OPS.10.2:4.1 - Recover the delivery question and remaining work

State the result that must be available, its deadline and its waiting origin. An internal completion can precede transport, approval or receiving acceptance. Include those operations when the promise needs them.

Separate hard requirements from preferences. “Meet all three dates” asks for feasibility. “Finish the last order as early as possible” minimizes the last completion. “Obtain the first result sooner” can prefer a different order. If competing recipients cannot all receive their earliest possible result, OPS.7 supplies the priority and commitment choice.

For each remaining operation, recover its readiness event, required predecessors, duration or bounded scenario, eligible resources, and whether it can be interrupted. Include setups, transfers and known return work when they consume relevant time. Retain completed operations and work already under way as facts; estimate only their remaining requirements.

Keep the finite work list at the detail the decision needs. If a task requires an operator only during loading, recover that phase without decomposing every machine movement. If an unknown duration could reverse the decision, compare supported bounds or obtain that particular input. A full event history is unnecessary when the supplied conditions already settle the schedule.