Orderjobnummer

Orderjobnummer is a unique identifier used in business processes to track a customer order and the associated job or production task through its life cycle. The term is most commonly encountered in Dutch- or Germanic-language environments and may be used interchangeably with "order and job number" or "production job number." The purpose is to enable traceability, scheduling, costing, and document linkage across enterprise systems such as ERP (enterprise resource planning), MES (manufacturing execution systems), and CRM.

In practice, an orderjobnummer is created when an order is captured and a related job is defined. The number remains constant as the order moves from planning to execution to completion, and is referenced on all related documents: sales orders, work orders, picking lists, BOMs, time sheets, quality records, and invoices. Formats are organization-specific and may be numeric or alphanumeric, often encoding the plant or department, the date, and a sequence, for example OJ-2309-0042 or OJ2024-8471.

While the concept exists in many systems, there is no universal standard. Some companies separate the concept into "order number" (customer-facing) and "job number" (internal task), while others consolidate them into a single identifier. Governance includes permissions, audit trails, and change-control, since the number is used as a primary reference across processes.

See also: production order, work order, order number, job number, ERP.