Order Processing

Orders  may  be  submitted  in  various  ways-by  telephone or mail  ,  through  salespeople,  or  using computer and EDI. In some of the cases, the suppliers may actually generate orders for their customers: Once retains, orders has to be processed rapidly and accurately. The company and its customers benefit both when order processing is carried out efficiently. Now Most of companies use computerized order-processing systems that speed up the order-shipping-billing cycle. For instance, General Electric operates a computer-based system that, on receipt of a customer's order, verifies the customer's credit standing with where and whether the items are in stock. Then the computer issues an order to ship, bills the customer, updates the account records, sends a production order for fresh stock, and relays the message back to the salesperson that the customer's order is on its way-whole in less than 15 seconds.