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Deleting a Quote Scenario You No Longer Need in EDGEBIC
Deleting a scenario removes it and its overrides and nothing else. See what survives, why an applied scenario is safe to delete, and how to keep a quote's scenario list readable.
After Conversion, Edit the Order and Not the Quote in EDGEBIC
Once a quote converts, the manufacturing order is the live record. See why quote edits stop reaching production, and what the quote is still good for afterward.
Finding One Quote in a Long List in EDGEBIC
Three filters narrow the EDGEBIC quote grid: status, customer, and sales order. See how they combine, what each one answers, and why the filter also sets the blast radius.
What Happens to a Quoted Price When the Quantity Changes in EDGEBIC
Doubling the order rarely halves the unit cost. See the exact quantity arithmetic behind an EDGEBIC quote, where setup stops amortizing, and why the date scales differently.
Quoting a Multi-Item Order in EDGEBIC: One Quote per Line, Held Together by the Sales Order
A quote holds one product. See how to quote a customer's multi-line enquiry as a set, read the package date and margin correctly, and where the sum of the lines misleads.
Quoting Against a Date That Has Already Passed in EDGEBIC
A finish-by date in the past cannot be planned into, because the earliest a quote simulation will start is today. See how EDGEBIC answers, and how to read the refusal.
What a Quote's Estimated Cost Does Not Include in EDGEBIC
A quoted cost in EDGEBIC is labor plus material, and nothing else. See what the model deliberately leaves out, and where those real costs belong instead.
What the Customer Actually Receives From an EDGEBIC Quote
The Send action produces a quote summary for the rows you checked. See what reaches the customer, why internal notes never leave, and why the status does not move itself.
Boosting a Work Center's Capacity in a Quote Scenario in EDGEBIC
A capacity override in a quote scenario multiplies one machine's effective hours (1.5 means 150 percent) to test a second shift or overtime and see how far it pulls the promised date in.
Enabling Parallel Processing in a Quote Scenario in EDGEBIC
A quote scenario can allow parallel processing and cap how many work centers run at once. See when it shortens the simulated date and when the routing has to support it.
How a Scenario's Priority Level Changes the Quoted Date in EDGEBIC
A quote scenario carries a 1 to 10 priority level. See how raising it lets the simulated job claim contested capacity sooner, and when it moves the quoted date at all.
Quoting a Job That Shares Your Bottleneck in EDGEBIC
When a quoted job routes through the same constraint machine as your committed work, the simulation queues it behind that load and the bottleneck sets the promised date. Here is how to read and improve it.