Engineer-to-order

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  Engineer to Order, also known as design to order refers to products or services whose customer specifications/requirements contain significant customization, unique designs or innovative and new purchased materials. 

  In general, these engineered orders are given a unique set of part numbers, bills of materials and routings.  ETO products or services are engineered and produced after an order has been received from a customer.  ETO is ideally suited to manufacturers and service providers of highly configurable products/services.  These orders usually require very close customer and supplier engagement throughout the entire design, manufacturing and production phases.​
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