Antera’s Order Workflow integrates all stages of an order into a single coordinated process. From the moment an order is created through artwork, purchasing, production, receiving, shipping, invoicing, and fulfillment, Antera helps keep work moving while giving your team visibility into exactly what needs to happen next.
Instead of relying on employees to remember every task, send every follow-up, or manually update multiple systems, Antera uses configurable workflows to automate these processes.
The result is less manual work, fewer missed steps, faster order processing, and greater control over every order.
Create the Right Workflow for Every Order
Not every order follows the same path.
A decorated apparel order may require artwork approval and outside decoration. An inventory order may require products to be pulled from stock. A drop shipment may go directly from the supplier to the customer.
Antera allows workflows to adapt to the order's requirements, helping ensure the right steps happen at the right time.
Automate the Work Between the Steps
The biggest delays often happen between departments—when one person finishes their work, and someone else needs to know it's time to begin.
Antera helps automate these handoffs.
When predefined conditions are met, workflows can trigger the next action, create tasks, send notifications, update statuses, or route work to the appropriate person or department.
Order → Artwork → Purchasing → Production → Receiving → Shipping → Invoicing → Fulfillment
Your team doesn't have to constantly ask, “What happens next?”
Build Controls Into Your Process
Automation shouldn't mean giving up control.
Antera can use predefined business rules to determine when additional review or approval is required. Orders can be routed differently based on conditions such as order type, margin, dollar amount, production requirements, or other business rules.
Routine orders continue moving while exceptions receive the attention they need.
Manage by Exception
Your team shouldn't have to manually check every order to determine whether something has gone wrong.
Antera helps identify orders that require attention, allowing employees to focus on resolving exceptions rather than monitoring routine transactions.
This gives managers greater visibility into bottlenecks while allowing employees to concentrate on the work that actually requires human intervention.
Keep Every Department Connected
Order Workflow connects the teams responsible for order delivery.
Sales can see what's happening after the order is placed.
Artwork can see what needs to be created or approved.
Purchasing knows what needs to be ordered.
Production knows what needs to be produced and when.
Receiving and Shipping can see what is arriving and where it needs to go.
Accounting receives the information needed to issue the invoice to the customer.
Everyone works from the same order and the same information.
Know Exactly Where Every Order Stands
Real-time status information gives your team visibility across the entire order lifecycle.
Instead of searching emails, calling another department, or opening multiple systems, users can quickly determine what's complete, what's in progress, what comes next, and what requires attention.
Managers gain a clearer picture of workloads and bottlenecks while sales and customer service teams can provide customers with better answers.
Key Benefits
✓ Automated Workflows — Automatically move orders through predefined processes.
✓ Conditional Routing — Route orders differently based on your business rules.
✓ Automated Handoffs — Keep work moving between departments without relying on manual follow-up.
✓ Exception Management — Focus your team on orders requiring attention.
✓ Real-Time Visibility — Know exactly where every order stands.
✓ Fewer Missed Steps — Build your processes and controls directly into the workflow.
✓ Less Manual Work — Automate repetitive tasks, notifications, and status changes.
✓ Connected Departments — Keep sales, artwork, purchasing, production, fulfillment, and accounting working together.
✓ Faster Order Processing — Reduce delays between each stage of the order.
✓ Scalable Operations — Process more orders without creating more administrative work.
Your Process. Automated.
Antera doesn't simply track an order—it helps manage the workflow that moves the order through your business.
By connecting people, processes, and information, Antera helps your team spend less time managing the process and more time serving customers.
Automate the Routine. Manage the Exceptions. Keep Every Order Moving.