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Reassigning an Operator With a Replacement Drag in EDGEBIC
On the Operator-view Gantt, dragging a bar between lanes reassigns the operation to another qualified person. Learn what the drag checks and what it deliberately does not.
Released vs Unreleased Jobs in Scheduling
A released job is authorized and ready to hit the floor; an unreleased job is planned but held back. See the difference, why it controls work-in-process, and how to manage it.
Reorder Point and Safety Stock: Two Lines, Two Jobs in EDGEBIC
In EDGEBIC a reorder point and safety stock are separate levels with different jobs. Learn why the reorder point sits above safety, and how the gap between them covers lead time.
Rough-Cut vs Detailed Capacity Planning
Rough-cut capacity planning checks a few key resources against aggregate demand; detailed capacity planning schedules every operation finitely. Compare the two with worked numbers.
Routing a Job to a Backup Machine When the Primary Is Full in EDGEBIC
A true-alternative walkthrough: set a fallback work center, watch the engine route overflow to it automatically, and keep a started job on its original machine.
Running a Dedicated Oven Day: One Job Per Chamber in EDGEBIC
A OnePerDay walkthrough: schedule a batch furnace so each chamber runs a single job per day, three chambers hold three jobs, and a fourth waits.
Sales, Production, and Consumption: The Three Forecast Types in EDGEBIC
How the Sales, Production, and Consumption forecast types add together in EDGEBIC, why the type is part of the identity key, and how each feeds gross requirements.
Scheduling a Five-Job Week With Mixed Priorities in EDGEBIC
A production scheduling walkthrough: load five jobs with different priorities and due dates, run the scheduler, and read how the engine sequences competing work.
Setting the Optimizer Time Budget
The optimizer runs on a time budget of 10, 30, or 60 seconds. Here is how the budget shapes the search, what an interrupt returns, and how to pick the right one for the run.
Setting Up the EDGEBIC Kiosk for Your First Shift
Bind a kiosk terminal to a work center and machine, remember the selection, and start punching. A step-by-step guide to standing up the shop-floor kiosk.
Slack-Based Job Sequencing
Slack-based job sequencing runs the job with the least slack first, where slack is time until due date minus work remaining. See the minimum-slack rule with worked numbers.
Splitting a Large Order Across Parallel Work Centers in EDGEBIC
A parallel scheduling walkthrough: run one big job on two machines at once, split the hours with load balancing, and finish in roughly half the time.