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What Is Percent Complete in Manufacturing Scheduling? EDGEBIC
Percent complete measures how far along a job is by hours, not steps. See how EDGEBIC rolls a job's actuals up to its end item without double-counting.
What Is Performance Rate in OEE? EDGEBIC Definition
Performance rate is the OEE speed factor: actual pieces over theoretical pieces. See how EDGEBIC computes it from BOR cycle time and efficiency factor.
What Is Phantom Capacity in Scheduling?
Phantom capacity is fake schedulable hours no physical machine backs, created when a machine pool is treated as a resource itself. Learn how good scheduling design avoids it.
What Is Quality Rate in OEE? EDGEBIC Definition
Quality rate is the OEE factor for good output: good pieces over total pieces. See how EDGEBIC computes it from production punches and shows n/a without them.
What Is Re-Shopping in Work Center Group Scheduling?
Re-shopping is when a not-yet-started group step picks a machine again on reschedule against current capacity, while started work keeps its machine. Here is how it works.
What Is Shipped Quantity on a Sales Order Line?
Shipped quantity is how much of a sales order line has been fulfilled. Ordered minus shipped, floored at zero, is the open quantity still owed the customer.
What Is SQDC in Manufacturing? EDGEBIC Definition
SQDC is the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost mnemonic for a standup board. See how EDGEBIC builds four honest tiles and marks the ones it cannot yet measure.
What Is the First-Time Setup Wizard?
The first-time setup wizard walks a new EDGEBIC installation from an empty database to a schedulable job in seven guided steps. Learn what each step configures.
What Is the Never-Worse Clamp in Scheduling Optimization?
The never-worse clamp compares an optimized schedule against your current plan and returns the current plan if the new one does not strictly beat it, so optimization can only help.
What Is a Bill of Routing (BOR)? Definition and Example
A bill of routing lists the manufacturing steps, work center, and time for each operation to make a product. Definition, a worked example, and how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is a Bottleneck Utilization Metric? EDGEBIC Definition
A bottleneck utilization metric measures the load on the constraint machine. See how EDGEBIC computes today and seven-day load on the flagged bottleneck.
What Is a Capacity Override in Scheduling?
A capacity override replaces a work center's calculated capacity for a specific day or range. Definition, the priority order, and how EDGEBIC applies it to the plan.