Special Orders is part of Purchasing & Replenishment in Windward System Five. System Five includes 4 documented capabilities here — all 4 in the standard set. Trades that lean on it include Plumbing Supply, Lighting Showrooms, Industrial Supplies.
These 4 capabilities sit within System Five's 1287-capability documented set — a selection, not a ceiling.
Order exactly the options the customer chose
Modifiers let a stocked demonstrator be sold as a made-to-order configuration — a two- or three-seat couch, its colour and wood trim, or a phone and airtime plan — and those configured special orders carry their options through to the purchase order. Options can be integrated into the line price or listed as separate priced parts.
Use stock on hand to fill an order
When regular stock is received for an item with outstanding special orders, the system offers to move the special order status and work order link from the older PO onto the receipt in hand, splitting the line if only part of the quantity is needed and releasing the older order to become regular stock.
Roll customer special orders into one order
Items tagged as special orders when they were sold sit in a pool that can be filtered to the current PO's supplier, selected individually or all at once, and added to the purchase order in a batch.
Get the ordered part onto the right job
Receiving a PO line marked as a special order updates the quantity and cost on the original work order instead of general inventory, and assigns serial numbers to the invoice lines where the item is serialized.
Every capability on this page is documented in the System Five capability index. Last updated 2026-11-05.