Priority codes
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Priority codes
Learned a lot from this group. Seems there are dealers and ford people here. What are priority codes and how does a dealer assign them? I have a 19 seems they run from 10 -99. 10 is first 99 is like no one cares.
More Turbo
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iirc its 10 to 19 with 19 being lowest priority. I believe that the regional ford rep can make it a 2 or a 1. From watching the past year i didnt see how it mattered what code you have with when it is built. Saw plenty of 2s take just as long as 19s.
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Priority codes are supposed to determine how orders are pulled from dealer lists.
Retail orders are assigned 10-19, 10 being highest priority.
Certain orders can be assigned priorities below 10 for special reasons, as determined by Ford reps, but not by the dealer.
This past year, priority assignments have not always meant anything if your order has some equipment on it that is not available, ie: on constraint.
My retail order last year hit the sweet spot, priority of 10, no order constraints on it, built and delivered in 10 weeks.
Anyway, if you can get your priority changed from 19 to 10, you will at least move up to the top of the order pulls, so long as it has no constraints.
Retail orders are assigned 10-19, 10 being highest priority.
Certain orders can be assigned priorities below 10 for special reasons, as determined by Ford reps, but not by the dealer.
This past year, priority assignments have not always meant anything if your order has some equipment on it that is not available, ie: on constraint.
My retail order last year hit the sweet spot, priority of 10, no order constraints on it, built and delivered in 10 weeks.
Anyway, if you can get your priority changed from 19 to 10, you will at least move up to the top of the order pulls, so long as it has no constraints.
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Taken from the sticky thread above, online build and ordering
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PRIORITY CODES
Orders are assigned a priority code when it is placed. Dealers can assign a priority code of 10-19 for retail orders and 20-80 for stock orders..
Retail orders default to 19, unless your dealer changes it. Priority codes are used to prioritize the unscheduled vehicles that a dealer has on order. A lower priority code will be scheduled before a higher priority code if all other commodity restrictions are met.
You can ask your dealer for a lower priority code, and they may be able to provide a lower code, but you are essentially asking to cut to the front of (or further up in) the line.
Priority codes only come into play when Ford is scheduling trucks. If your dealer has allocation, Ford will attempt to schedule the trucks submitted by your dealer with the lowest priority code. If they have enough allocation, then higher priority codes will be scheduled, and continuing on until the scheduled bank is full. The remaining unscheduled trucks remain in the bank of unscheduled orders until the next round of scheduling. Once your truck is scheduled, priority code becomes irrelevant.
Some dealers have a policy regarding changing of priority codes. It wouldn't be fair if only some buyers get a low priority code while others do not, so while you may want to ask for a lower priority code, do not be disappointed if your dealer can not provide."
"
PRIORITY CODES
Orders are assigned a priority code when it is placed. Dealers can assign a priority code of 10-19 for retail orders and 20-80 for stock orders..
Retail orders default to 19, unless your dealer changes it. Priority codes are used to prioritize the unscheduled vehicles that a dealer has on order. A lower priority code will be scheduled before a higher priority code if all other commodity restrictions are met.
You can ask your dealer for a lower priority code, and they may be able to provide a lower code, but you are essentially asking to cut to the front of (or further up in) the line.
Priority codes only come into play when Ford is scheduling trucks. If your dealer has allocation, Ford will attempt to schedule the trucks submitted by your dealer with the lowest priority code. If they have enough allocation, then higher priority codes will be scheduled, and continuing on until the scheduled bank is full. The remaining unscheduled trucks remain in the bank of unscheduled orders until the next round of scheduling. Once your truck is scheduled, priority code becomes irrelevant.
Some dealers have a policy regarding changing of priority codes. It wouldn't be fair if only some buyers get a low priority code while others do not, so while you may want to ask for a lower priority code, do not be disappointed if your dealer can not provide."
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