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Insights on production scheduling, lean manufacturing, and manufacturing software from 35+ years of industry experience.
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Scheduling Work That Moves Between Plants
Multi plant production scheduling transit in EDGEBIC: departments, per-machine calendars and routing transit days schedule work that travels between sites.
When to Schedule in Pieces Instead of Hours
Pieces based capacity scheduling in EDGEBIC: how hours, pieces and both differ, when an output rate should override routing hours, and the zero-rate trap.
The Real Risks in a Scheduling Implementation (and How to Reduce Them)
Scheduling software implementation risks ranked by how often they actually bite: bad routing data, unowned roles, scope creep, and the mitigation for each.
Scheduling Sub-Assemblies That Feed Several Jobs
Sub assembly scheduling manufacturing in EDGEBIC: one component routing feeding many parents, ordering on shared machines, and the build-to-stock decision.
What an Unreliable Schedule Actually Costs You
The cost of poor production scheduling shows up in eight places, none of them on a report. Here is where each one hides and how to price it in your own plant.
What Changes in the First 30 Days
Your first month with production scheduling software, week by week: what you observe, what surprises people, and what has not changed yet by day 30.
What Changes by Day 90
Scheduling software implementation results at 90 days: which numbers have moved, which capabilities are worth switching on now, and how to measure honestly.
The Data You Need Before You Schedule Anything
The data required for scheduling software, in dependency order, with the accuracy test for each item and an honest estimate of the work to get it ready.
Six Signs Your Shop Has Outgrown the Whiteboard
When to replace whiteboard scheduling: six specific signals, the test for each, and why the whiteboard should stay on the wall even after you move the decisions.
Who Does What After the Scheduler Goes Live
The production planner role changes with scheduling software, and so do four others. Here is the daily and weekly split that keeps a schedule accurate.
A Fourth Shift Site's First Week With EDGEBIC (An Illustrative Walkthrough)
An illustrative Fourth Shift site scheduling rollout, day by day: legacy exports, tooling constraints, knowledge captured in a model, and honest dates.
A JobBOSS Shop's First Week With EDGEBIC (An Illustrative Walkthrough)
An illustrative 40-person JobBOSS shop scheduling improvement, day by day: exports, import masks, the first honest schedule, and what typically changes.