三种生产类型比较（Comparison of three types of production）.doc

三种生产类型比较（Comparison of three types of production） A brief analysis of ATO, MTO and ETO The author: An ERP industry veteran, from nearly 20 years, from the consultant do senior consulting and implementation services director, participate in or responsible for the implementation of dozens of project implementation, until now still continue to engaged in professional work, for manufacturing more study and understand. Logic analysis, ETO model can better meet the requirements of customers special custom, but ETO mode, manufacturing companies often exist a large number of one-time items, new items and new version of the BOM, new processes, etc., and in the sales quotation, project design, planning, production coordination, supply security is more complicated than the ATO and MTO. When we talk about manufacturing, we often talk about ATO, MTO and ETO. When it comes to complex manufacturing, these concepts are more likely to be mentioned. In fact, these concepts refer to a production-driven approach. Some manufacturing enterprise is according to predict or market demand and production plan, and then produce the products according to the plan, and sales of the products as much as possible to go out, this way is called MTS (Make to Stock), namely for Stock production. Is, of course, there are also some manufacturing enterprise can't do this, because its product is produced according to customer's request to, before did not know the requirements of customers can't produce the final product, or face the consequences of the biggest is likely to be sales out, this type of enterprises can be referred to as "made to Order", and depending on the situation, and it can be divided into the ATO (Assemble to Order, Order for assembly), MTO (Make to Order, Order oriented production), ETO (Engineering to Order, according to the Order design). In the face of these several ways to do a rough analysis comparison. 1. ATO (Assemble to Order) First, it is a production model that better meets cu