Make-to-Order
Production Planning
Make-to-Order (MTO)
Make-to-Order
Strategy that starts production after a customer order is received.
Examples
- 01The pressure vessel plant works make-to-order: production starts only once the customer's order and specifications are confirmed.
- 02In make-to-order, sales checks capacity and material lead times with planning before promising a date to the customer.
- 03The daily meeting reviews make-to-order jobs waiting for customer approval of drawings, the most common cause of delay.