The way in which Febal responds to market demands is that of the Assemble To Order-ATO logic.In this case however, the firm plans purchasing (or production) orders for parts
4 and sub-assemblies on the basis of forecasts and only decides to carry out the final assembly of the product when it is possible to assign enough orders for delivery to the carrier to fill the vehicle.
Thus, when a customer’s order arrives the firm not only carries out the usual checks on material availability and production capacity, but also carries out a further check in order regulate production launches, so as to give each carrier a full load. This is why one could say that Febal operates according to an Assemble To Delivery (ATD) logic, which certainly offers two advantages: