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I found this on the Ford Fusion forum, and thought it might be interesting to people here wondering what the specific dates actually mean!

 

Legend:
MS&S = Marketing, Sales, and Service

MP&L = Material Planning and Logistics

VO = Vehicle Operations

 

Receipt Date: The date that MS&S recorded the order.
When the order is received from the dealers.

Serialize Date: The date that MS&S transfers the order to MP&L and the VIN is created.
When the order is received by Material Planning and parts are ordered.

Segment Date: The date that MP&L determines which week the order will be built.
When they figure what week that parts will be able to be delivered to the plant to build the vehicle.

Sequence Date: The date that MP&L determines which day the order will be built.
When they figure what day that parts can be at the plant to build the vehicle.

Blend Date: The date that MP&L determines when the order will be built within the assigned day.
When they figure the specific order that vehicles will be built. This depends on options and line constraints.

Produced Date: The date that VO finished assembling the vehicle
Your unit has been built!

Gate Release Date: The date that VO transfers the vehicle to Transportation Carriers for shipping
Your unit has left the building, and is in the hands of the shipper (rail or truck).

Ship Date: The date the vehicle left the Assembly Plant
Your unit has left the load site, and is on it's way to the dealer.

Arrival Date: The date the Dealership received the vehicle
Your dealer has the unit in hand, doing the dealer prep thingy.

Sold Date: The date the Customer picked up the vehicle
You came in, looked it over, said, "I'll take it!" and signed the papers.

 

Hope this helps!

Edited by MadManMoon
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Hmm, looks like my info might be a bit out of date!

 

According to cyberdman over at the Blue Oval Forums who generously provides tracking on vehicle orders, they have not used those milestones in years.  I'll confess, the last time I looked for those dates was in 2007, so it's entirely possible that Ford has completely changed their scheduling system.

 

From what I can determine, the order status goes from UNSCHEDULED - CLEAN, to SCHEDULED TO WEEK (MM-DD-YYYY), then to SCHEDULED TO DAY (MM-DD-YYYY) or, if changed, RESCHEDULED TO DAY (MM-DD-YYYY).  Following that, it's details on location (Gate, Ramp, or Railcar No.).

 

Sorry for the possible confusion!

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