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How to Run the BOR Change History Report in EDGEBIC
Run the BOR change history report in EDGEBIC to see every routing snapshot version, when it was created, why, and which jobs were scheduled against it.
How to Run the First Time Setup Wizard in EDGEBIC
Run the EDGEBIC First Time Setup Wizard step by step: data source, first shift, product, work centers, routing, and first order, to a schedulable job.
How to Run the Job Audit Trail in EDGEBIC
Run the job audit trail in EDGEBIC for one order's complete lifecycle: schedules, change log, punch adjustments, and routing versions in a single multi-tab record.
How to Run the Optimization Suggestions Report in EDGEBIC
Run the BOR optimization suggestions report in EDGEBIC to see ranked routing and capacity changes that would buy back hours, each with an estimated impact.
How to Run the Resource Replacement Audit in EDGEBIC
Run the resource replacement audit in EDGEBIC to see every job moved from one work center to another, who moved it, where it landed, and why.
How to Run the Sales Order Progress Report in EDGEBIC
Run the sales order progress report in EDGEBIC to see completion percent and schedule-versus-due status for every job, grouped by sales order and customer.
How to Run the Stock on Hand Report in EDGEBIC
Run the stock on hand report in EDGEBIC to see current on-hand for every stocked part from the inventory ledger, sorted shortages first with total value.
How to Run the Work Center Performance Report in EDGEBIC
Run the work center performance report in EDGEBIC for a fast per-station summary of scheduled hours, actual hours, utilization, and rate performance in one grid.
How to Take Maintenance Hours Out of a Machine's Day in EDGEBIC
There is no downtime event screen in the current release. See the two routes that do work for a partial-shift loss, and how to model a standing weekly window today.
How to Schedule a Job at a Specific Utilization in EDGEBIC
Throttle a single job in EDGEBIC with Schedule at Utilization: set a per-order percentage so the job uses fewer hours per shift and leaves capacity free for other work on the same machine.
How to Schedule a Work Center in Pieces Instead of Hours in EDGEBIC
How to run a work center on a pieces-per-hour rate in EDGEBIC so output-limited lines like molding and bottling are never promised a shorter time than they can produce. Where each number lives, and why the rate goes on the routing step.
How to Schedule Around a Planned Shutdown Week in EDGEBIC
Plan around a plant shutdown week in EDGEBIC: add a whole-day plant holiday for each closed day, mark it recurring for an annual shutdown, then reschedule so work flows around the closure.