The phrase "a forward order" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to business, logistics, or finance, typically referring to an order placed for future delivery or execution.
Example: "We have received a forward order for 500 units to be delivered next quarter."
Alternatives: "a future order" or "a scheduled order".
Although Vislink posted a loss of £3.4m in 2003 it said it had ended the year with net cash and a strong forward order book.
Despite this, one of Britain's biggest housebuilding groups said sales had been strong in the first 15 weeks of the new year, thanks to a healthy forward order book.
"The group entered 2014 with a very strong forward order book and the early weeks of the spring selling season have been encouraging, with our weekly private sales rate per site being 22% ahead of last year for the first eight weeks.
"The group has started the new financial year in a strong position, with a good sales rate, healthy forward order book and customer demand supported by an attractive lending environment," David Thomas, Barratt's chief executive, said.
It blamed this on a reduction in the forward order book following operational difficulties in June and July which meant customers did not receive an adequate service.
Orders are a main gauge of demand and the company in the third quarter turned around a year-long string of forward order declines.
Identifies the forward order of the relationship in a statement.
We keep the index of position, t in the original (forward) order for both directions.
To achieve this, we solve system (7) with a guess for the controls over the time interval [0, T] using a forward fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme and the transversality conditions λ i (T) = 0, i = 1,2,…, 6.
Nike reported a worse-than-expected global decline in forward orders, sending its shares down 4.6percentt.
