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An Operation Moved and the Machine Was Free: Finding the Hidden Cause
A job slid and every machine shows open hours. Tooling is the cause the Gantt cannot draw. How to rule it in or out in two minutes before you chase calendars.
An Operation Shows Running Forever Though All Hours Are Logged
A step stays in progress after every hour is logged because completion is an explicit stamp, not an hours threshold. How to close it and stop it recurring.
Another User Changed This Record: Causes and Fixes
EDGEBIC refuses a save when the record moved after you loaded it. The usual cause is a colleague, but the message also appears when you are alone. How to read it and what to do.
I Changed a Step's Required Skill and the Operator Pin Stayed
Changing a step's required skill keeps its operator pin, so a pinned person who lacks the new skill stops the next scheduling run. Why that is deliberate, and the fix.
My Optimizer Proposal Disappeared Before I Could Accept It
An optimizer proposal lives only on your screen until you Accept, so closing the app discards it and a colleague never sees it. Why that is safe, and how to work with it.
The Schedule Looks Different on Two Screens: Causes and Fixes
Two people on one EDGEBIC database seeing different schedules is almost always the age of a view or a personal display setting, not a disagreement in the data. The checks, cheapest first.
A Make-to-Stock Product Cannot Hold Inventory: Causes and Fixes
When a make-to-stock product has the stocked flag off, builds post no receipts and nothing nets against it. How to spot the mismatch and turn stocking back on.
A Product Yield Value Is Out of Range: Causes and Fixes
Yield must sit between zero and one. A yield of zero blocks the build quantity calculation and a yield above one inflates nothing. How to spot and correct both.
A Run Failed With a Resource Shift Mismatch: Causes and Fixes
A shift mismatch means a slot was allocated and then rejected because it fell outside every configured shift. How it differs from no capacity and how to fix it.
A Satisfied-From-Stock Job Did Not Draw Down Inventory: Causes and Fixes
When a job is marked satisfied from stock but the ledger shows no consumption, on-hand is overstated. Why the issue entry goes missing and how to post it.
A Satisfied-From-Stock Job Still Shows a Work Center Row: Causes and Fixes
A fully covered job should carry one material-shaped row and no machine work. Why a work center row appears on it and what it breaks downstream.
A Work Center Is Booked Past Its Shift Design: Causes and Fixes
A warning that daily bookings exceed the shift-design cap means planned overtime or a stale shift setting, not a physically impossible schedule. How to tell which.