Example: Apparel Industry

In the apparel industry, you enter a blanket order for 2000 yards of style item FABRIC. Once you know the colors of fabric required, you release partial quantities of the blanket order to create purchase orders for the specific fabrics. At a time, you typically release only one color on a purchase order. You release a partial quantity of the blanket order and create a purchase order for 500 yards of the style item FABRIC.BLU. You could also release a partial quantity of the blanket order and create a purchase order for 500 yards of the item FABRIC.RED. The purchase orders consume portions of the blanket order.