this production