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Insights on production scheduling, lean manufacturing, and manufacturing software from 35+ years of industry experience.
How the platform actually works: scheduling, optimization, the shop floor and ERP data.
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 Scheduling Explained
Critical ratio scheduling ranks jobs by time remaining divided by work remaining, so the job most behind pace runs first. See the formula, worked numbers, and how it fits a finite plan.
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.
EDGEBIC + Made2Manage Integration FAQ: The Questions Shops Ask First
Answers to the Made2Manage scheduling integration questions job shops ask first: exports, no connector, per-job routings, running jobs, and dates back to the ERP.
EDGEBIC + Made2Manage: The Complete Scheduling Integration Guide
Made2Manage production scheduling integration with EDGEBIC: export items, work centers, routings and jobs to a file, map columns once, schedule at finite capacity.
EDGEBIC + MIE Trak Pro Integration FAQ: What Shops Ask First
Answers to the MIE Trak Pro scheduling integration questions job shops ask first: exports, no connector, high-mix work orders, router revisions, and dates back.