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Running the Optimizer End to End in EDGEBIC: Baseline, Optimize, Compare, Accept
Follow a three-job schedule through the EDGEBIC optimizer: read the greedy baseline, pick a goal, run, compare KPI deltas and moves, and Accept, with honest badges explained.
Scheduling a Skill-Gated Job With a Certified Operator in EDGEBIC
Certify one welder for a skill, gate two jobs on it, and watch EDGEBIC slide the second job to the next day because one person cannot weld two machines at once, with the ledger shown.
Setting Up a Work Center Group and Watching It Load-Balance in EDGEBIC
Build a MILLING work center group of three interchangeable machines, route steps to the pool, and watch EDGEBIC shop the group by capacity, with the factor math shown.
Adding a Rush Order to a Full Schedule: Watching the Ripple in EDGEBIC
A rush order scheduling walkthrough: drop a priority-1 job into a booked week, reschedule the unstarted work, and read exactly which jobs slip and which hold.
Building a Multi-Level Assembly Routing in EDGEBIC
A multi-level BOM walkthrough: build a sub-assembly with its own routing, feed it into a parent as a material step, and schedule both so the component is ready first.
Clearing Scheduler Anomalies Before You Publish a Schedule in EDGEBIC
A pre-publish walkthrough: run the Scheduler Anomalies scan, read the U, X, D, and K checks, fix each root cause, and rerun until the plan is clean.
Comparing Two What-If Scenarios for a Capacity Decision in EDGEBIC
A capacity decision walkthrough: model add-a-shift versus add-a-machine, reschedule each, and compare late jobs and utilization to pick with numbers.
Running a Month-End Capacity Review in EDGEBIC
A capacity review walkthrough: read the Work Center Utilization report end to end, find the overloaded and idle machines, and turn the numbers into a plan.
Onboarding a New Work Center and Rebalancing the Plant in EDGEBIC
A capacity expansion walkthrough: add a second mill, assign its shift, route jobs to it, reschedule, and watch the overloaded machine's load drop by half.
Quoting Three Routing Options for a Customer in EDGEBIC
A quote simulation walkthrough: run three routing options for one order, compare promise date, cost, and margin, and give the customer a real choice.
Routing a Job to a Backup Machine When the Primary Is Full in EDGEBIC
A true-alternative walkthrough: set a fallback work center, watch the engine route overflow to it automatically, and keep a started job on its original machine.
Running a Dedicated Oven Day: One Job Per Chamber in EDGEBIC
A OnePerDay walkthrough: schedule a batch furnace so each chamber runs a single job per day, three chambers hold three jobs, and a fourth waits.