# Product Consumption PW4 supports two mode of product consumption for production orders: Ordered Quantity and Production Proportionate. ## Ordered Quantity Ordered quantity method will consume all the materials that were assigned to the production order regardless of actual produced quantity. This method provides tight control over production but has higher potential to cause inventory discrepancy. ## Production Proportionate Production proportionate method will only consume components proportionately to produced quantity. Left over consumable will remain in production area and either can be used in another production order, or can be moved to the storage bin. This method provides higher flexibility and reduces risk of inventory disparity. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.p4warehouse.com/v2/production/production-orders/production-order-cases/product-consumption.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.