Releases reference the parent agreement and draw down a remaining balance, so processing one as a fresh order creates a duplicate and overstates demand.
The reference is usually present in the document but not in a structured field — a line of text naming the blanket number, or just a familiar shorthand between two companies who have done this for years.
Why it matters on an order desk
FrontBeacon surfaces the reference and routes the decision to a reviewer rather than deciding whether something is a release. Getting it wrong is costly in both directions.
Related terms
- Exception queueAn exception queue is the working list of orders that could not be processed automatically, ordered so that the work needing a human decision is visible first.
- Purchase orderA purchase order is the document a buyer issues to commit to a purchase — so the same document is a purchase order to the customer who sends it and becomes a sales order to the distributor who receives it.