BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Order
- an occasion when a broker is told to buy or sell something for an investor's own account
- a contract made between a customer and a supplier for the supply of a variety of goods or services in a determined quantity and quality, at an agreed price, and for delivery at or by a specified time
Wiktionary Definition for: Order
- Arrangement, disposition.
- Good arrangement; opposite to chaos.
- A command.
- A request for some product or service.
- A religious group.
- taxonomy In taxonomy, the classification below class and above family.
- cricket The sequence in which a side's batsmen bat; the batting order.
- electronics a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit's block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- chem a number of a chemical reaction
- graphtheory a number of vertices in a graph
- To set in (any) order (1).
- To set in (a good) order (2).
- To issue a command.
- To request some product or service.
Additional Resources
- Understanding Mail-Order Sales
- Mail-order sales continue to flourish, in part because companies can attract customers without incurring overhead costs such as retail space and related expenses. Specialty catalogers — particularly those that sell niche items like hand-made apparel, kitchen equipment, luxury items, and organic foods — have enjoyed considerable success. This article looks...
- Articles 2007-11-09
- Online Order Form Can "Make Or Break" You
- Many of the fundamental principles for designing an online order form are the same as creating a direct mail order form. Online order forms can be disastrous for marketers who do not follow the proper direct marketing rules. Many marketers discover to their dismay that the "shopping cart" has been...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Global Enabled Supply Chain Map Series: Order Management
- Every successful business has a lot riding on the next sales order. Speed, accuracy and the number of steps taken to fulfill an order all represent critical aspects of order management. Much of today's technology is limited only by the expertise of the person who controls it. The same can...
- White papers 2001-09-01
- Boeing, Air India celebrate order agreement for 68 jets; Largest commercial airplane order in India's civil aviation history; Order includes 777s, 787s and 737s for fleet renewal and expansion; Air India is the first Southeast Asian airline to order the 7
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 January 2006-BOEING: Boeing, Air India celebrate order agreement for 68 jets; Largest commercial airplane order in India's civil aviation history; Order includes 777s, 787s and 737s for fleet renewal and expansion; Air India is the first Southeast Asian airline to order the 787 Dreamliner;...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- Article on E.Order
- This article is about the Greate Plains e.Order . e.Order means your customers can order when it's convenient for THEM, wherever they are, because you'll be open for business around the world, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. And you won't have to add costly order desk staff....
- White papers
- The Forrester Wave: Order Hubs, Q2 2006
- In the first business process-focused assessment of its kind, Forrester evaluated leading order management cycle OMC vendors across 115 criteria and found that SAP mySAP Business Suite, Sterling Commerce/Yantra, and Comergent established early leadership in attaining order hub designation — thanks to their ability to deliver the right balance between...
- Research reports 2006-04-21
- Who holds the inventory?(build-to-order management requires someone to have inventory in stock)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
- Buyers at contract manufacturers find they need to manage a supply-chain balancing act with build to order. Dell Computer is perhaps the best known build-to-order OEM. The company has popularized the notion of build to order BTO, and other ...
- Research articles 2001-04-19
- CERADYNE RECEIVES $3.3 MILLION ORDER FOR CERAMIC BODY ARMOR.
- Ceradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDN) of Costa Mesa, California has received a $3.3 million order for its ceramic body armor ballistic plates. The order was issued by a Government agency in order to protect certain "elite" military personnel. T Ceradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDN)...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Mideast Federal milk order.(Noted In The Federal Register)(Brief Article)
- MIDEAST FEDERAL MILK ORDER: USDA proposes to adopt, as a final rule, order language contained in the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2002, concerning pooling provisions of the Mideast Federal milk order. USDA also set MIDEAST FEDERAL MILK ORDER: USDA...
- Research articles 2004-04-19
- SSCC unveils online order status.(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Board Sales Div.)(Brief Article)
- The Board Sales Division of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., West Point, Va., adds online order stares to its Web site at www. ssccboardsales.com. The new order status section is tied to the company's own internal order-tracking software, allow The...
