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What Is a Demand Source in Production Planning?
A demand source is the tag that records what triggered a build: a customer, a sales order, replenishment, a forecast, a manual entry, or a master schedule.
What Is a Due Anchor in Backward Scheduling?
A due anchor is the terminal deadline a backward-scheduled job's last step must end by, derived from the due date and the end-item lead time. Here is exactly how it is computed.
What Is a Feeding Buffer in TOC Scheduling?
A feeding buffer is extra time added to the step that feeds directly into the bottleneck, protecting the constraint from upstream delay so it never starves. Here is how it is sized.
What Is a Job-Level Feature Lock in Scheduling Optimization?
A job-level feature lock pins any job using a feature the solver does not model natively to its standard-engine plan, so optimization can never emit an invalid schedule.
What Is a Ledger Reversal in Inventory?
A ledger reversal is an inverse entry that cancels a prior receipt or issue without deleting it, so the original and its reversal both stay and net to zero.
What Is a Quote Scenario?
A quote scenario is a what-if variant within a customer quote, such as standard versus expedited routing, each simulated for its own lead time and cost.
What Is a Reorder Method in Inventory Planning?
A reorder method is a product's replenishment rule: none, reorder point, or min-max. It decides when a stocked item triggers a fresh build or buy.
What Is a Resource Replacement Audit? EDGEBIC Definition
A resource replacement audit lists jobs whose work center was swapped, by whom, and to where. See how EDGEBIC builds it from the schedule change log.
What Is a Sales Order Line?
A sales order line is one row on a customer order: a product, quantity, unit price, and due date. When the order is confirmed, the line is firm demand.
What Is a Scheduling Anomaly Check? EDGEBIC Definition
A scheduling anomaly check is an automated test that flags data integrity problems in a schedule. See the V, F, I, and C families EDGEBIC runs after every plan.
What Is a Security Audit Log?
A security audit log is an append-only record of every sign-in, password change, and access decision. Learn what EDGEBIC records and why the log is never pruned.
What Is a Unit of Measure in Manufacturing?
A unit of measure is the standard quantity label (each, kilogram, hour) attached to a product so orders, routings, and inventory all count the same way.