Reseller / Distributor
This pipeline models a business that buys finished products and resells them without manufacturing. It's the make-to-stock flow with the production step removed — a useful contrast that shows how the same modules adapt to a different operation.
Who it's for
A distributor or reseller — someone who buys product ready to sell. There are no materials, no BOMs, and no production: you purchase finished products from a vendor and ship them to customers.
Modules involved
- Purchase Orders (targeting finished goods) → finished-goods inventory
- Sales Orders → finished-goods inventory
Both sides operate on a single ledger — finished goods — which makes this the simplest pipeline to reason about.
The end-to-end sequence
How stock flows
- Procure product. A purchase order with its target set to finished goods posts an ORDER to the finished-goods ledger when placed, then RECEIVE when it arrives. Product is now on hand.
- Sell. A sales order posts DEMAND, then ALLOCATE, then CONSUME against the same ledger as it advances to shipped. Product leaves stock.
That's the whole loop: buy in, sell out, one ledger.
Variations
- Transfers. A distributor with multiple warehouses uses inventory transfers to balance finished-goods stock between locations — the one extra movement type a reseller commonly needs.
- Versus a manufacturer. The make-to-stock pipeline inserts purchasing of raw materials and a production step ahead of the sale; everything from finished goods onward is identical to this flow.