Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.

“Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.” is a core task performed by Parts Salespersons. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#3 most important). About 97% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Execute financial transactions. in Performing Administrative Activities
• Purchase goods or services. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Receive payment or obtain credit authorization. · importance 4.7
• Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts. · importance 4.6
• Receive and fill telephone orders for parts. · importance 4.6
• Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock. · importance 4.5
• Prepare sales slips or sales contracts. · importance 4.5
• Read catalogs, microfiche viewers, or computer displays to determine replacement part stock numbers and prices. · importance 4.4
• Determine replacement parts required, according to inspections of old parts, customer requests, or customers' descriptions of malfunctions. · importance 4.4
• Examine returned parts for defects, and exchange defective parts or refund money. · importance 4.3
• Manage shipments by researching shipping methods or costs and tracking packages. · importance 4.3
• Mark and store parts in stockrooms, according to prearranged systems. · importance 4.2
• Maintain and clean work and inventory areas. · importance 4.1
• Place new merchandise on display. · importance 4.1
• Advise customers on substitution or modification of parts when identical replacements are not available. · importance 4.0
• Discuss use and features of various parts, based on knowledge of machines or equipment. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Parts Salespersons page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-20775}
}