Dispatch Date Estimations

Communication of dispatch dates for part manufacturing is essential. Previously, your dispatch date was derived from a simple lead time mechanism that allowed you to define a duration range (i.e.: 2~3 days).

Lead times are now defined on the workspace level, meaning any lead time you define is available across all of your processes and post-processes. Each lead time is now associated with a buffer / grace-period for use in dispatch date estimation. Lead times are no longer associated with a pricing multiplier.

Our new dispatch date implementation takes a holistic approach to resolving issues surrounding the old system, and is the natural successor to the previous target lead time concept. You can now calculate an estimated duration to fulfil a requisition, known as the manufacturing duration, directly within your process and post-process equations.

The dispatch date is then calculated based on the durations returned from these equations, whilst also applying a general lead time buffer duration on top.

For our factory floor users, you can define durations on each of your workstations, and therefore skip calculating the estimated duration entirely in your equations.

You can read more about the specific details of configuring lead times here, and configuring dispatch dates here.