2024 Ranger No Scheduling This Week (2/29/24)

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[CamTalksTech]

Well that stinks!

 

[entersandmann]

Aw shucks time to start another "we are mad" thread

 

[telenerd]

My crystal ball says we’re in for a Summer build!

 

[Steeda67]

What does this no scheduling actually mean. They don't schedule a few weeks out? I assume all the orders just dont get scheduled for whatever reason?

 

[RacerX]

What does this no scheduling actually mean. They don't schedule a few weeks out? I assume all the orders just dont get scheduled for whatever reason?

Every week they look at orders and schedule the orders in the build queue. If there are parts constraints the order will be skipped. If the dealer doesn't have allocations for the order, the order will be skipped.
Orders are not scheduled by date/time received, they can be bunched by different options to make the assembly more efficient. e.g. in my Bronco build week, almost all included the Sasquatch and Lux package.

Ranger orders have already been scheduled out until 4/22 or so. I assume scheduling out further than that is pointless with just-in-time supply chain because part availability becomes less ensured. Think along the lines of weather forecasts. The further out from today the less accurate they are.

This week they will not schedule more Ranger orders for build weeks further out than 4/22.

As part availability/delivery becomes more concrete you'll see some weeks where they shuffle the scheduling of Rangers and no, or very few, new orders are scheduled for building.

 

[GManGeno]

Every week they look at orders and schedule the orders in the build queue. If there are parts constraints the order will be skipped. If the dealer doesn't have allocations for the order, the order will be skipped.
Orders are not scheduled by date/time received, they can be bunched by different options to make the assembly more efficient. e.g. in my Bronco build week, almost all included the Sasquatch and Lux package.

Ranger orders have already been scheduled out until 4/22 or so. I assume scheduling out further than that is pointless with just-in-time supply chain because part availability becomes less ensured. Think along the lines of weather forecasts. The further out from today the less accurate they are.

This week they will not schedule more Ranger orders for build weeks further out than 4/22.

As part availability/delivery becomes more concrete you'll see some weeks where they shuffle the scheduling of Rangers and no, or very few, new orders are scheduled for building.

I apologize if this is common knowledge, but to restate, if your dealer took your order but has no allocations or did not give you the allocation, your order will never get filled. And the dealer would/should have told you that they gave you an allocation. It would be okay if they took your order and told you up front that they had no allocations but were hopeful they would get more.

In my case, I placed a second allocation order for an RR with two dealers. Lucky for me one called and said they got a second allocation, and my order now has an April 8th build date. The other dealer, my preferred dealer as they are small and local was up front and told me back in November when I placed my order that they would take only 1 second order, mine, and that they had no idea if they would ever get another allocation. Sadly, about 2 weeks ago they called and confirmed that it was very unlikely. I kept the order open with them because, while I do have a build date from the other dealer's allocation, as with everybody in this forum, I'm skeptical and therefore won't cancel my order until I am physically driving off the lot with my shelter green raptor. My local dealer told me, should I not get my Raptor before the 2025 production starts, that my order would be the first to be placed for a 2025 RR.

 

[jdlapointe]

Ford gives the dealer allocations. The dealer can only assign your order a priority number within the dealership.

 

[Steeda67]

Every week they look at orders and schedule the orders in the build queue. If there are parts constraints the order will be skipped. If the dealer doesn't have allocations for the order, the order will be skipped.
Orders are not scheduled by date/time received, they can be bunched by different options to make the assembly more efficient. e.g. in my Bronco build week, almost all included the Sasquatch and Lux package.

Ranger orders have already been scheduled out until 4/22 or so. I assume scheduling out further than that is pointless with just-in-time supply chain because part availability becomes less ensured. Think along the lines of weather forecasts. The further out from today the less accurate they are.

This week they will not schedule more Ranger orders for build weeks further out than 4/22.

As part availability/delivery becomes more concrete you'll see some weeks where they shuffle the scheduling of Rangers and no, or very few, new orders are scheduled for building.

ahh makes much more sense now, thanks.

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