MTO 202 · ASSIGN
How is customer-specific output kept available to the right order?
MTO does not only create quantity. It preserves the relationship between a customer requirement, its supply, output, stock segment, availability, and delivery so that one order cannot silently consume another customer’s supply.
READ THE CAPABILITY
Keep the customer reference explainable
Individual stock, sales-order assignment, and availability treatment decide whether output can satisfy a particular order. Common stock may physically exist while the intended customer requirement remains uncovered; customer-specific stock may not be available for another order.
CAPABILITY MODEL
Understand the input, decision, and result
Quantity alone is not enough; customer ownership and the response to change must remain visible.
Create the customer segment
The sales order and strategy establish the individual demand that owns the future supply.
Retain the reference
Planning, production, or procurement carries the requirement relationship through the supply chain.
Assign the result
Confirmation and receipt establish quantity, stock segment, status, and customer ownership.
OPERATIONAL FLOW
How the capability performs
Follow the customer-specific requirement through its supply and commercial evidence.
Record the requirement
Capture sales order, item, material, configuration, quantity, date, and individual requirement.
Connect supply to demand
Keep planned, production, or purchased supply linked to the customer requirement where the design requires it.
Place output correctly
Post the result into the intended customer-specific or common stock model with status evidence.
Deliver the right output
Availability and delivery consume eligible stock without silently crossing customer ownership.
DESIGN & CONTROL
What shapes the result
Assignment model
Requirements class, special-stock indicator, account assignment, and production or procurement reference protect ownership.
Availability scope
Plant, storage location, stock type, commitments, and ATP scope determine which quantity the order can use.
Change and exception control
Partial output, rework, cancellation, and reassignment require an approved decision and traceable correction.
DIAGNOSTIC EVIDENCE
What proves the result?
Read the customer requirement, successor supply, and physical or commercial outcome together.
Sales order, item, schedule line, configuration, and individual requirement.
Planned order, production or purchase document, pegging, and requirement segment.
Stock segment, stock type, available quantity, delivery reference, and assignment history.
MTO SCENARIO
Two configured units are complete, but only one belongs to Customer A.
The assigned unit remains protected for Customer A while the other is common stock. A delivery for Customer B cannot consume the assigned unit merely because physical quantity exists.
- Ownership is visible
- Supply retains the reference
- Stock status is understood
- Delivery uses eligible output
Continue the customer-specific chain without losing requirement ownership.