on order vs to order

Both "on order" and "to order" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "On order" is used to indicate that something has been ordered but has not yet arrived, while "to order" is used to indicate that something is being ordered at that moment.

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on order

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something has been ordered but has not yet arrived.

Use "on order" to indicate that something has been ordered but has not yet arrived. For example, "The new shipment is on order and should arrive next week."

Examples:

The parts are on order and should be here by Friday.
The book I wanted is on order at the bookstore.
The furniture is on order and will be delivered next month.

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Since most production is done on order, stocks are not a meaningful indicator in this industry.
Since footwear is manufactured on order, this also had a direct negative impact on the production level and employment in the Community.
PAL briefed that they had a fleet of 44 aircraft (Boeing B747, B777, Airbus A340, A330, A320/319) with 68 additional aircraft on order (44 Airbus A321, 20 A330, and 4 A340).
We come on order of Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber.
Since footwear is manufactured on order, this also had a direct negative impact on the production level and employment in the Community.
Indeed, the Community industry is mainly producing on order and the level of stock represented a limited share of production and around three to four weeks' deliveries during the period considered.
Because production takes place on order, the sales volume of the Community industry followed a decreasing trend similar to the production.
It should however been seen in the context that footwear is produced on order, and therefore new orders are normally secured only if the corresponding price level allows at least for break even.
It should however be seen in the context that footwear is produced on order, and therefore new orders are normally accepted only if the corresponding price level allows for, at least, a break even.
As most production is 'on order', stocks do not play a major role in terms of volumes as compared to total consumption.
Compared to the period covered by the original investigation, where okoumé plywood was merely produced on order, higher volumes appear to be kept in stock during the period considered.
Furthermore, interested parties argued that an inventory level of 15 % of annual production, translating into about 2 months' turnover, is high for an industry that produces mainly on order.
As already mentioned, stocks are deemed to have only a very little bearing on the state of the Community footwear industry for the determination of injury since production takes place on order.
Since footwear is made on order, any decline of the sales volume will immediately translate in a decrease of production, which in turn means a decrease of employment in this labour intensive sector.
Considering that the production of the like product in the Community is predominantly done on order, the level of inventories is not considered to be a useful injury indicator for this product.
Although, it should be noted that stocks are not an important indicator for the industry as the production mainly takes place on order, the main increase in stocks took place from 2009 to the IP and coincided with the surge in the subsidised imports from the PRC.
In terms of the overall production volume, where the distinction between Community and outside Community market cannot be made, since footwear is produced on order, a decrease of sales on the Community market will necessarily translate into a declining production.
Biological supply houses usually hatch them on order to farms and universities.
For example, because production takes place on order, stocks are normally either not held or only consist of completed orders not yet delivered/invoiced and were therefore found to have very little meaning in the injury analysis.
Indeed, with direct expenses, mainly labour and raw material, representing up to 80 % of the production cost, footwear is made on order only after a direct costing has shown a sufficient level of profit for each order.

Alternatives:

ordered but not yet received
awaiting delivery
in the process of being delivered
awaiting shipment

to order

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something is being ordered at that moment.

Use "to order" to indicate that something is being ordered at that moment. For example, "I would like to order a pizza for delivery."