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A Week-by-Week EDGEBIC Migration Timeline
How long does moving to EDGEBIC take? This week-by-week timeline lays out a realistic six-week migration from RMDB, from data export to full cutover.
Mapping RMDB Terms to EDGEBIC Terms: A Crosswalk
An RMDB to EDGEBIC terminology crosswalk. See how the scheduling concepts you already know map to EDGEBIC names, plus the new terms the next-generation engine adds.
Migrating Alternate Work Center Routings to EDGEBIC
Have routings with alternate or parallel machines? Here is how to move the primary routing through the import mask and rebuild alternate and parallel work centers in EDGEBIC.
Migrating Capacity and Utilization Settings to EDGEBIC
Moving work centers to EDGEBIC means carrying over the capacity knobs: instances, efficiency, batch sizes, and the one-per-day and bottleneck flags. Here is how to migrate them, and where a legacy utilization target goes.
Migrating From a Homegrown Spreadsheet Scheduler to EDGEBIC
Outgrown a homegrown spreadsheet scheduler? Here is how to map your columns into EDGEBIC import masks and move from a fragile workbook to finite capacity scheduling.
Migrating From a Whiteboard or Magnet Board to EDGEBIC
Moving off a scheduling whiteboard or magnet board? Here is how to capture the tribal knowledge on that board into EDGEBIC master data and schedule with finite capacity.
Migrating From an Abandoned MRP Scheduling Module to EDGEBIC
Your ERP has a scheduling module nobody trusts, so the real plan lives in a spreadsheet. Here is how to move that shadow schedule into EDGEBIC and finite capacity.
RMDB to EDGEBIC: A Feature-Parity Map
Worried a feature you rely on in RMDB is gone in EDGEBIC? This parity map shows what carries over, what is equivalent under a new name, and what is genuinely new.
Training Your RMDB Team on the EDGEBIC Engine
Your schedulers already know RMDB. Here is how to train an experienced RMDB team on EDGEBIC quickly, focusing on what changed and what carries straight over.
Validating Migrated Cost Data in EDGEBIC
After importing item costs and labor rates into EDGEBIC, validate them before you quote. Here is how to check material, labor, and overhead so your quote estimates hold up.
A Phased Migration Plan to EDGEBIC
A phased migration to EDGEBIC moves one cell at a time while RMDB stays the system of record. Import, verify, pilot, and widen, so risk stays contained and no cutover is ever forced.
An EDGEBIC Migration Checklist
A practical EDGEBIC migration checklist: clean data, build masks, import in dependency order, verify capacity, run a pilot, and expand. RMDB stays supported, so you move at your own pace.