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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 Resolves Setup Time: The Five-Level Chain
Setup time resolution in scheduling: the five checks EDGEBIC runs per operation, how it finds the previous product, and the audit trail on every row.
How EDGEBIC Turns a Quote Into a Promise Date You Can Keep
Realistic delivery date quoting, step by step: the temporary job, the engine run, what the returned date accounts for, and what carries onto the real order.
How EDGEBIC Validates Simultaneous Capacity
Simultaneous capacity validation scheduling explained: the four gates every candidate window must clear, the common shift rule, and rollback on failure.
How Forecast Consumption Works in EDGEBIC: Building Gross Requirements
Forecast consumption planning stops the same demand being counted twice. Here is how EDGEBIC assembles gross requirements from forecast and firm orders.
How Sales Orders Drive Demand in EDGEBIC: The Full Chain
Sales order demand planning explained: which lines count, how open quantity buckets by due date, and the full trace from a confirmed line to a scheduled job.
How to Create a Manufacturing Routing in EDGEBIC, Step by Step
Create manufacturing routing records in EDGEBIC: add work-center steps, enter per-unit hours and setup, link the chain, add components, and save safely.
How to Build a Setup Time Matrix in EDGEBIC, Step by Step
Build a setup time matrix in EDGEBIC: create families, assign products, fill the changeover grid in minutes, and verify it fired on a real schedule.
How to Build an Import Mask in EDGEBIC, Field by Field
Excel import mapping for manufacturing data: pick the entity, map your columns once, set unit conversions and options, then run and read the result counts.
How to Build and Compare Production Scenarios in EDGEBIC
Build a production what if scenario step by step: set the parameters, boost a work center, override routing steps, then compare lead time and cost.
How to Create a Manufacturing Quote in EDGEBIC, Field by Field
Create a manufacturing quote step by step in EDGEBIC: fill the dialog, run the capacity simulation, read cost and margin, and price with markup or an override.
How to Configure Machine Instances and Utilization in EDGEBIC
Configure machine instances and utilization correctly: counting machines, choosing instances over a group, setting One Per Day, and expressing headroom well.
How to Configure Parallel and Alternate Work Centers in EDGEBIC
Configure alternate work centers and parallel machines in EDGEBIC: the exact fields for independent split, dependent mirroring, and true fallback routing.