Advanced Planning, Scheduling & APS worked example

Late Order Exposure at 81% schedule-attributable exposure: a worked example

This scenario runs the late order exposure calculation on the strong side: 81% schedule-attributable exposure, with every other input held at its documented default. a supply chain manager needs to quantify the impact of orders projected to miss due dates

The inputs for this scenario

  • Late or at-risk orders: 12 orders (unchanged)
  • Exposure per late order: 850 $ / order (unchanged)
  • Schedule-attributable exposure: 81 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 70)
  • Customer recovery cost: 1,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Schedule-attributable late exposure = late orders × exposure per late order × schedule-attributable exposure) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9,762 $ late exposure for late order exposure, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 814 $ / order for exposure per late order.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8,262 $ late exposure for schedule-attributable late exposure.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,500 $ for customer recovery cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where schedule-attributable exposure sits at 70% and the headline result is 8,640 $ late exposure, this scenario comes in 12.99% above the baseline at 9,762 $ late exposure.
  • Use it when your schedule shows a cluster of orders trending past due and you need to size the financial case for expediting, overtime, or re-sequencing before the ship date. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Late order exposure: 9,762 $ late exposure (headline result)
  • Exposure per late order: 814 $ / order
  • Schedule-attributable late exposure: 8,262 $ late exposure
  • Customer recovery cost: 1,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Late Order Exposure calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.