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How Lead Time Offsets a Replenishment Release Date in EDGEBIC
Why a build needs to release before its due date: the release-equals-need-minus-lead-time arithmetic in EDGEBIC, and where automatic multi-level offsetting is roadmap.
Inventory Transaction Types in the EDGEBIC Ledger
A field guide to the inventory transaction types in EDGEBIC: receipts, issues, adjustments, reversals, and opening balances, what posts each, and how they sum to on-hand.
Make-to-Stock vs Make-to-Order Planning Behavior in EDGEBIC
How a product's make-to-stock or make-to-order build method changes four planning behaviors: forecast consumption, receipts, stock netting, and replenishment suggestions.
Netting Gross Requirements to Net Requirements in EDGEBIC
The netting equation that turns gross demand into a real build quantity in EDGEBIC: subtract on-hand and scheduled receipts, add the safety buffer, and size the shortfall.
When an Order Is Fully Satisfied From Stock in EDGEBIC
What happens when an order's entire demand is met from inventory in EDGEBIC: no shop-floor operations, a single issue posted, and a satisfied-from-stock status on the job.
Why a Forecast Row Is Never Rewritten by Firm Demand in EDGEBIC
In EDGEBIC a forecast row never changes when firm orders consume it. Consumption is recomputed fresh each projection, so the same forecast yields different requirements over time.
Why Material Planning and Finite Scheduling Are Two Passes in EDGEBIC
Material planning nets demand at infinite capacity to set a need date; finite scheduling re-times it against real machines. Here is why EDGEBIC keeps the two passes distinct.
ATP Discrete vs Cumulative: Reading the Two Promise Columns in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC shows available-to-promise in two columns. Learn what discrete ATP at each supply point means, how cumulative ATP carries forward, and how to quote a delivery from them.
How a Build-to-Stock Job Replenishes Inventory
How a build-to-stock job replenishes inventory: the job as a supply event that lifts the projected balance, when it lands, and how it clears a below-safety warning.
How Moving Average Cost Updates on Each Receipt in EDGEBIC
How EDGEBIC recomputes a product's moving average cost on every receipt, why issues leave it unchanged, and how each cost is captured on the ledger entry for history.
How Projected Balance Drives a Purchase Decision
How projected inventory balance drives a purchase decision: reading the netted balance across buckets, spotting the first breach, and firming a suggestion into an order.
How Safety Stock Absorbs Demand Variability
How safety stock absorbs demand variability: why the buffer exists, how to size it to real variation and lead time, and how a projection turns exposure into a visible line.