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Insights on production scheduling, lean manufacturing, and manufacturing software from 35+ years of industry experience.
How the platform actually works: scheduling, optimization, the shop floor and ERP data.
How EDGEBIC Books Operator Hours
The operator hours scheduling constraint in EDGEBIC: the per-person hours ledger, the gate and clamp that allow multi-shift spill, and lights-out staffing math.
How EDGEBIC Calculates Work Center Capacity, Hour by Hour
Work center capacity calculation explained: the exact formula, the override priority chain, downtime and holiday subtraction, and four worked numeric examples.
How EDGEBIC Composes Step Timing: Queue, Overlap, Transit, in Order
Operation timing composition in scheduling: the fixed order EDGEBIC applies queue time, lot streaming, and transit days, worked end to end on one routing step.
How EDGEBIC Imports Routings in Two Passes
Import routing data manufacturing systems export: why step links need a second pass, how upsert outcomes work, and why re-import wipes and recreates steps.
How EDGEBIC Nets Demand Against Stock: The Decision, Step by Step
Netting demand against inventory decides which orders build and which consume stock. Here are the gates, the reservation map and the ledger entries behind it.
How EDGEBIC Orders Operations: Inside the Dependency Graph
An operation sequencing dependency graph decides what runs first. See how EDGEBIC builds one, orders it, resolves joins, and handles repeated work centers.
How EDGEBIC Picks a Machine: Load Balancing vs One Per Day
Machine instance allocation explained: the four modes the engine uses to choose a machine, why a job sticks to one instance, and worked numbers for each path.
How EDGEBIC Picks the Best Machine in a Pool
Machine pool selection strategy in EDGEBIC: how earliest completion, primary first, and earliest start compare candidates, with real hours and reschedule rules.
Reschedule Without Losing Completed Work: How the Guarantee Works
Reschedule without losing completed work: the six stages that freeze history, compute the resume point, and re-plan only the hours the shop still owes.
How EDGEBIC Protects Your Schedule Data: Passwords, Lockout, and the Audit Trail
A manufacturing software security audit asks three questions: how are passwords stored, what stops guessing, and what is recorded. Here are EDGEBIC's answers.
How EDGEBIC Reads a Routing: From Steps to Scheduled Hours
How routings drive scheduling: the link graph, routing levels, start-time resolution, and the exact order queue, overlap and transit times compose.
How EDGEBIC Resolves Capacity Day by Day: The Full Chain
Daily capacity calculation in manufacturing follows one chain: date gate, then override priority, then the shift formula. Every branch, with worked numbers.