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Onboarding a Second Plant Into the Same EDGEBIC Database
A rollout sequence for adding a second plant to a live EDGEBIC model: retrofitting site prefixes, ordering the imports, running parallel for a week, and what breaks if you skip a step.
Running EDGEBIC Alongside Your ERP's Scheduling Module
You do not have to switch off the ERP's scheduling module to add finite capacity planning. Here is the division of labor, which dates win, and how to avoid running two plans.
Should You Trust Your ERP's Standard Times?
Import the standards you have, then prove them against actual hours before re-timing anything. A method for finding which routing standards are wrong and which ones matter.
Specifying the ERP Export You Need From IT
How to write a request your ERP report writer can build in one pass: the columns, the filter, the grain, the naming, and the five questions that prevent a second round trip.
Testing an Import Mask Change Before the Live Run
A five-step way to prove an import mask edit before it touches real data: a ten-row slice, updates off, the count check, the hour arithmetic, then the full file.
What an ERP Integration Costs in Hours Per Week
A realistic time budget for running an ERP to EDGEBIC integration: the one-time mask build, the recurring weekly minutes, and the four things that make the number grow.
What to Check in EDGEBIC After an ERP Version Upgrade
The checks to run after an ERP upgrade breaks or changes an export: column headings, units, date formats, row counts, and how to prove the schedule still reflects reality.
What Your ERP Export Cannot Tell You About the Floor
An ERP export carries routings and demand but almost never carries capacity reality. Here are the seven fields you add after the import, and what each one is worth in schedule accuracy.
When Two ERP Rows Map to One EDGEBIC Work Center
Your ERP holds two resource rows for what the floor treats as one work center. Here is how to decide between merging, an instance count, and a machine pool before you import.
Who Owns the ERP Import Routine on Your Team
How to assign ownership of an ERP to EDGEBIC import routine: who writes the export, who runs the mask, who reads the counts, and who covers the week the planner is out.
A Monthly ERP to EDGEBIC Data Audit
A 45 minute monthly audit that catches the slow drift a per-import check misses: phantom work centers, stale jobs, reverted instance counts, and standard times reality has moved past.
Choosing the System of Record for Each Scheduling Field
Decide which fields your ERP owns and which EDGEBIC owns before the second import: the mapping rule that stops a nightly export from overwriting your machine counts and setups.