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How the platform actually works: scheduling, optimization, the shop floor and ERP data.
How to Configure Scheduling Policy in EDGEBIC: Seven Decisions, One Screen
Scheduling policy configuration decides direction, short-confirm handling, and which optimizer runs. Here is every option on EDGEBIC's Schedule settings tab.
How to Create a Work Center Group in EDGEBIC
Create a machine pool work center group in EDGEBIC step by step: name the pool, pick a selection strategy, add members with factors, and bind a routing step.
How to Enter and Manage Sales Orders in EDGEBIC
Manage sales orders in manufacturing: create the header, add lines with due dates, confirm to activate demand, record shipments, and link jobs to the order.
How to Enter Forecasts and Firm Suggestions in EDGEBIC
Demand forecast manufacturing software, step by step: the fields that create a forecast row, the settings that make suggestions fire, and how to firm one.
How to Schedule Around a Bottleneck Work Center in EDGEBIC
Step by step: flag the constraint, pin a target start date, enable TOC buffers, and verify the anchored plan so you can schedule around bottleneck work centers.
How to Install and Connect EDGEBIC: First Launch to First Schedule
Install production scheduling software with no server project: the EDGEBIC installer, the admin account, the setup wizard, and connecting the database.
How to Log Actual Production Hours and Pieces in EDGEBIC
Log actual production hours step by step: set the actual start, fill the daily grid, handle the backfill prompt, and close an operation the right way.
How to Schedule Jobs Across Shifts in EDGEBIC
Step by step setup to schedule jobs across shifts in EDGEBIC: define shifts, assign them to work centers, set instances and utilization, then verify the split.
How to Organize Departments and Multiple Plants in EDGEBIC
Multi plant department setup for scheduling: create departments, assign work centers, set period capacity, and model a second site with transit days.
How to Overlap Operations in EDGEBIC: A Field-by-Field Setup Guide
Overlap operations in production scheduling: which routing fields to fill for transfer batch size, flow lag hours, and transfer delay, and how to verify.
How to Read the Inventory Projection in EDGEBIC, Column by Column
Read the inventory projection with confidence: what every column on a projection row means, the six matrix lenses, and the drill-down that explains any cell.
How to Record Receipts, Issues and Adjustments in EDGEBIC
Record inventory transactions in manufacturing without breaking the audit trail: the panes, fields and sign conventions behind receipts, issues and counts.