Industries · Manufacture, trade and execute

One Order, Three Ways to Fulfil It, One Margin

For businesses that trade, manufacture and install for the same customer: one order split into stock allocation, a work order and site execution, with one margin at the end.

What Gets in the Way

  • Business ownerThree systems for one customer

    Trading, factory and site teams each keep their own version of the order.

  • Project managerSite waits on the factory

    Installation is scheduled before anyone checks the work order.

  • CFOMargin in three pieces

    Each part looks fine alone; the whole order may not.

Manufacture, Trade and Execute, One Order Fulfilled Three Ways

Steps in the same column run in parallel. Copper steps are control points. Select a step to see its document, who acts and the control.

Sales
Stores
Production
Site
Finance
Information moves onControl pointSteps in the same column run in parallel

01 · Customer order

Document
Sales order
Who acts
Sales
Control
One order for the whole scope
  1. 1
    SalesCustomer orderOne order for the whole scope
  2. 2
    SalesOrder splitEvery line has a route
  3. 3
    Storesin parallelTraded items from stockAllocated against the order
  4. 4
    Productionin parallelWork order for made itemsPlanned against the site date
  5. 5
    SiteDelivery and installationInstallation tracked against the order
  6. 6
    FinanceBillingEvery part of the order billed
  7. 7
    FinanceCombined marginTraded, made and installed parts in one margin
Read the steps as text
  1. Customer order (Sales). Sales order; One order for the whole scope.
  2. Order split (Sales). Lines marked traded, made or installed; Every line has a route.
  3. Traded items from stock (Stores). Allocation and issue; Allocated against the order.
  4. Work order for made items (Production). Work order; Planned against the site date.
  5. Delivery and installation (Site). Site records; Installation tracked against the order.
  6. Billing (Finance). Invoices for the order; Every part of the order billed.
  7. Combined margin (Finance). Order profitability; Traded, made and installed parts in one margin.

Three controls that matter most

Where Margin Is Won or Lost

  • Order-split visibilityWhich part of the order is traded, made or installed.
  • One customer viewSupply, production and site work for the same customer.
  • Combined marginThe margin of the whole order, not three partial ones.

Modules involved

What You Would Use

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Questions buyers ask

Can one order include traded, made and installed items?

Yes. Each line is routed to stock, production or site execution, and the order is costed as one.