You’ve been Promoted

[INFJBax]

So you’ve now been promoted to a Ford Scheduler. Here’s your dilemma.

There are two Mavericks in the build line. Tom ordered his in June, Bill ordered his in July. Both the same trim package, with minor different details. Tom’s has a moon roof and a SIBL, Bill has a moon roof but no SIBL. In the stock room there is only one moon roof and no SIBL available.

Do you give the moon roof to Tom, waiting for a SIBL to be available or do you give the moon roof to Bill and send his Maverick onward?

Multiply the difficulty by 100’s as to constraints, order date, trims, etc. What would you do?

I think I would have to contact my customer with a little direct honesty and integrity... Boy wouldn't that be surprising!

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[Old Ranchero]

I know this is a thought experiment that I am ruining with my logic here.....but I would let the automated system decide for 99% of the cases like this, with the system being told to produce the highest number of trucks based on parts availability.

I have no illusions that there are humans picking and choosing orders each week. I am sure the automated system spits out a report of a few dozen to a few hundred that need human intervention or final decision on due to oddities in the build, but the majority are automatically being scheduled by a computer running a bunch of nested IF/ELSE/OR/THEN statements combined with a real time inventory system. Run it until there are either no more chips to install, or not enough "time" on the production line.

and I bet the automated system is scanning the received inventory once or more per day and re-prioritizing production scheduling as needed when constrained items are added that completes some builds waiting on a missing part or 2.

 

[Old Ranchero]

Instead of keeping two partial built maverick waiting for parts I would schedule Bills to be built and send it onward... I think its better to get out as many as possible completed than holding back all from production.

but would that give them a full run down the production line and/or a full railcar? Or would it just be orphaned in the factory lot waiting for more like it to be built to make a full load?

 

[Rob in VB]

Ugh. I am having flashbacks to Operations Management in college. That was the most boring class I ever had to take.

 

[Micheal]

Ugh. I am having flashbacks to Operations Management in college. That was the most boring class I ever had to take.

I went to college in the 70's. I always have flashbacks, but I don't think they're from classes I took! (-:

 

[Larrythelunatic]

I went to college in the 70's. I always have flashbacks, but I don't think they're from classes I took! (-:

Flashbacks!?!?
Huh……..promises, promises!

 

[Michaelkov]

So you’ve now been promoted to a Ford Scheduler. Here’s your dilemma.

There are two Mavericks in the build line. Tom ordered his in June, Bill ordered his in July. Both the same trim package, with minor different details. Tom’s has a moon roof and a SIBL, Bill has a moon roof but no SIBL. In the stock room there is only one moon roof and no SIBL available.

Do you give the moon roof to Tom, waiting for a SIBL to be available or do you give the moon roof to Bill and send his Maverick onward?

Multiply the difficulty by 100’s as to constraints, order date, trims, etc. What would you do?

Having worked with scheduling engines before (applications), I don't believe it would create a dilemma for the scheduler. Scheduling systems are typically database-driven applications that run at scheduled times (as configured); The application will run procedures and each run will produce a mathematical score given the inputs and constraints. This algorithm would run until all possible scenarios produce the final outcome. Exceptions would result in unfilled production slots which would probably result in stock orders filling open slots (not sure on that part). Anyway, the most difficult part would be the need to create reports for the bosses and to update any configuration tables/variables used by the scheduling engine that aren't automatically populated by suppliers, etc.

 

[JKinPA]

There is no dilemma. The trucks that can be built get built. Parts can’t be stock piled waiting for other parts while no trucks are built. The factory would cease operation.

The issue I see is Fords allocation system. We see Joe Blows October Hybrid Lariat Lux get delivered. Meanwhile Dick Harry’s exact same build from July is stuck in “order processing.”

Now I need to talk about my salary

Dealer allotment
You failed to include that little detail and yes high volume dealers do get consideration

 

[Trucklet]

For what it's worth, Ford has stated they are no longer following allocation for the Maverick, just confirmed order date (COVP), and constraints.

Where have you seen this? I'm trying to search the forums but not coming up. Was it something from Tim's livestream? As someone who's been waiting on a bare-bones XL from a very small dealer I am begging this to be true.

EDIT: Found this, but considering my basic build I don't see how it's possible:
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/fulfilling-2022-orders.12304/post-256708

 

[Oggy]

I can say that from what I've seen, a lot of the June orders have been picked up. Myself included. I did have to use the chat system to find out about it though.

That said, I would build whatever I can. My responsibility is to my shareholders to maximize their investment. Balancing the shareholders and customer can be difficult, but ultimately we need to build to sell.

 

[pndwind]

So you’ve now been promoted to a Ford Scheduler. Here’s your dilemma.

There are two Mavericks in the build line. Tom ordered his in June, Bill ordered his in July. Both the same trim package, with minor different details. Tom’s has a moon roof and a SIBL, Bill has a moon roof but no SIBL. In the stock room there is only one moon roof and no SIBL available.

Do you give the moon roof to Tom, waiting for a SIBL to be available or do you give the moon roof to Bill and send his Maverick onward?

Multiply the difficulty by 100’s as to constraints, order date, trims, etc. What would you do?

Build the XL I ordered with no options.

 

[dalola]

Where have you seen this? I'm trying to search the forums but not coming up. Was it something from Tim's livestream? As someone who's been waiting on a bare-bones XL from a very small dealer I am begging this to be true.

EDIT: Found this, but considering my basic build I don't see how it's possible:
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/fulfilling-2022-orders.12304/post-256708

I feel ya, man. Still LOTS of scheduling/delivery reports on this forum that don't jive with Ford's statement.

 

[99nbbullitt]

Where have you seen this? I'm trying to search the forums but not coming up. Was it something from Tim's livestream? As someone who's been waiting on a bare-bones XL from a very small dealer I am begging this to be true.

EDIT: Found this, but considering my basic build I don't see how it's possible:
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/fulfilling-2022-orders.12304/post-256708

I have a barebones Mav XL Hybrid on order too... 10/25/21.

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