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What Is Adherence Percent on a Daily Production Report? EDGEBIC Definition
Adherence percent is actual hours divided by planned hours for one work center on one day, capped at 200. See the formula, the zero-plan trap, and a worked example.
What Is Schedule Attainment? EDGEBIC Definition and Formula
Schedule attainment is the share of completed jobs that finished by their due date. See the formula, the 85 percent target, and how it differs from adherence.
What Is the Dominant Department Rule? EDGEBIC Definition
The dominant department rule assigns a job that touches several departments to the one that consumed the most hours, so per-plant rollups never double count.
What Is the Next Step Start Date in Rescheduling?
The next step start date is the resume point a reschedule computes from a job's actuals. Learn how it is derived and why it overrides the job's original start.
What the EDGEBIC Refresh Button Actually Does
The refresh button forces a full re-read from the database, which is not the same as closing a screen and reopening it. Why the distinction matters on a shared database, and when to press it.
What to Check in EDGEBIC After an ERP Version Upgrade
The checks to run after an ERP upgrade breaks or changes an export: column headings, units, date formats, row counts, and how to prove the schedule still reflects reality.
What to Decide Before Several Workstations Share One EDGEBIC Database
The software handles the mechanics of several planners on one database. These are the eight decisions it cannot make for you, and what each one costs if you skip it.
What Your ERP Export Cannot Tell You About the Floor
An ERP export carries routings and demand but almost never carries capacity reality. Here are the seven fields you add after the import, and what each one is worth in schedule accuracy.
When Two ERP Rows Map to One EDGEBIC Work Center
Your ERP holds two resource rows for what the floor treats as one work center. Here is how to decide between merging, an instance count, and a machine pool before you import.
Who Owns the ERP Import Routine on Your Team
How to assign ownership of an ERP to EDGEBIC import routine: who writes the export, who runs the mask, who reads the counts, and who covers the week the planner is out.
Why EDGEBIC Refuses a Stale Save Instead of Overwriting
When two planners edit the same record, EDGEBIC refuses the second save rather than applying it over the first. How the version check works, what it covers, and where it deliberately does not.
Why Only One EDGEBIC Scheduling Run Happens at a Time
On a shared database, a plant-wide rule admits exactly one scheduling run. Why two overlapping runs would produce a plan that is nobody's answer, and what the second planner sees.