Full Control over the Supply Chain with Smart Order Management

For modern businesses, order management is not just entering orders into the system; it is about correctly managing the entire flow from supplier to customer, placing quality and compliance checks on a solid foundation, and coordinating production–inventory–purchasing processes from a single center.

The IQ Order Management Module has been designed precisely for this purpose. It is a next-generation order management solution that delivers end-to-end visibility, control and flexibility across the supply chain. It unifies both purchasing and sales processes under a single roof and, by integrating with quality, production, inventory and planning modules, ensures complete supply chain integrity.

Supply Chain Management: End-to-End Integrated Processes

The IQ Order Management Module features an intelligent structure that connects all decision points across the supply chain:

• Supplier performance tracking,
• Analysis of material lead times,
• Stock reservation for sales orders,
• Goods receiving reservations for purchase orders,
• Specification / datasheet control,
• Data fields and data transfer API for carbon footprint monitoring.

This structure enables organizations to run order processes on both the purchasing and sales sides in a timely, accurate and risk-reduced manner.

QMS Integration: Specification and Documentation Controls

The IQ Order Management Module works in full integration with the IQ QMS quality management system, providing a unique quality assurance layer.

• Is the latest version of the product specification available?
• Is the product’s supplier approved?
• Are all mandatory quality certificates defined and valid?
• Are there any missing items in the BOM, technical drawings or packaging documents?
• Is the supplier’s quality score in a risky range?

Based on predefined rules, the system automatically evaluates these questions and issues alerts in risky situations. This creates a fully closed quality loop between QMS and order management.

Reservation Management: Assurance for Stock and Production

The IQ Order Management Module offers a powerful reservation system that works in tight integration with inventory and production planning:

• Product reservation for sales orders,
• Goods receiving appointments and reservations for purchase orders,
• Order blocking system integrated with the production module.

When the reservation system is active, no customer’s stock is accidentally consumed for another order, and risks in production and shipment processes are significantly reduced.

Enabling / Disabling Products for Sales and Purchasing

The IQ Order Management Module provides a robust eligibility framework to control how products can be used in sales and purchasing:

• Temporarily blocking products under production or in engineering change from being sold,
• Automatically closing products with quality issues to sales,
• Seasonal enable/disable management for seasonal products,
• Customer-based sales eligibility definitions.

This structure allows commercial and operational decisions about products to be controlled through a single, centralized parameter set.

Key Advantages of the IQ Order Management Module

• End-to-end visibility across the supply chain,
• Error-free, documentation-driven order processes via QMS integration,
• Automatic validation according to stock levels and capacity,
• Customer-specific capacity management with reservations,
• One-click control of commercial eligibility of products,
• Smart control mechanisms that prevent incorrect order creation,
• A unified order management structure integrated with planning, production and quality,
• Alerts and preventive mechanisms that reduce operational and quality risks.

In conclusion, the IQ Order Management Module centralizes supply chain, quality, production and inventory management, providing fast, error-free and sustainable order management capabilities for modern organizations.