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does a lower priority code number from dealer get your truck built sooner?
Not really, the lowest a dealer can set is 10, and that only makes highest priority among all other orders for similar model from that one dealer, basically the dealer is prioritizing which of their customers should be considered first by the Regional & factory scheduler, but they could skip over the 10 for higher ## if there were constraints on that 10 build.
Once the order is accepted for scheduling by the factory, the VIN is generated and initial build week is assigned, subject to future changes based the ebb & flow of commodities & supplies.
Many folks have been shifted around the past few months, while other like me were assigned a build week that never changed.
Once the order is accepted for scheduling by the factory, the VIN is generated and initial build week is assigned, subject to future changes based the ebb & flow of commodities & supplies.
Many folks have been shifted around the past few months, while other like me were assigned a build week that never changed.
p52Ranch
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The order priority (dealer can set between 10 and 19) as @TaxmanHog notes is only for Ford to sort out among orders for the same vehicle from that individual dealer.
E.G. if you have a priority of 11 and someone else at your dealer has a 19. When Ford starts planning the scheduling for that dealer they will initially try to schedule the lowest priority# first. BUT that does not mean your lower priority# will get scheduled first.
- Example, you have a Platinum with reclining seats on order and the person with the priority 19 has an XLT SR on order. When the scheduler gets to your build first, it will check to see if all constrained items on your order are available to schedule your build. Say the reclining seats are constrained items and no seats are available when the scheduler goes to consider your build. (The seats may have been available earlier in the scheduling run but, they were scheduled for a different customer at a different dealer before the scheduler got to your order when they were all gone.) Consequently your build gets skipped over for that schedule week. Later in the scheduling run, the scheduler gets back around to your dealer and it does have the parts to build that XLT SR. If it has the parts and your dealer still has an allocation for that scheduling run then that XLT SR gets scheduled while yours didn't.
Priority 11 just gave you scheduling consideration before priorities 12 thru 19 but does not guarantee scheduling first at your dealer. Priority 10 would be higher than priority 11.
Only Ford has the ability to set priorities below 10. Example: a customer had a Lightning built that was destroyed when being shipped and Ford wants to get that customer a replacement sooner. The Ford scheduled priority of 01 or 02 will be considered before any dealer priorities.
Once your Lightning has been scheduled, Your Dealer priority does not have any further meaning once scheduling is done. E.G. You got scheduled for the Platinum with the reclining seats. Ford thought those seats would be available for the week they scheduled you. However, let's say that Ford has issues getting the seats they thought were coming, you may bet bumped to a later date. Or, Ford figures out they can build it earlier then you get bumped up.
Ford cannot compare your priority of 11 from dealer X with an order with priority of 19 from dealer Y during scheduling.
One build we continue to see get bumped is XLT models with the 312A package and SR battery. There is something weird with that build specification that Ford cannot seem to make work. Ford keeps delaying those scheduled builds much to the consternation of folks who got an early build date and now are scheduled into September.
Hopefully this gives better insight on what dealer priority really means.
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Great insight, thanks! Do you think the standard range battery is constrained since it seems like the consumer Pros keep getting pushed back?
p52Ranch
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I’m not sure about the Pro SR builds. I would speculate (and this is only my wild ass guess) that Ford is giving preference to fleet Pro models. We haven’t seen any on a YouTube channel but maybe those businesses are busy using them instead of making videos.
XLT SR models with the 311A package seem to be getting built. Unless Ford has identified some problem with the Pro SR component compatibility….????
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