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How EDGEBIC Records Every Schedule Change
How EDGEBIC's schedule change history records every reschedule, work center swap, date override, and completion with who did it and why, for a full audit trail.
How Forward Netting Connects a Producer to a Consumer in EDGEBIC
When one order builds a part and another consumes it in the same run, forward netting lets the consumer see the incoming supply. Here is how it prevents a double-build.
How Lot Sizing and Yield Inflation Shape Order Quantities in EDGEBIC
EDGEBIC rounds a raw shortfall into a buildable quantity with lot-size rules and yield inflation. Here is how lot-for-lot, fixed-order-qty, and scrap allowance each work.
How One Late Operation Ripples Through a Job
When one operation runs late, a finite capacity scheduler cascades the delay forward only: downstream steps shift, upstream and completed steps stay, and joins wait for the latest input.
How Opening Balances Seed a New EDGEBIC Install
A new install starts with zero stock history. Here is how opening balances give each product its first honest on-hand and set the base every projection stands on.
How to Add an ECN Number to a Product in EDGEBIC
How to record an engineering change notice number, notes, and manufacturer part details on a product in EDGEBIC for change-control traceability.
How to Block a Time Window Across a Whole Shift in EDGEBIC
How to block a time window for every work center on a shift in EDGEBIC using a partial plant holiday, for an all-hands meeting or a plant-wide power interruption.
How to Clear a Job's Schedule in EDGEBIC
How to wipe the plan for selected jobs in EDGEBIC with Clear Schedule, what it deletes, what it keeps, and the side effect on completed jobs to watch for.
How to Close One Shift for a Holiday in EDGEBIC
How to close a single shift for a holiday in EDGEBIC using per-day capacity overrides, so the night crew gets a day off while the day shift keeps running normally.
How to Find Scheduling Conflicts in the Gantt in EDGEBIC
How to spot over-allocated time slots in the Job View Gantt in EDGEBIC, where the conflict count appears, and why a clean scheduler run should show none.
How to Mark a Job as Started in EDGEBIC
How to flag a manufacturing order as In Progress from the Orders grid in EDGEBIC, what that status does, and why it is not the same as logging actual hours.
How to Rename a Work Center in EDGEBIC
How to rename a work center in EDGEBIC and update the routing steps that reference it, so the scheduler still matches the machine and does not leave steps with no resources.