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What Is the Item Start Date on a Job?
Item Start is the moment a job's last work-center operation ends and the item physically exists. Learn why it differs from Job End and what it is really used for.
What Is the Job End Date on a Job?
Job End is the delivery-ready date: the last operation's finish plus the product's lead time. See why EDGEBIC judges every lateness figure against it, not the machine finish.
What Is the Primary Hours Only Setting in Job Totals?
Primary Hours Only excludes mirrored parallel steps from job and routing hour totals so synchronized machines do not double-count. Learn what it changes and how EDGEBIC uses it.
What Is the Update Existing Records Import Option?
Update Existing Records is the import mask option that decides whether a matched row overwrites the record it matched or is left untouched and counted Reused. Learn how EDGEBIC uses it.
A Stock Build and a Customer Order Share One Machine: The First Run
A first schedule run walkthrough in EDGEBIC: two jobs collide on one laser, a holiday costs a day, and the furnace turns out to own three weeks of the calendar.
After Conversion, Edit the Order and Not the Quote in EDGEBIC
Once a quote converts, the manufacturing order is the live record. See why quote edits stop reaching production, and what the quote is still good for afterward.
Closing ERP Work Orders That EDGEBIC Still Thinks Are Open
Your ERP closing a work order is invisible to EDGEBIC. There is no status column on the order mask, and a job whose every step is done is not closed automatically. Here is the closing pass that keeps your numbers honest.
ERPNext to EDGEBIC: The Data Mapping Reference
ERPNext data export scheduling doctype by doctype: map Items, Workstations, BOM operations and Work Orders into EDGEBIC import masks, with conversions and upsert rules.
Finding One Quote in a Long List in EDGEBIC
Three filters narrow the EDGEBIC quote grid: status, customer, and sales order. See how they combine, what each one answers, and why the filter also sets the blast radius.
The Furnace Does Not Care How Many Hours Are Left
Batch equipment takes one job per chamber per day whatever the clock says. Scheduling it as pooled hours over-promises the constraint by a factor you can calculate.
How an Adherence Percentage Becomes an Investigation List
A percentage tells you the plan is not being followed and nothing else. The count of operations behind it is a finite work list, and pairing it with attainment tells you which of two problems you have.
How Many Kiosk Terminals Does Your Floor Actually Need?
A kiosk session binds to one work center and one machine, not to a person. Learn how that shapes terminal count, siting, and when a shared terminal is the right answer.