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How to Set Partial-Confirm Behavior in EDGEBIC
Decide what EDGEBIC does with a short confirm: trust the operator's Actual End or forward-shift the missing hours, set in the Schedule policy tab.
How to Set Pieces Required on a Routing Step in EDGEBIC
Schedule a routing step by piece count in EDGEBIC. Set the step's Unit Type to pieces and enter the pieces requirement, backed by a pieces-based work center rate.
How to Set the Applicable Instance Count on a Step in EDGEBIC
Cap how many of a work center's machine instances a routing step may use in EDGEBIC. Set Applicable Instances in the step's Properties, distinct from the work center's total instances.
How to Set the Capacity Search Window in EDGEBIC
Control how far the EDGEBIC scheduler looks ahead for free capacity: set the Search ahead days in the Capacity Search Window, from 30 days upward.
How to Set the Optimizer Time Budget in EDGEBIC
Choose how long the EDGEBIC optimizer thinks: set the Time budget per run, 10, 30, or 60 seconds, on the Optimizer tab before you run and Accept.
How to Set the Order Jobs Are Scheduled In in EDGEBIC
Control the sequence EDGEBIC plans jobs in: set priority, understand the start-date and due-date tie-breakers, and see why queue order is the plan on a loaded machine.
How to Set Up a Shop Floor Kiosk in EDGEBIC
Set up a shop floor kiosk in EDGEBIC: install the terminal, point it at the shared database, bind it to one work center and instance, and start punching.
How to Set Work Center Efficiency in EDGEBIC
How to reflect a machine's realistic productive rate in EDGEBIC: the utilization multiplier behind the capacity formula, honest shift hours, capacity overrides, and where piece rates really live.
How to Show Setup and Queue Time on the Gantt in EDGEBIC
Render setup and queue time as their own segments on EDGEBIC bars: use the Setup and Queue Time card on the Configuration Manufacturing tab, then apply.
How to Simulate a Schedule Without Committing It in EDGEBIC
See a plan's dates, hours, and cost in EDGEBIC without touching the live schedule: run a what-if scenario simulation, or let the optimizer propose a plan you accept or discard.
How to Switch from SQLite to SQL Server in EDGEBIC
Switch EDGEBIC from the local SQLite file to a shared SQL Server database: back up first, change the provider, and understand what does not migrate.
How to Use the Operator Dispatch Board in EDGEBIC
Use the operator dispatch board in EDGEBIC: open the Dispatch tab under Daily Hours to read a per-operator daily work list grouped by person and date, filtered to a window.