Build to stock

Build to stock, or make to stock, often abbreviated as BTS or MTS, is a build-ahead production approach in which production plans may be based upon sales forecasts and/or historical demand.[1] BTS is a usually associated with the industrial revolution mass production techniques, where in anticipation of demand vast quantities of goods are produced and stocked in warehouses.

  1. ^ Parry, Glenn; Graves, Andrew (2008). Build to order: the road to the 5-day car. Springer. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-84800-224-1.