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The collection of processes associated with ordering materials (raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, goods, merchandize) and/or services for specific orders.

The intention of Source-to-Order is to order materials for explicit -identifiable- downstream demand: Demand is not aggregated. A specific reference or customer order detail is exchanged with the supplying party, attached to or marked on the product, recorded in the warehousing or Enterprise Resource Planning System in order to track individual deliveries.

Source-to-Order is a MTO process.

Use Cases

• Purchasing to order
• JIT/JIS
• In a factory: Configurable parts ordering
• In a Retail store: Special Orders

Examples of alternative or related names for Source-to-Order are: Source-Make-to-Order, Purchase-to-Order. Perfect Order Ratio Orders Defect Free Ratio Orders On-time Ratio Order Cycle Time Sourcing Cycle Time Supply Chain Costs Cost of Goods Sold Distribution Costs Cash Conversion Cycle Days of Inventory Days Payables Outstanding Purchasing Source-to-Pay

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
S	Source	1	S
S2	Source-to-Order	2	S2
S201	Create Order	3	S201
S202	Create Schedule	3	S202
S203	Receive	3	S203
S204	Unload	3	S204
S205	Inspect	3	S205
S206	Put Away	3	S206
S207	Transfer	3	S207
S208	Approve Payment	3	S208

Metric(s)

ID	Name	Level	x
DP1	Perfect Order Ratio	1	DP1
DP12	Orders Defect Free Ratio	2	DP12
DP13	Orders On-time Ratio	2	DP13
RS1	Order Cycle Time	1	RS1
RS14	Sourcing Cycle Time	2	RS14
CO1	Supply Chain Costs	1	CO1
CO11	Cost of Goods Sold	2	CO11
CO12	Distribution Costs	2	CO12
AE1	Cash Conversion Cycle	1	AE1
AE12	Days of Inventory	2	AE12
AE13	Days Payables Outstanding	2	AE13
SD1	Environmental Sustainability Ratio	1	SD1
SD11	Intake Sustainability Ratio	2	SD11

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
JIS	Just-In-Sequence		JIS
JIT	Just-In-Time		JIT
MTO	Make-to-Order		MTO
S2P	Source-to-Pay		S2P
SOS	Special Order Service		SOS
TLC	Total Landed Cost		TLC

Workflow

From Input(s)	Process	Output(s) To
wf_process wf_arrow D* Acknowledgment D* Advance Shipment Notice S0 Call-off Contract D* Invoice D* Order Confirmation D* Shipment	S2	wf_arrow wf_process Proof Of Delivery D* Sales Order Stock D2 Sales Order Stock D3 Sales Order Stock M2 Sales Order Stock M3

Source-to-Order Source 220000 2 Just-in-Time, Purchase, Sourcing, Acquisition, Make-to-Order, Order-driven, Supply Chain The ordering of materials (raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, goods, merchandize) and/or services in support of the fulfillment of specific (sales) orders