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What Is a Work Center Rate?
A work center rate is the loaded cost per hour used to price scheduled labor. Learn how the rate drives quote costs and where a per-step override wins.
What Is Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) Software?
APS software schedules production on real, finite machines, honoring every capacity constraint at once. Definition, APS vs MRP vs ERP table and a worked example.
What Is Available Capacity in Production Scheduling?
Available capacity is the real working hours a work center can offer after shifts, instances, and a utilization target. See exactly how EDGEBIC computes it.
What Is Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)?
Capacity requirements planning checks whether planned orders can physically be run given available capacity. See how EDGEBIC goes beyond flagging overloads.
What Is the Critical Path in Manufacturing?
The critical path is the longest chain of dependent routing steps that sets a job's earliest finish. Here is what critical path means in scheduling, explained.
What Is Critical Ratio in Scheduling? Formula and Examples
Critical ratio is a scheduling priority rule: time left to the due date divided by work still required. The formula, two worked examples, and when not to use it.
What Is Demand Management in Production Planning?
Demand management collects, filters, and consumes customer demand and forecasts to feed the planning system. Here is what demand management means, explained.
What Is Earliest Due Date (EDD) Scheduling?
Earliest due date is a priority rule that sequences the job with the soonest deadline first. See how EDGEBIC uses EDD as a sort strategy in its optimizer.
What Is Lead Time in Manufacturing?
Lead time is the total time from when a job is released to when it is complete and delivery-ready. Here is what lead time means for scheduling, explained.
What Is Load vs Capacity in Scheduling?
Load vs capacity compares scheduled hours against available hours per work center. Learn how the comparison exposes overloads and finds your bottleneck.
What Is Longest Processing Time (LPT) Scheduling?
Longest processing time is a priority rule that runs the biggest job first. See when LPT balances load across machines and how EDGEBIC uses it in its optimizer.
What Is Lot Streaming in Manufacturing Scheduling?
Lot streaming overlaps sequential routing steps by moving partial batches downstream before the upstream step finishes. Here is lot streaming explained.