ERP & MRP Planning worked example

Job Shop Dispatch Priority with due-date urgency score of 23 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the job shop dispatch priority calculation on the strong side: due-date urgency score of 23 score, with every other input held at its documented default. a shop-floor supervisor needs to decide which job should run next

The inputs for this scenario

  • Due-date urgency score: 23 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 9)
  • Bottleneck or downstream impact score: 8 score (unchanged)
  • Customer or margin importance score: 7 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Dispatch priority score = due-date urgency × 0.40 + bottleneck impact × 0.35 + customer importance × 0.25) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 13.75 score for dispatch priority score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 score for due-date urgency score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 score for bottleneck or downstream impact score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7 score for customer or margin importance score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where due-date urgency score sits at 9 score and the headline result is 8.15 score, this scenario comes in 68.71% above the baseline at 13.75 score.
  • Use it when sequencing competing jobs at a work center or releasing the next order to the floor. 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

  • Dispatch priority score: 13.75 score (headline result)
  • Due-date urgency score: 23 score
  • Bottleneck or downstream impact score: 8 score
  • Customer or margin importance score: 7 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Job Shop Dispatch Priority calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.