Apr 24, 2021
I saw this email excerpt to dealers (supposedly sent yesterday) posted on the other site...in the interest of getting the word out to BN, I thought it was worth sharing here....I've asked my dealer to confirm it is legitimate; when he gets back to me I will update to confirm. While really nothing surprising to most of us, it does help one understand the current process and perspective of the Ford schedulers. I'm sure there will be some disagreement on the sequence of the three factors...
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BRONCO SCHEDULING UPDATE
We completed our first full week of retail order scheduling. A few notes:
Commodity Ramp Up – Part availability will vary each week and month and will impact order scheduling sequence. For instance, we have heavy soft tops initially as hard tops ramp up, and so we had a higher mix of soft tops this month than our full year estimate calls for.
All Orders are in Play – Because of the commodities, all orders are in play. The scheduling system will still select based off (1) Dealer Allocation, (2) Commodities, and then (3) Timestamp, but because a lot of the orders are built very similarly, the system will continue to go down the list until it finds a clean order.
To help better manage your customers’ expectations, starting with July production we will provide a National Bronco Commodity Report monthly (attached for June as reference) that will show our monthly build capacities compared to the full unscheduled order bank by key commodities. This will give direct line of site of our supply and demand on commodities and provide dealers with a resource to talk to customers about making potential changes to their orders to improve their build timing.
Scheduling Timeline
Thursday scheduling will continue on a weekly basis with the following monthly cadence:
· Week 1: First Editions
o NOTE: These will be scheduled throughout the entire Model Year. Additionally, all First Edition allocations were calculated based on # of First Edition orders in order bank as of March 19 deadline.
· Week 2: Dealer Earned Allocation – Non-First Edition Orders
· Week 3 & 4: Clean Up, As Necessary
As a reminder, we will send all order holders a communication in May notifying them of their estimated delivery timeframe based on their current build, production volume, and allocation
Begin email excerpt-------------------------------------
BRONCO SCHEDULING UPDATE
We completed our first full week of retail order scheduling. A few notes:
Commodity Ramp Up – Part availability will vary each week and month and will impact order scheduling sequence. For instance, we have heavy soft tops initially as hard tops ramp up, and so we had a higher mix of soft tops this month than our full year estimate calls for.
All Orders are in Play – Because of the commodities, all orders are in play. The scheduling system will still select based off (1) Dealer Allocation, (2) Commodities, and then (3) Timestamp, but because a lot of the orders are built very similarly, the system will continue to go down the list until it finds a clean order.
To help better manage your customers’ expectations, starting with July production we will provide a National Bronco Commodity Report monthly (attached for June as reference) that will show our monthly build capacities compared to the full unscheduled order bank by key commodities. This will give direct line of site of our supply and demand on commodities and provide dealers with a resource to talk to customers about making potential changes to their orders to improve their build timing.
Scheduling Timeline
Thursday scheduling will continue on a weekly basis with the following monthly cadence:
· Week 1: First Editions
o NOTE: These will be scheduled throughout the entire Model Year. Additionally, all First Edition allocations were calculated based on # of First Edition orders in order bank as of March 19 deadline.
· Week 2: Dealer Earned Allocation – Non-First Edition Orders
· Week 3 & 4: Clean Up, As Necessary
As a reminder, we will send all order holders a communication in May notifying them of their estimated delivery timeframe based on their current build, production volume, and allocation
FE: 4 Dr, A51, NP
BRaptor: HPR; Original GT Res - 7/14/20
BRaptor: HPR; Original GT Res - 7/14/20
Deedra, JMDESROCH
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