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A Quote Will Not Convert to an Order: Causes and Fixes
Conversion runs three guards before it creates a job: an already-converted status, an existing linked job, and a job number collision. How to tell which one stopped you.
A Report Shows No Rows for a Date Range That Has Jobs: Causes and Fixes
An empty report over a window that clearly has jobs usually means the report reads actuals, not the plan. How to tell which source a report uses and get rows back.
A Tab I Expect Is Missing: Causes and Fixes
When a module tab you expect is not on screen, the cause is almost always a permission code your roles do not grant. How to find the missing code and restore the tab.
A User Cannot Sign In: Causes and Fixes
When sign-in fails with invalid username or password, the real cause is a bad password, a deactivated account, or a lockout after five failed attempts. The Users grid tells you which.
Adding a Second Operator to Break a Labor Constraint, Start to Finish
A labor constraint walkthrough in EDGEBIC: diagnose why weld jobs slide while machines sit free, certify a second operator, then watch the constraint move.
Choosing the Right Schedule View in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC has several production schedule views, and each answers a different question. A guide to picking the right surface for the plant, one machine, one job, or load.
Closing Out a Finished Job: From the Last Punch to the Variance Review
A job closeout walkthrough in EDGEBIC: verify every step, stamp the actual end, mark the job complete, then read hour variance and CPI before the next quote.
An Operator Calls In Sick: Covering a Certified Job the Same Morning
A sick operator walkthrough in EDGEBIC: record the absence, reschedule, see which steps re-staff and which slide, and audit the pins that cost a due date.
EDGEBIC Clear Data Tables Explained: The Reset Button With No Undo
How the EDGEBIC Clear Data Tables utility works: scoped clears versus a full wipe, what cascades, what survives, the typed confirmation, and the backup step first.
EDGEBIC Costing and Rates Explained: Four Numbers Behind Every Quoted Price
How EDGEBIC builds a job cost: work center rates, per-step rate overrides, material from product cost, the manual override, and the markup that produces a unit price.
EDGEBIC Database Recovery Explained: What Happens When It Cannot Start
How the EDGEBIC database recovery window works: the four options it offers, what Repair database actually repairs, and why a failed connection is rarely a data problem.
EDGEBIC Downtime Explained: The Hours a Working Day Loses
How EDGEBIC subtracts lost hours from inside a shift, why downtime is not a holiday, and which screens you actually use today to model a maintenance or meeting window.