Distributionlifecycle
Order Fulfillment & Internal Supply
How do sales orders and internal requests become picked, shipped consignments?
One flow fulfills both kinds of demand: sale-based consignments pull the lines of selected sales, and request-based consignments supply approved internal requests between units and locations. Line details resolve against the chosen warehouse before anything is picked.
What the record holds at once
Held constantOrder Fulfillment & Internal Supply 5 states, at the same time
Sales and requests in one flow
The same consignment screen sources sale lines or approved internal request lines, flagged as sale-based or request-based.
Line-level provenance
Each distribution detail keeps its sale or request linkage, so shipped quantities trace back to the demand they served.
Warehouse-resolved details
Lines are resolved against the chosen source warehouse before picking, not at the dock.
Ledger linkage
Outgoing stock entries carry sale and distribution identifiers, tying the physical movement to its commercial record.
Project and task context
A consignment can reference the project or task it supplies, keeping internal deliveries attributable.
How it works
For sale-based fulfillment, the consignment is built by selecting sales — their references bring the sale lines into the distribution details, resolved against the source warehouse. Multiple sales can feed one consignment. For internal supply, the same screen sources approved requests instead: the request reference carries the requested lines, and the consignment fulfills them without a buyer or an invoice — supply to a unit, a project, or a task.
The distribution details list is line-level: each line keeps its link to the sale or request it came from, so what shipped against what demand stays answerable. On the stock side, the ledger records outgoing movements with their sale and distribution identifiers, closing the loop from demand to physical movement. Consignments can also be tied to a project or a task, and a completion flag marks the consignment done.
What this touches
- Sales Management
Sale-based consignments pull their lines from sales records, including reserved-stock sales. - Orders & Offers
Demand that started as an offer or order arrives at distribution as the sale or request it became. - Warehouse Management
Stock reservation and the ledger’s sale and distribution links close each fulfilled line. - Task Management
Consignments can supply a specific task or project and generate work for its people.
See order fulfillment & internal supply running in continON.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this capability inside its module, on the shared platform.