[Vocabulary] Making a production decision?

[Tack]

When a customer decides to buy a product so that the product will be produced at a production plant, is it correct to say that the customer made a production decision? Or the customer decided to bring a product into production?

 

[Raymott]

When a customer decides to buy a product so that the product will be produced at a production plant, is it correct to say that the customer made a production decision? Or the customer decided to bring a product into production?

If the item is not being produced until this specific customer orders it, it is still the manufacturer that is making a production decision, on the basis of how much the customer is offering, whether raw materials are available, etc.
The customer requests, or orders, the item.

 

[BobK]

And in this context it pains me to report that in some businesses they use the word 'productize': 'That's a good proof-of-concept breadboard*. How long will it take you to productize it'. I'm sorry, but it does happen.

b

PS *This is an example taken from the industry I know best; the prototype of a printed circuit is a 'breadboard'.

 

[susiedq]

At first, I thought this must be a new buzzword to mean consumer driven purchase.

But Bob K's definition makes me think it means "get it into production" - get it manufactured or ready for market.