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Why Overdue Orders Pile Into Today's Planning Bucket in EDGEBIC
In EDGEBIC, overdue supply and demand clamp into today's planning bucket so nothing vanishes into the past. Learn how to read the pile-up and clear the backlog it exposes.
Choosing a Planning Bucket: Day, Week, or Period in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC plans demand and supply in buckets of a day, a week, or a 28-day period. Here is how each granularity behaves and how to pick the right one for a product.
Demand Fence vs Planning Fence in EDGEBIC
The two time fences in EDGEBIC's MPS suppress different things: the demand fence hides stale forecast, the planning fence protects committed builds. Here is how each works.
From Sales Order to MPS to Schedule in EDGEBIC
Follow one customer order through EDGEBIC end to end: confirmed sales line to firm demand, MPS commit and firm, build-to-stock order, and finite-capacity schedule.
Greater-Of vs Minus-Consumed: Forecast Consumption Rules in EDGEBIC
How EDGEBIC's two forecast consumption rules stop firm orders and forecasts double-counting the same demand, with worked numbers for choosing between them.
How a Forecast Becomes a Replenishment Suggestion in EDGEBIC
Follow the exact path a demand forecast takes to become a build suggestion: gross requirements, projected balance, reorder trigger, lot sizing, and yield.
How a Reschedule Keeps Inventory Consistent in EDGEBIC
Reschedule the same order twice and on-hand still reconciles. Here is the reverse-then-repost design that keeps at most one live consume issue per order.
How a Stockout Shows Up Before It Happens in EDGEBIC
A stockout is visible weeks out, not on the day the shelf empties. Here is how projected balance, the safety flag, and days of cover surface it early enough to act.
How Available-to-Promise Answers a Sales Question in EDGEBIC
When sales asks can we ship 150 by week 3, available-to-promise gives a safe answer. Here is how EDGEBIC reads the cumulative ATP column to say yes or no.
How Build-to-Stock and Consume-from-Stock Work Together in EDGEBIC
Build-to-stock posts a receipt when an order completes; consume-from-stock posts an issue when demand is met from stock. Here is how the two halves close one loop.
How Forward Netting Connects a Producer to a Consumer in EDGEBIC
When one order builds a part and another consumes it in the same run, forward netting lets the consumer see the incoming supply. Here is how it prevents a double-build.
How Lot Sizing and Yield Inflation Shape Order Quantities in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC rounds a raw shortfall into a buildable quantity with lot-size rules and yield inflation. Here is how lot-for-lot, fixed-order-qty, and scrap allowance each work.