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How Opening Balances Seed a New EDGEBIC Install
A new install starts with zero stock history. Here is how opening balances give each product its first honest on-hand and set the base every projection stands on.
Reading a Projected Available Balance Row by Row in EDGEBIC
A projected available balance calendar reads like a bank statement for stock. Here is how to trace one row into the next, column by column, with real numbers.
Reading Projected Available Balance Across the Horizon in EDGEBIC
How EDGEBIC rolls projected available balance forward bucket by bucket, why past buckets use real ledger movement, and how a negative balance triggers action.
Reading the Inventory Calendar and Matrix in EDGEBIC
One product deep or the whole catalog wide, two views answer different questions. Here is how to read the inventory calendar, the matrix, its lenses and KPI strips.
Reading the MPS Grid: A Planning Cockpit in EDGEBIC
How to read EDGEBIC's master production schedule grid as a decision cockpit: the KPI strip, the demand and supply columns, and the status badges that drive action.
The Inventory Reservation Map Explained in EDGEBIC
When two orders want the same stock in one scheduling run, a reservation map stops them both claiming it. Here is how EDGEBIC reserves stock as it nets.
The Six Demand Sources Behind Every Job in EDGEBIC
Every manufacturing order in EDGEBIC carries a demand source that records why it exists. Here are the six values, what each means, and why an orphan job has none.
What EDGEBIC Does Today vs the MRP Roadmap
An honest map of EDGEBIC's planning capability: finite scheduling, inventory netting, MPS, and import are here today; multi-level BOM explosion, pegging, and DBR are roadmap.
When to Net Demand Against Stock vs Build Fresh in EDGEBIC
Should an order consume stock or build new units? Here are the exact gates EDGEBIC checks, the product settings that drive them, and how to decide per product.
Why a Committed MPS Quantity Is Not Yet Supply in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC keeps the committed MPS build quantity out of the projected balance until you firm it. Here is why that separation prevents phantom supply and double-counting.
Why Inventory Transactions Are Append-Only in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC never edits or deletes a stock entry. Here is why corrections happen through reversals, what that buys an auditor, and how a canceled order unwinds cleanly.
Why On-Hand Is a Cache, Not the Source of Truth in EDGEBIC
The on-hand number you see is a fast cache over an append-only ledger. Here is why the ledger sum is authoritative, how drift is caught, and how to reconcile it.