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What Is a Column Glossary in Reporting? EDGEBIC Definition
A column glossary is built-in documentation for every report column: its definition, formula, unit, and examples. See how EDGEBIC's Column Details makes reports self-explaining.
What Is a Constraint Buffer?
A constraint buffer is protected time in front of a bottleneck that absorbs upstream delays. Learn how constraint, feeding, and shipping buffers are sized.
What Is a Daily Hour Breakdown? Definition and Example
A daily hour breakdown records planned and actual hours (and pieces) per day for one scheduled operation. Definition, a worked example, and how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is a Dependency Violation in Scheduling?
A dependency violation is when a routing step starts before the step it depends on has finished. Definition, when overlap is legitimate, and how EDGEBIC flags it.
What Is a Frozen Window in Scheduling?
A frozen window is a near-term time horizon a reschedule cannot move jobs within. Definition, why it protects the shop floor, and how EDGEBIC preserves it.
What Is a Lot Size Rule in Replenishment Planning?
A lot size rule decides how a replenishment quantity is rounded, from exact shortfall to whole batches. Here is lot-for-lot vs fixed order quantity explained.
What Is a Machine Instance in Scheduling?
A machine instance is one physical machine inside a work center. Learn how the instance count multiplies capacity and lets several jobs run at once.
What Is a Manufacturing Order? Definition and Example
A manufacturing order is a work order to build a specific quantity of a product by a due date. Definition, its lifecycle, a worked example, and how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is a Margin Bucket in Job Status? EDGEBIC Definition
A schedule-margin bucket sorts each active job into Late, Overdue, On time, or Early by its slack against the due date. See the rules and the EDGEBIC job status donut.
What Is a Master Production Schedule Bucket (MPS Bucket)?
An MPS bucket is a fixed time period that groups demand, supply and build quantities in the master production schedule. Here is how Day, Week and Period buckets work.
What Is a Material Step in a Routing? Definition and Example
A material step consumes a raw material or component at its point in a routing without using work center time. Definition, a worked example, and how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is a Partial Completion in Scheduling? Definition and Example
A partial completion is a step that ran some but not all of its hours before a reschedule. Definition, the three handling policies, a worked example, and how EDGEBIC uses it.