- Research articles 2002-07-27
- Comverse gets Chinese order. (Comverse Technology Inc.)
- Comverse Technology, Inc has received a $3.5 million order from Chinese telephone companies for its TRILOGUE R telephone-accessed, multimedia message management systems. The order follows another Chinese order for TRILOGUE, totaling $7.7 million. Comverse Technology, Inc has received a $3.5 million order from ...
- Research articles 1993-08-06
- The mail order rule.
- The mail order or Telephone Order Merchandise Trade Regulation Rule, better known as the mail order or 30-day rule, was passed in 1976, and while the Federal Trade Commission is active in the enforcement of the rule, some direct marketing companies The mail order...
- Research articles 1999-04-01
- UQM Gets Additional Order.(UQM Technologies Inc. )(Brief Article)
- UQM Technologies Inc. (425 Corporate Circle, Golden CO 80401; Tel 303/278-2002) has received an order from Ballard Power Systems for additional fuel cell compressor drive motors. The new order is in addition to an earlier order received in January o UQM Technologies Inc. (425 Corporate...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Divorce court order has priority over IRS lien.(Brief Article)
- A divorce court order has priority over an IRS lien on a pension. A court gave an ex-wife 90% of her ex-husband's retirement plan benefits, but the plan didn't honor the order until several defects were corrected. That way, the order was a QDRO...a q A...
- Research articles 2003-08-15
- Air New Zealand places third order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners; Airline's order total reaches eight 787-9s.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2007-BOEING: Air New Zealand places third order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners; Airline's order total reaches eight 787-9sC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19022007 SEATTLE - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today said that Air New Zealand has finalized an order...
- Research articles 2007-02-20
- -U.S. FTC: Connecticut mail order house operators banned from the mail order business
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 August 1998-U.S. FTC: Connecticut mail order house operators banned from the mail order business C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:040898 International Direct, Inc., a Stamford, Connecticut, mail order house, its counterpart, American Security Products, Inc., and their officers, have agreed to settle Federal...
- Research articles 1998-08-05
- Emirates places order for 42 Boeing 777s; Airline makes largest firm order for the 777 in history, with 20 additional purchase rights; Order will bring total 777s in emirates fleet to 93, making it the world's largest 777 operator.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 November 2005-BOEING: Emirates places order for 42 Boeing 777s; Airline makes largest firm order for the 777 in history, with 20 additional purchase rights; Order will bring total 777s in emirates fleet to 93, making it the world's largest 777 operatorC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...
- Research articles 2005-11-21
- Amendment to Pacific Northwest milk marketing order.(Brief Article)
- AMENDMENT TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST MILK MARKETING ORDER: USDA issued an interim final rule, effective Feb. 1, 2004, that amends the Producer milk provision of the Pacific Northwest milk marketing order to eliminate the ability to simultaneously pool the same milk on the order and on a...
- Research articles 2004-01-19
- Boeing Receives Follow-on Order for 787 from PrivatAir; Switzerland-based business aviation group expands 787 VIP order.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 January 2008-Boeing Commercial Airplanes: Boeing Receives Follow-on Order for 787 from PrivatAir; Switzerland-based business aviation group expands 787 VIP orderC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17012008 SEATTLE -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Geneva-based PrivatAir today announced an order...
- Research articles 2008-01-17
- Boeing Receives Follow-on Order for 787 from PrivatAir; Switzerland-based business aviation group expands 787 VIP order PrivatAir Boeing 787-8 VIP in flight (Neg#: K63874).
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 January 2008-The Boeing Company: Boeing Receives Follow-on Order for 787 from PrivatAir; Switzerland-based business aviation group expands 787 VIP order PrivatAir Boeing 787-8 VIP in flight (Neg#: K63874)C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17012008 SEATTLE -- Boeing [NYSE: BA]...
- Research articles 2008-01-18
