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Logging Actuals From the Planner in EDGEBIC
The Log Actuals dialog lets a planner record real start, hours, pieces, and end for any operation. See how the day grid works and how it feeds the next reschedule.
Measuring Schedule Nervousness: The Instability Metric
Schedule nervousness is the churn a reschedule inflicts on your floor. Here is how EDGEBIC measures it with the instability metric and keeps plans calm.
My Manual Alternates Disappeared After Binding a Group
When a step's manual alternate work centers vanish after you bind a work center group, that is by design: the group is the alternate list. How the two relate and how to restore them.
My Transfer Batch Is Larger Than the Order Quantity
When a transfer batch bigger than the order quantity produces no operation overlap, the engine capped it to the whole order, so there is no partial batch to hand off early. How to size it right.
Reading the Kiosk Punch History Drawer in EDGEBIC
The history drawer shows every punch and every correction on an operation, with who, when, and why. Learn how supervisors read it and why edits are append-only.
Skill Expiry and Recertification in EDGEBIC
An operator certification can carry an expiry date. When it lapses, the engine stops counting that person as qualified. Learn how expiry and recertification work.
Canceling the Optimizer Is Safe, and the Run Is Discarded
Canceling a running optimization in EDGEBIC stops it harmlessly and changes nothing, but no plan survives the cancel. What Cancel really does, and why the time budget is a ceiling.
The Actual Live Screen Explained in EDGEBIC
Watch a job progress in real time on its own routing diagram. See how the Actual Live screen overlays logged-versus-planned progress on every step without ever moving the plan.
The BOR Drift Banner at the Kiosk in EDGEBIC
When a routing changes after a job is scheduled, the kiosk warns the operator before setup. See how the drift banner compares the frozen routing snapshot to the live one.
The Business Case for Risk-Free Schedule Optimization
Schedule optimization is only worth running if it cannot backfire: how the never-worse clamp, a proven optimality gap, and accept-before-apply make optimization pure upside.
The CP-SAT Optimizer Fell Back to Multi-Run: Causes and Fixes
When you select the solver-based optimizer but the run behaves like multi-run, the CP-SAT engine was unavailable in that host and the plan fell back safely. How to confirm and fix it.
The End-of-Day Actual End Snap Explained
When you mark an operation complete without a specific end time, EDGEBIC snaps the actual end to 23:59 of the last day with logged hours. See why that prevents a broken record.