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A Job Disappeared From the Schedule: Where It Actually Went
A job that vanished from the Gantt is rarely lost. Four documented explanations: a filter hiding it, the mode skipping it, a stock fulfillment, or a failure you have not read yet.
A Job Will Not Schedule At All: Reading the Failure and Fixing It
A job that comes back unscheduled has one of four documented causes. How to read the failure dialog, tell which cause you have, and fix each one at the source.
A Step Is Waiting and I Cannot See Why: Tracing the Delay
A step that starts later than its predecessor ended usually has a configured reason: queue time, transit, an overlap gate, a busy machine, or a missing operator. How to find which.
I Cannot Assign an Operator to a Step: Why, and the Fix
An operator you cannot pin, or a step that will not staff them, traces to skill, certification, or roster. How to read each block and fix it at the source.
The Hours Do Not Add Up on a Job: Which Number Is Right
A job whose hours look wrong usually traces to which figure you are reading or a routing change after scheduling. How to reconcile planned, actual, and expected hours.
How to Add a Customer in EDGEBIC
Add a customer record in EDGEBIC: the four sections of the customer dialog, the one required field, and what the customer link does and does not affect.
How to Add a Material Step to a Routing in EDGEBIC
Add a material or component step to a routing in EDGEBIC: switch the picker to product, set per-unit quantity and lead time, and link it to the step that consumes it.
How to Add a New Product in EDGEBIC
Add a new product record in EDGEBIC in under a minute: the Product Configuration dialog, the one required field, and what to check before the product is schedulable.
How to Add a Note to a Routing Step in EDGEBIC
Add a note to a routing step in EDGEBIC using the Description field in the grid or the Designer, and use canvas annotations for context that is not tied to one step.
How to Add a Plant Holiday in EDGEBIC (Including Recurring Ones)
How to add a plant-wide holiday in EDGEBIC: the Holiday dialog, the Recurring each year checkbox, and why the schedule does not move until you rerun.
How to Add a Saturday Shift for One Week in EDGEBIC
How to authorize one-off Saturday overtime in EDGEBIC with a per-day capacity override, without turning on Saturday for every week and every work center.
How to Add a Second Shift in EDGEBIC and Double Your Capacity
How to add a second shift in EDGEBIC: create it on the Shift Management page, attach it to the right work centers, and confirm capacity actually doubled.