As a point of disconnection is understood in the production area such a moment when an order from an anonymous preparation in the warehouse turns into an order specific to a particular order customer.
Brief description
As a point of disconnection (also Push/Pull-boundary, Customer Order Decoupling Point or also Order Penetration Point), two logistical control wheels meet. Based on the manufacturing principles of "make to stock", "make to order", "assemble to order" as well as "engineer to order" comes to a customer-neutral production of inventory usually in batch, from standard components (Push) as well as through customer orders provoked order execution (Pull).
This means that prior to this point of disconnection, customer-neutral parts will be prepared, which from this point flow into the final product and are specifically assigned to a customer-specific order. Physically, this is the last warehouse in the logistics chain where component parts still without order orientation form inventory.
