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How to Remove a Setup Matrix Entry in EDGEBIC
Remove a setup matrix entry in EDGEBIC and know exactly what the scheduler charges instead, so deleting one wrong changeover cell does not quietly cost hours.
How to Rename a Product in EDGEBIC
Rename a product in EDGEBIC and answer the update related references prompt correctly, so routings, the Gantt, and work center views all show the new name.
How to Scope a Utilization Report to a List of Jobs in EDGEBIC
Enter several job numbers separated by commas in the EDGEBIC work center utilization report to see how much of each station's load belongs to one customer or program.
How to See Which Jobs Are Behind a Capacity Number in EDGEBIC
Click an assigned hours or backlog cell in the EDGEBIC Resource Calendar to open the Job Detail list and see the exact jobs, shifts, and hours behind that number.
How to Tidy Up the Routing Diagram Layout in EDGEBIC
Tidy up the routing diagram layout in EDGEBIC: arrange nodes, use zoom and fit to window, and save positions so the drawing opens the same way every time.
How to Un-Start an Operation in EDGEBIC
Clear the actual start date on an EDGEBIC operation so it returns to not started, becomes free for the scheduler to re-plan, and stops reporting progress it never made.
How Variance Data Fixes the Routing That Was Always Wrong
Some routings have been wrong for years and nobody could prove it. See how planned versus actual variance finds them, with worked hours and the honest limits.
I Cannot Copy the Scheduling Failure Details: Causes and Fixes
When the copy button on the scheduling failure dialog produces nothing, another application usually holds the clipboard. How to retry and what to capture instead.
Importing Customer Due Dates vs Internal Need Dates
Your ERP holds several dates per work order. Learn which one to map as the EDGEBIC due date, which to map as the job start, and why importing an MRP need date double-buffers the plan.
Importing Your ERP's Operation Sequence Numbers Into EDGEBIC
How EDGEBIC uses ERP operation sequence numbers to wire a routing chain on import, and how to handle duplicates, alphanumeric codes, sub-operations, and renumbered steps.
Should You Import Your ERP's Manufacturing Calendar?
What an ERP calendar actually gives a scheduler, why shift patterns have to be authored rather than imported, and how to harvest the holiday closure list your ERP already maintains.
Mapping ERP Order Priority Into Your Schedule
How to translate an ERP's priority codes, customer classes, and rank numbers into EDGEBIC job priority, and why priority ranks the queue rather than overriding finite capacity.