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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 Production Scheduling?
Critical ratio is a scheduling priority rule that divides the time remaining to a due date by the work still required. See how EDGEBIC uses it to sequence jobs.
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.
What Is Makespan in Production Scheduling?
Makespan is the total span from the first job's start to the last job's finish. Learn how it is measured and why the optimizer can shorten it.
What Is Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP-II)?
MRP-II extends material requirements planning with capacity checks, cost rollup, and closed-loop feedback from the floor. Here is MRP-II versus MRP-I, explained.
What Is Markup Percent in Quote Pricing?
Markup percent is the margin added to rolled-up cost to set a unit price. Learn how the markup turns cost into price and how a manual override fits in.