production order:
"An order that authorizes manufacture of a specific quantity of an item or group of items, contains release and due dates, and documents requirements for the materials and resources used. It is assigned a separate number or identifier used in reporting material and labor transactions. "

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Terms related to production order:
  Blanket order
  Conomic order quantity
  Customer order
  Engineering change order
  Firm planned order
  Job shop production
  lean production
  Make or buy analysis
  Manufacturing order
  mass production
  Master production schedule
  Mixed model production
  Multi-model production
  Open order
  Optimised production technology
  p chart
  Period order quantity
  planned order
  planned order receipt
  planned order release
  Planned orders
  product acceptance
  product code
  product configurator
  product costs
  product data management (PDM)
  product definition
  product family
  product life cycle
  product lifecycle management (PLM)
  product mix
  product rationalization
  product structure
  production database
  production line
  production material
  production planning
  production schedule
  programmed production
  purchase order
  purchase to order (PTO)
  Shop order
  Standing orders
  Universal product code
  work order