The Dispatch Report identifies work orders arriving at a work center, as well as those work orders already there. This information is useful for determining the anticipated load of the work center. It assists the dispatcher or production supervisor in establishing priorities for the orders. These lists are printed daily and are used to schedule work.

In QAD Enterprise Applications, the dispatch report includes all scheduled operations for a work center or machine. The operations are listed in ascending sequence of scheduled start date. The report usually includes all past due operations and operations due to begin work within a user-specified time period. The specified period is established in the Window Days option before running the Work Order Dispatch Report.