ERP & MRP Planning worked example

Job Shop Dispatch Priority with due-date urgency score of 4.5 score: a worked example

Suppose due-date urgency score falls to 4.5 score. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Score job dispatch priority from due-date urgency, bottleneck impact, and customer or margin importance.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Due-date urgency score: 4.5 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 9)
  • Bottleneck or downstream impact score: 8 score (held at the documented default)
  • Customer or margin importance score: 7 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Dispatch priority score = due-date urgency × 0.40 + bottleneck impact × 0.35 + customer importance × 0.25.
  • Dispatch priority score works out to 6.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Due-date urgency score works out to 4.5 score at these inputs.
  • Bottleneck or downstream impact score works out to 8 score at these inputs.
  • Customer or margin importance score works out to 7 score at these inputs.

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 22.09% below the baseline at 6.35 score.
  • It computes a weighted dispatch priority score by combining due-date urgency (40%), bottleneck impact (35%), and customer importance (25%). When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Dispatch priority score: 6.35 score (headline result)
  • Due-date urgency score: 4.5 score
  • Bottleneck or downstream impact score: 8 score
  • Customer or margin importance score: 7 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Job Shop Dispatch Priority calculator, set due-date urgency score to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.