Odoo 10 Implementation Cookbook

Make to Order versus Make to Stock

There are two routes available on the product for the procurement, Buy and Make to Order. The Buy route is called Make to Stock, which means, assign from the stock if available in stock or create a procurement order

According to Make to Order, just create a procurement order as and when the product is required. It means that the stock is not maintained in the warehouse. Either the purchase order or manufacturing order will be created when the procurement runs on both the routes.

Let's assume that for some product, you have to set it to Make to Order as you do not maintain the stock of material product due to a higher price, fluctuation of the price, or lack of stable demand. In such cases, we buy raw material ...