Manufacturing & Quality
What is Make-to-Order (MTO)?
A production approach where products are manufactured only for a specific customer sales order.
Costs and stock are tracked against the sales order item. It is common for configurable products. Testing covers the full link from sales order to production and billing.
Related terms
Planning Strategy
A setting that defines how production is triggered, such as make-to-stock or make-to-order, and how forecasts are consumed.
Sales Order
An SD document recording a customer's request for goods or services with quantities, prices, and dates.
Variant Configuration
SAP functionality for configuring complex products with characteristics, dependencies, and super BOMs.
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