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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.
Testing an Import Mask Change Before the Live Run
A five-step way to prove an import mask edit before it touches real data: a ten-row slice, updates off, the count check, the hour arithmetic, then the full file.
The Schedule Looks Different on Two Screens: Causes and Fixes
Two people on one EDGEBIC database seeing different schedules is almost always the age of a view or a personal display setting, not a disagreement in the data. The checks, cheapest first.
What an ERP Integration Costs in Hours Per Week
A realistic time budget for running an ERP to EDGEBIC integration: the one-time mask build, the recurring weekly minutes, and the four things that make the number grow.
What Changes When EDGEBIC Moves to a Shared Database
Moving EDGEBIC from one workstation to a shared SQL Server changes three assumptions at once: who may overwrite whom, how an open screen stays current, and who may run the scheduler.
What Is a BOR Change Type in Routing Comparison?
A BOR change type classifies how a routing differs from the snapshot a job was scheduled against: work center, timing, requirements, sequence, or structural.
What Is a BOR Work Center Type in a Routing?
A BOR work center type is the step-level setting choosing normal, independent parallel, or dependent parallel behavior. Learn how it differs from the machine's own type.
What Is a Continuous-Process Model Mismatch Check?
This check flags a transfer batch set on a step that ran on a continuous-process machine, where the piece-count overlap model can never fire. Definition and fix.
What Is a Dead-Field Check in Scheduling?
A dead-field check flags routing values the scheduler never reads, so a planner learns move and teardown hours have no effect before they are trusted.
What Is a KPI Tile in a Manufacturing Dashboard? EDGEBIC Definition
A KPI tile is one metric plus its target, trend, provenance and formula. See the seven parts of an EDGEBIC tile and why an unavailable metric shows a dash.
What Is a Logging History Event Type?
A logging history event type labels each entry in an operation's actuals history: operator start, pause, resume, complete, supervisor edit, or system rollup.
What Is a Parallel Work Center Type?
A parallel work center type is the per-entry setting deciding how one extra machine behaves on a routing step: independent, dependent, sequential, or parallel.
What Is a Product Id? EDGEBIC Master Data Definition
A product id is the short identifier planners read on every grid and Gantt bar, distinct from the descriptive product name. See why the two fields exist and how renaming works.