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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.
When an Operation Must Fit Inside One Shift
Most operations spill across shifts until their hours are placed. Some cannot. How the cross-shift and partial-shift rules work, what they cost, and when to turn them off.
When the Kiosk Cannot Compute Pieces in EDGEBIC
A routing with no cycle time gives the kiosk no rate, so piece fields stay at zero instead of guessing. See why that is the right behavior and how to fix the root cause.
When the Optimizer Says Your Plan Is Already the Best
A no-improvement result is a positive finding, not a failure. Here is what the verdict means, what the nearest challenger line tells you, and what to do next.
Who Can Run and Accept Optimizer Changes
Viewing, running, accepting, and configuring the optimizer are four separate permissions. Here is how to split them across planners, supervisors, and administrators.
Why a Completed Step Frees Its Operator in EDGEBIC
On a reschedule, unstarted work still consumes operator hours but finished work does not. See why that rule keeps your labor capacity from silently shrinking over time.
Why a Parallel Step's Actuals Follow the Primary in EDGEBIC
A parallel work center shares one routing step with a primary. See why EDGEBIC mirrors actuals one way only, scaled by the factor, and where to log the correction.
Why an Optimized Plan Can Look Worse on One Measure
A proposal that improves your goal can show a worse number on a lower ranked measure. Here is why that is honest, expected, and easy to judge.
Why the Optimizer Never Applies Changes Automatically
Deferred apply is a design decision, not a missing feature. Here is why a proposal waits for a planner, and what automatic application would cost you on the floor.
Working the Optimizer Into Your Scheduling Routine
When to run the optimizer, which goal fits which day of the week, and how to fit a thirty second review into a shift without disrupting the floor.
A Data-Quality Audit Before Migrating to EDGEBIC
Before you clean or import anything, audit your RMDB data. This scored, read-only assessment tells you where the gaps are and how much migration work you truly face.
A Grid Layout Came Back Wrong After an Update: Causes and Fixes
After a new column ships, a saved grid layout can hide it or show columns in odd widths. Why a saved layout and a changed default collide, and how to restore the grid cleanly.
My Mask Re-Run Made No Changes: Why Updates Did Not Land
Re-importing a file and seeing nothing change usually means the rows reconciled as reused, or the update cells you counted on were blank. How to tell which and fix it.