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ATP Discrete vs Cumulative: Reading the Two Promise Columns in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC shows available-to-promise in two columns. Learn what discrete ATP at each supply point means, how cumulative ATP carries forward, and how to quote a delivery from them.
Building a Multi-Level Assembly Routing in EDGEBIC
A multi-level BOM walkthrough: build a sub-assembly with its own routing, feed it into a parent as a material step, and schedule both so the component is ready first.
Choosing a Database for EDGEBIC: The IT Decision
Choosing a database for EDGEBIC as an IT decision: matching SQLite or SQL Server to team size and data ownership, who owns backups, and how to move between them later.
Choosing the Optimizer Engine: Multi-Run or Solver
EDGEBIC ships two optimizer engines: a multi-run search and a mathematical solver. Here is how to choose in Options, what each badge means, and why switching is always safe.
Clearing Scheduler Anomalies Before You Publish a Schedule in EDGEBIC
A pre-publish walkthrough: run the Scheduler Anomalies scan, read the U, X, D, and K checks, fix each root cause, and rerun until the plan is clean.
Comparing Two What-If Scenarios for a Capacity Decision in EDGEBIC
A capacity decision walkthrough: model add-a-shift versus add-a-machine, reschedule each, and compare late jobs and utilization to pick with numbers.
Critical Ratio in the EDGEBIC Optimizer: A Pace-Aware Sequence
How EDGEBIC by User Solutions uses critical ratio: not the default sort, but one candidate the optimizer scores against your baseline. Plus the manual path.
Earliest Due Date vs Shortest Processing Time
Earliest due date protects deadlines, shortest processing time maximizes throughput. Compare the two dispatch rules with worked numbers and see when each one wins.
EDGEBIC + Acumatica Integration FAQ: What Manufacturers Ask First
Answers to the Acumatica scheduling integration questions manufacturers ask first: Generic Inquiry exports, no connector, running orders, and dates back to the ERP.
EDGEBIC + Acumatica: The Complete Scheduling Integration Guide
Acumatica production scheduling integration with EDGEBIC: export stock items, work centers, BOMs and production orders, map columns once, schedule at finite capacity.
EDGEBIC + Fishbowl Integration FAQ: 12 Questions Shops Ask First
Answers to the Fishbowl scheduling integration questions shops ask first: exports, connectors, routings, multi-location scope, running orders, and how dates get back.
EDGEBIC + Fishbowl: The Complete Scheduling Integration Guide
Fishbowl production scheduling integration with EDGEBIC step by step: export parts, bills of material and manufacture orders, map columns once, schedule at finite capacity.