How to Adjust an Operator Punch in EDGEBIC

To adjust an operator punch in EDGEBIC by User Solutions, open the punch that is wrong, enter the corrected value and a reason, and save the adjustment. The correction keeps the original value beside the new one and stamps the supervisor who made it, so the recorded hours are put right while the change stays fully traceable. It is a supervisor-level action, separate from the live capture operators do at the kiosk, and it does not replan the schedule.

This page covers correcting one punch. For the record it corrects and why the before and after are both kept, read what is a punch adjustment, and for the raw capture it works on, see what is a punch type in shop floor tracking.

Before You Start

• You are acting as a supervisor. Correcting a punch after the fact is a supervisor action; operators capture their own punches live and do not edit them.
• You know the correct value. Have the real start time, end time, or piece count in hand, from the operator or the job, before you open the punch.
• You have a short reason ready. The correction records why the change was made, so a one-line reason such as "missed end tap" or "wrong job selected" is part of the record. A blank reason is refused.

Step by Step

1. Open the History drawer on the kiosk for the machine whose record is wrong. It lists every punch and every edit, each a segment of time tagged with what the operator was doing.
2. Filter to narrow the list. The drawer separates Run, Setup, Down / Idle, and Edits, so you can go straight to the run punch for the day rather than reading the whole shift.
3. Select the punch that needs correcting, for example the one still showing as running because the operator went home without ending it.
4. Enter the corrected value: the real end time, start time, or piece count. The original stays attached; you are not overwriting it.
5. Enter a reason for the change. A correction without a reason is refused.
6. Save. The correction is kept forever alongside the original, with who made it and when.

What Changes When You Save

Saving records a correction, not a silent overwrite. The corrected value becomes the figure the day's totals are built from, while the original stays attached so a later reviewer can see a correction happened.

Because the correction is evidence rather than an erasure, nobody reviewing the day has to guess whether a number is original or amended. The adjustment carries both.

How to Check It Worked

Switch the drawer to its Edits filter and confirm your correction is listed with the original value, the new value, your name, and the reason. Then check the operation's daily hours: the runaway time or the mistyped count should be gone from the totals while the record of the fix remains. If the drawer shows only the new number with no trace of the original, you are looking at the wrong row, because corrections are kept alongside originals rather than replacing them.

Common Mistakes

• Deleting the punch and typing a fresh one. That throws away the evidence that a correction happened. Correct the existing punch so the original value, the reason, and your name are preserved.
• Leaving the reason blank. A correction without a reason is refused, and the reason is what makes the change reviewable months later. A one-line note such as "missed end tap" costs seconds and saves an audit question.
• Expecting the plan to move. Correcting a punch fixes the captured actuals; it does not replan. If the corrected hours must reach the schedule, that flows through the normal reschedule path, where completed work is preserved.
• Letting operators self-correct closed punches. Live capture is the operator's job and the ten-second undo is theirs; correcting a closed punch is the supervisor's, precisely so the fix carries an accountable name.

Worked Example: The Forgotten End Tap

Joe runs a press on the afternoon shift. At the end of the day he heads home without tapping complete, so his run punch is still open the next morning and the phase's elapsed record has been climbing all night.

The shift lead opens the History drawer on that machine, filters to Run, and finds the punch. Rather than deleting it and typing a fresh one, the lead corrects the end time to five in the afternoon and enters the reason "operator forgot to end the punch." The day's production hours rebuild from the corrected punch set, so the operation now carries the shift that was actually worked. The record permanently shows the original value, the corrected end, the reason, and the shift lead as the author. Anyone reviewing the day sees the full story rather than a suspiciously clean figure.

Next Steps

Correcting a punch is one of a handful of shop-floor fixes. For a schedule actual date that is wrong rather than a kiosk punch, see how to correct a wrong actual date, and for the count itself, how to record a piece count. Every task is indexed on the EDGEBIC how-to hub, and the platform overview is at EDGEBIC.