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What Is an Inferred Completion in Rescheduling?
An inferred completion is a step the scheduler concludes must have run because a later step was logged. Learn how backfilled actuals keep a reschedule honest.
What Is Days Late on a Job? EDGEBIC Definition and Formula
Days late is the gap between a job's last scheduled operation end and its due date. See the formula, why only positive values appear, and how the signed version differs.
What Is Estimated Lead Time on a Quote? EDGEBIC Definition
Estimated lead time is the calendar gap between a quote simulation's start and end. See why it dwarfs the work hours and how it differs from a product's lead time.
What Is Moving Average Cost? EDGEBIC Inventory Definition
Moving average cost is one blended unit cost recomputed on every receipt. See the weighted-average formula, why issues never change it, and how it is stamped on the ledger.
What Is OTIF in Production Scheduling? EDGEBIC Definition
OTIF is on-time in full delivery performance. See how EDGEBIC computes the executive tile over a 90 day window, why it reads Plan, and what it does not measure.
What Is Per-Instance Capacity in Scheduling?
Per-instance capacity is one machine's share of a work center's shift hours. Learn how the scheduler uses it to decide whether a machine can take another job.
What Is Planned Value? EDGEBIC Definition and Formula
Planned value is the hours a job was scheduled to have finished by the report cut-off. See the clipping formula, a worked example, and how EDGEBIC computes it.
What Is Adherence Percent on a Daily Production Report? EDGEBIC Definition
Adherence percent is actual hours divided by planned hours for one work center on one day, capped at 200. See the formula, the zero-plan trap, and a worked example.
What Is Schedule Attainment? EDGEBIC Definition and Formula
Schedule attainment is the share of completed jobs that finished by their due date. See the formula, the 85 percent target, and how it differs from adherence.
What Is the Dominant Department Rule? EDGEBIC Definition
The dominant department rule assigns a job that touches several departments to the one that consumed the most hours, so per-plant rollups never double count.
What Is the Next Step Start Date in Rescheduling?
The next step start date is the resume point a reschedule computes from a job's actuals. Learn how it is derived and why it overrides the job's original start.
What Are Lost Hours in a Production Schedule?
Lost hours are hours a routing demands that the schedule never actually booked. Definition, the half-hour threshold, why completed steps are excluded, and how EDGEBIC reports them.