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Dropping an Operation Back on Its Own Machine in EDGEBIC
On the Planner board, dropping an operation on the machine it already runs on is read as a re-time, never as a second assignment. And a drop with no time change stages nothing at all.
An Operation Moved and the Machine Was Free: Finding the Hidden Cause
A job slid and every machine shows open hours. Tooling is the cause the Gantt cannot draw. How to rule it in or out in two minutes before you chase calendars.
How to Assign an Operation to a Machine in the EDGEBIC Planner View
Drag an operation out of its job lane and drop it on the machine you want it to run on. The machine change and the time change stage together as one edit.
How to Correct an Over-Reported Production Quantity in EDGEBIC
There is no un-report button. Correct an over-reported quantity with a compensating adjustment, or reopen the order to reverse every entry pegged to it.
How to Model a Step That Needs Two Tools in EDGEBIC
A routing step takes one tool. Model a fixture-plus-gauge operation as a single combined tool record, quantity set by whichever you own fewest of.
How to Report a Sub-Assembly as Received in EDGEBIC
Tell EDGEBIC that finished components are on the shelf so the next reschedule explodes only the shortfall of that branch into work center steps.
How to Report Produced Quantity on a Job in EDGEBIC
Tell EDGEBIC that part of a job is already made so the next reschedule plans only the remainder, without editing the order quantity.
How to Require a Tool on a Routing Step in EDGEBIC
Require a tool on a routing step in EDGEBIC: set Required tool: in the BOR grid's Basic Information section, or Required Tool on the node in the BOR Designer.
How to Retire a Tool Without Breaking Routings in EDGEBIC
Deleting a tool that routing steps still require is blocked. Clear the requirement from those steps first, then deactivate, so history survives and no job fails.
Why a Missing Tool Stops the Job Instead of Scheduling Anyway
A step whose tool is inactive, unknown, or at zero quantity fails the run immediately and names the tool. Why that refusal is a feature, not a limitation.
Why a Tool Is Held for Setup and Run Alike
An operator can tend two machines at once. A fixture cannot be half mounted. Why tools book at the full rate for every hour, with no attention fraction and no escape.
Why an Operation Appears Twice in the EDGEBIC Planner View
On the Planner board every operation draws on its job lane and on its machine lane. It is one operation drawn twice, not a duplicate, and the two bars always move together.