You’ve been Promoted

[Mainer500]

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’d put the names in a hat, close my eyes and pull a name out and call him/her and say “Dude you’re getting a Maverick.” That works for me, now to buy a hat

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[Sevesteen]

I don't know the exact numbers I would use., but at first it would be the most profitable unconstrained orders, with First Editions getting a priority boost. After a few months of production the order date would come into play so less profitable orders don't wait forever. Before April, unconstrained June orders would be at the head of the line, and if packages had single-part constraints I'd try to figure alternatives or allow those parts to be delete options.
Dealer allocation wouldn't come into play for customer orders, and canceled orders would count against allocations.

 

[olderbudwiser]

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 contact both of them and ask what's it worth to get scheduled tomorrow.

 

[Redneck Garage]

Where exactly did Ford say Allocations aren't being considered ?

 

[Medium_fish]

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?

The clear answer is, neither and just send out an email about low resources, while rescheduling both about 4 months...

 

[Aherpa]

As far as a factory SIBL goes, Ford should make their lives easier and allow customers to drop it and have dealers sub it out.

I'd be short tempered with Ford if my Maverick was waiting on a SIBL when I can have that done locally and I could pick the color to boot (NOT black).

 

[Wx Man]

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?

Your scenario is easy. What most are complaining about is orders exactly like Bill's but ordered 2 months later getting built ahead of the one ordered 2 months earlier. That is the rub. Your scenario to me is not hard...Bill's truck gets built.

 

[dalola]

Where exactly did Ford say Allocations aren't being considered ?

From Wednesday:


Hello All Current and Future Maverick Customers

We fully recognize there is a lot of interest and excitement about the Maverick. We are here to answer your questions and be as transparent with you as possible about any confusion in the ordering, scheduling, and production process. Rest-assured, our goal is to build as many Mavericks as we can and satisfy as many new Maverick customers as possible given global supply chain challenges.

Traditionally, we have allocated vehicles to dealerships based on historical sales data, which helped determine the scheduling of orders. While we initially followed this process for Maverick, we quickly pivoted when customer demand exceeded expectations. As a result, orders are scheduled in the order in which they are received, regardless of dealer, pending any capacity and commodity limitations. Oldest Maverick retail orders are prioritized first, provided the Dealer has completed the required Customer Order Verification Process (COVP) AND the order can be scheduled within existing supply and optional features/package availability.

Thank you for your interest in Maverick and your patience during this process. Our goal is to build as many Mavericks as we can so you can get out there and enjoy the 2022 North American Truck of the Year.

 

[Redneck Garage]

Thank you

 

[bombast]

I build both without the constrained items, give them to myself, and sell them with a 10k ADM.

 

[TK1509]

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?

Well I am scheduling two months out since that is Fords current planning schedule.

I better check supply schedules for missing parts. Looks like the SIBL will be restocked and ready to produce 5400 vehicles in 4 weeks. Now I look to see if there are more moon roofs coming. Looks like moon roofs will be constrained for 12 weeks. I thinks order June will need to be filled first. It requires both items and if I use the one moon roof on the June order I have pushed the July order back another 8 weeks. If I continue to do this we will always be missing one part on the June order. I will be able to fill July when the next shipment of moon roofs arrive. Both orders deserve to be built.

June would end up waiting 4 months longer than needed. July would only be waiting 1 month longer than June order from start to finish of order. Though I feel bad for July on a longer wait. You would have destroyed Junes order with quick thinking and lack of research.

I hope I passed your test. Since you only looked at current problems not future issues by your initial choice. I work in planning and sometimes the easiest solution. Is not the best solution.

 

[Thrillhouse]

I leveraged my promotion with Ford to get a better position at GM. Good luck with your Maverick orders.

 

[Dale A D]

Tom ordered first. Ask him what he wants to do.

 

[99nbbullitt]

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?

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.

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