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The Optimizer Refused My Proposal as Stale: Causes and Fixes
When Accept on an optimizer proposal is refused as stale, the schedule changed under the proposal. Why the guard exists and how to get a fresh, acceptable plan.
The Prior-Step Actuals Gate at the Kiosk in EDGEBIC
Start a downstream operation before earlier steps are logged and EDGEBIC warns you. Learn what the prior-workcenter prompt does, the honest path, and what the backfill costs.
The Safety Gate Every Optimized Schedule Must Pass
Before any optimized plan reaches you, EDGEBIC runs it through a validity gate. Here is what the safety gate checks and why a solver's proposal is never trusted blindly.
The Total Assigned Hours Metric in Optimization
Total assigned hours is the workload a schedule commits across every operation. Here is how the EDGEBIC optimizer reports it and why it usually holds steady when you reorder.
The Working-Hour Timeline in Schedule Optimization
How the CP-SAT solver in EDGEBIC measures time: 36-second ticks on a compressed working-hour axis, with nights, weekends, and holidays squeezed out before it solves.
Weighted Versus Total Tardiness in Optimization
The EDGEBIC optimizer tracks two lateness measures. Total tardiness sums all late hours; weighted tardiness scales each job by priority so a critical job late counts for more.
What Each Scheduling Mode Rebuilds
The five EDGEBIC scheduling modes decide which orders a run touches and which existing capacity it keeps: new-only, full reschedule, all unstarted, smart incremental, and single-job, with worked outcomes.
What Happens When You Discard an Optimized Schedule
Discarding an optimizer proposal leaves your committed schedule byte-for-byte unchanged. Here is exactly what happens when you decline a plan in EDGEBIC.
What Is a Bill of Materials (BOM) in Manufacturing?
A bill of materials is the complete list of components needed to make one unit of a product. Here is what a BOM is and how it relates to routing.
What Is a Department in Manufacturing Scheduling?
A department is an organizational grouping of work centers, such as Machining or Assembly, optionally representing a plant location. Here is the department concept explained.
What Is a Gantt Baseline in Production Scheduling?
A Gantt baseline is a saved snapshot of the Gantt chart at a reference date, used to compare the current plan and actuals against what was originally promised. Here it is explained.
What Is a Monthly Capacity Override in Scheduling?
A monthly capacity override replaces the shift-formula capacity of a work center across a date range, with lower priority than a daily override. Here is how it works.