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What Is the Critical Chain in Manufacturing Scheduling?
The critical chain is the longest dependent path through a plan once shared machine contention is counted, not just step precedence. Here is how it differs from the critical path.
What Does Finite Capacity Mean in EDGEBIC?
Finite capacity means the scheduler refuses to book more hours on a machine than that machine actually has. See exactly how EDGEBIC enforces it, day by day and shift by shift.
What Does Mark Complete Mean on an Operation?
Marking complete closes an operation and freezes it against every future reschedule. See the two ways EDGEBIC calls a step done and what date it stamps.
What Is a Quote Simulation in Production Scheduling?
A quote simulation runs the real scheduling engine against your live capacity and then throws the result away. See what EDGEBIC computes and why nothing is saved.
What Is an Alternate Type Column in a Routing Import?
The alternate type column tells a routing import whether an attached step is independent parallel, dependent parallel, or a true alternative. Learn the three values and how EDGEBIC uses them.
What Is an Import Mask? Definition and Example
An import mask is a saved column-mapping recipe that turns a recurring spreadsheet into a two-click import. Definition, worked example, and how EDGEBIC uses one.
What Is an Operation Flag in a Routing Import?
The operation flag is the mandatory routing-import column that says whether a row is an operation on a work center or a material line consuming a component. Learn how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is an Optimizer Proposal in Scheduling?
An optimizer proposal is an improved schedule held on screen until you accept it. See how EDGEBIC keeps it out of the database and why Accept can refuse.
What Is Auto-Calculate Hours in an Actuals Import?
Auto-Calculate Hours is the actuals import option that derives hours from pieces, or pieces from hours, using the operation's own rate when a row supplies only one. Learn how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is Auto-Create Missing Masters in an Import?
Auto-create missing masters are the import options that let a sales-order or routing file create the products, customers, and work centers it names but that do not exist yet. Learn how EDGEBIC uses them.
What Is Auto-Generate Next in Sequence in a Routing Import?
Auto-Generate Next in Sequence is the routing import option that chains imported steps in sequence-number order so you never fill the next-step column by hand. Learn how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is Forward Scheduling in EDGEBIC?
Forward scheduling starts a job as early as capacity allows and reports when it finishes. See how EDGEBIC's default direction places work and where the slack ends up.