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Who Should Log Actuals: The Operator or the Planner?
EDGEBIC has two doors into the same actuals record. Learn how to decide which one your shop uses as primary, and why leaving it undecided quietly corrupts the data.
Why an Operation's Actual Start Is Written Once
Two sources can stamp an actual start and neither overwrites the other. Learn why first writer wins, where the kiosk stamps it, and how to correct one deliberately.
Why Certification Is Checked When You Schedule, Not When You Punch
EDGEBIC gates skill-required work at plan time, never at the terminal. Learn what that split protects, what it deliberately does not stop, and how to prove compliance.
Building a Reason Code Catalog for Your Work Centers in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC ships 16 default reason codes across four categories and lets you add work center specific ones. Here is how to build a catalog operators will actually use.
From Kiosk Punch to Plan Versus Actual Variance in EDGEBIC
Follow one operator tap all the way to the utilization report's variance column. See how logged hours become the per work center plan versus actual picture planners act on.
How Kiosk Punches Roll Up Into Daily Actual Hours in EDGEBIC
Punches are the source, daily actual hours are the rollup. See how EDGEBIC groups closed run and rework punches by date and rebuilds the numbers the plan reads.
How Sub-Assembly Actuals Are Logged Separately in EDGEBIC
A step that builds several components keeps its actuals split per component. See how EDGEBIC separates those rows, who maintains them, and why totals never double count.
Planned Crew Versus Who Actually Worked in EDGEBIC
The schedule books operator hours in advance and the kiosk records who really ran the job. Learn why EDGEBIC keeps those two records apart and which one to report on.
Rolling a Job's Actuals Up to the End Product in EDGEBIC
Actuals are captured per operation, but planners ask about the job. See how EDGEBIC rolls operation actuals into one end-product view and when a job counts as complete.
The Auto-Filled Actuals Badge Explained in EDGEBIC
Some actuals are typed by a person and some are filled in by the system. See how the auto-filled badge tells them apart and why that provenance protects your numbers.
Preventive Maintenance and the EDGEBIC Kiosk: What Operators Actually See
The EDGEBIC kiosk shows one banner, and it is not a maintenance banner. See what the kiosk really warns about and how to protect service hours with a per-day capacity override.
The Ten-Second Piece Undo at the EDGEBIC Kiosk
A mis-tapped piece count is fixable on the spot, but never invisibly. See how the ten-second undo works at the kiosk and why every undo leaves an audit row behind.