How to Record a Piece Count in EDGEBIC

To record a piece count in EDGEBIC by User Solutions, tap the GOOD and SCRAP counters at the shop floor terminal during a run, or type daily piece totals into the Log Actuals grid on the planner desktop. Both paths write to the same place: daily actual pieces on the operation, which sit beside the plan and never overwrite it. Which path you use is a shop decision, not a software one.

The wider picture of what actuals capture and why is in shop floor actuals tracking explained. This post is the count itself.

Before You Start

Path A: Counting at the Terminal

Step 1: Tap GOOD Per Accepted Piece

During a run, tap the large green GOOD counter once per finished piece. The count increments the open run punch immediately. Count as pieces come off the machine, not from memory at shift end: a running count survives interruptions, breaks, and shift changes.

Step 2: Tap SCRAP and Pick a Reason

Tap the red SCRAP counter for a rejected piece. A reason picker replaces the button before the count moves. Choose a category first, then the specific reason:

A piece can never be scrapped without a reason. Use Change reason if the defect category shifts mid-run, which starts a fresh reason on subsequent taps.

Step 3: Undo a Mis-Tap

An UNDO button appears for about ten seconds after each piece tap and takes the last count back. The undo is itself recorded, so a supervisor sees it in the history drawer. It is a correction, not an erasure.

Step 4: Fix Totals Outright With EDIT COUNTS

Past the undo window, tap EDIT COUNTS. The Enter Counts dialog replaces the current good and scrap counts for this run. Replaces, not adds. If twenty taps already landed and you type 25, the result is 25, not 45. This is the single most common surprise in the whole counting workflow.

Path B: Counting on the Planner Desktop

Step 1: Open Log Actuals

Select the job in the Job View tab, right-click the operation's bar and choose Log Actuals, or use the Log Actual header button and pick the work center.

Step 2: Fill the Actual Pcs Column

The grid shows one row per calendar day. Type into Actual Pcs for the day the pieces came off.

Step 3: Decide Whether to Auto-Calculate

Leave Auto Calc Hours (derive missing side from Rate) ticked to enter one side only. Enter 12 pieces on a step rated at 2 pieces per hour and 6 hours derive. Untick it to record both sides independently, and the grid stores exactly what you typed along with the observed ratio between them.

For a single-cell fix, double-click the Actual Pieces cell on the operation row in the Job View grid to open the Quick Log popup instead of the full dialog.

Step 4: Save

Click Save. If you changed values that had already been reported, a reason is required and an empty reason cancels the save.

What Changes When You Save

How to Check It Worked

On the terminal, the counter reads what you expect and the shift handoff summary lists the day's good and scrap totals with recent pauses. On the planner side, open the operation's Log Actuals grid: the day's row carries the pieces, and the rate column shows the ratio against the hours logged for the same day. The Actual Live card for the step reflects the updated progress percentage.

Common Mistakes

• Expecting EDIT COUNTS to add. It replaces the run's totals. Type the number you want to end up with.
• Tapping pieces while paused or in setup. The counters will not move. Resume the run first.
• Counting scrap as production. Good pieces alone drive daily actual pieces, which is why a scrap-heavy day correctly shows low output.
• Hand-typing both hours and pieces on the same day while auto-calculation is on. With both values present, your numbers stand as entered. That is fine when deliberate and confusing when accidental.
• Leaving a stale pinned rate in place. If the rate no longer matches how the step actually runs, derived values on the other side will be wrong every time.

Next Steps

Hours are the other half of the same grid: how to enter actual hours for yesterday. Starting the run in the first place is how to start a job on the kiosk, and closing it out is how to complete an operation.

Browse the full task list on the EDGEBIC how-to hub. Bring one shift of real piece counts to a demo of EDGEBIC and we will run them through both paths.