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What Is Run Time Per Unit in Manufacturing Scheduling? EDGEBIC Definition
Run time per unit is the hours a routing step needs for one piece, multiplied by order quantity to size the step. See how EDGEBIC turns per-unit time into scheduled hours.
What Is the Is-Stocked Flag in Inventory Planning? EDGEBIC Definition
The is-stocked flag marks whether a product carries physical inventory. When it is off, EDGEBIC skips netting, replenishment, and receipt or issue posting for that item.
What Is the Work Center Utilization Percentage in Scheduling? EDGEBIC Definition
The work center utilization percentage is the throttle term in the capacity formula that decides how much of a shift becomes schedulable capacity. See how EDGEBIC multiplies it in, and where planning headroom actually comes from.
What Material Pegging Means, in Plain Terms
Material pegging makes a job wait on a specific inbound purchase-order line instead of pretending the material is on the shelf. How a peg forms, where it shows, and what clears it.
What Multi-Level MRP Does That Reorder-Point Planning Cannot
Reorder-point planning watches one item against its own history. Multi-level MRP sees the demand a parent's plan places on its components, before the stock is drawn.
Why a Quote Scenario Respects Maintenance Downtime in EDGEBIC
A what-if quote in EDGEBIC does not run against a fantasy calendar. See how a scenario honors your configured maintenance downtime, holidays, and daily capacity overrides.
Why the Promised Date Matters More Than the Order Date
A purchase order carries two dates and only one of them changes the schedule. Why EDGEBIC plans against the supplier's promise, and what to do the moment that promise moves.
A First-Week ERP Integration Checklist for EDGEBIC
A day-by-day first-week checklist for integrating any ERP with EDGEBIC: export order, mask building, verifying counts, the first schedule, and locking a weekly rhythm.
A Multi-Day Job Spanning Day and Night Shifts in EDGEBIC
Follow one 40-hour milling job across a day shift and a night shift and into a second day in EDGEBIC, with the capacity formula, shift priority, and load balancing shown.
A Tour of EDGEBIC Options and Settings
A map of the EDGEBIC Settings and Options screens: datasource, users and roles, scheduler display, scheduling policy, the optimizer engine, and data management.
Adding a Second Shift to Break a Bottleneck in EDGEBIC
Find the bottleneck, add a night shift to it in the Work Centers editor, reschedule, and watch a week of late heat-treat jobs recover, with the capacity math shown before and after.
Administering Grid Layouts in EDGEBIC
How EDGEBIC saves grid and panel layouts per user, why new columns still appear, and how an admin resets a drifted layout without losing anyone's work.