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What Is a Blocker Hint on a Late Job?
A blocker hint is a one-line diagnosis on the Late Jobs report telling you where to dig first. Learn the three hints, what triggers each, and how to act.
What Is a Bootstrap Administrator Account?
The bootstrap administrator is the first account, created before anything else on a new database. Learn why it cannot be deleted and how to hand it over safely.
What Is a BOR Split Around an Anchor Step?
A BOR split divides a routing into the steps feeding a pinned constraint and the steps after it, so one half schedules backward and the other forward from the same point.
What Is a Common Shift Requirement in Parallel Scheduling?
Machines that must run one operation together need a shared shift record, not just matching hours. Learn why identical shift times on separate records never intersect.
What Is a Credit Limit in Manufacturing Software?
A credit limit is the ceiling on what a customer may owe. In EDGEBIC it warns but never blocks an order. Learn what that means and how to use it well.
What Is a Cross-Shift Operation in Scheduling?
A cross-shift operation is one routing step whose hours are split across several shifts or days. Learn why its elapsed span and its worked hours are different numbers.
What Is a Customer Id in Manufacturing Software?
A customer id is the short unique code that identifies a trading partner on every grid and dropdown. Learn how it differs from the name and why it should be stable.
What Is a Downstream Changed Flag in Scheduling?
A downstream changed flag marks operations that may now be out of sequence because something upstream of them was moved. It changes no data; it is a review list.
What Is a Drag Write Mode in a Production Gantt?
A drag write mode decides what a saved Gantt drag actually records: that work happened, that work started, or that work is planned for later. Same gesture, three meanings.
What Is a Grid Export Snapshot?
A grid export snapshot is an Excel file reproducing exactly what a grid shows, in its current sort and filter order. Learn why it is for sharing and never for re-importing.
What Is a History Bucket in Inventory Projection?
A history bucket is a projection period in the past that reports only what really moved. Learn why it ignores plan, forecast, and suggestions, and how to read it.
What Is a Late-Start Penalty in Scheduling?
A late-start penalty is the capacity a shift loses when an operation only becomes eligible partway through it. Learn why a machine can show free hours and still schedule nothing.