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How to Schedule Only the Jobs on One Sales Order in EDGEBIC
How to scope a scheduling run to a single sales order in EDGEBIC using the sales order filter, so only those jobs replan and the rest of the plan is preserved.
How to See a Job's Step-by-Step Schedule in EDGEBIC
How to open the Schedule Job BOR view in EDGEBIC to see every operation of one job, the work center it landed on, and its planned and actual times.
How to Set a Transfer Delay in EDGEBIC
How to add a Transfer Delay in EDGEBIC to model the material-handling lag after a transfer batch is ready, and how it differs from queue time and transit days.
How to Capture Hours or Pieces for a Work Center in EDGEBIC
There is no kiosk entry mode field to set. See how EDGEBIC actually captures hours and pieces per machine, and the one control that decides which side you record.
How to Tag a Product for Search in EDGEBIC
How to add search tags to a product in EDGEBIC using the Tags field, so you can filter the product grid by family, material, alloy, or customer group.
I Set Move or Teardown Hours but Nothing Changed
Move and teardown hours do not move the schedule: the scheduler never reads them for timing or capacity. Use setup, queue, or a separate step to affect dates.
My Transit Days Used Calendar Days Instead of Working Days
When a transit set to working-day mode quietly counts calendar days, the routing step's work center is missing or inactive. Reactivate or reassign it, then re-run.
Reading a Projected Available Balance Row by Row in EDGEBIC
A projected available balance calendar reads like a bank statement for stock. Here is how to trace one row into the next, column by column, with real numbers.
Reading Projected Available Balance Across the Horizon in EDGEBIC
How EDGEBIC rolls projected available balance forward bucket by bucket, why past buckets use real ledger movement, and how a negative balance triggers action.
Reading the Inventory Calendar and Matrix in EDGEBIC
One product deep or the whole catalog wide, two views answer different questions. Here is how to read the inventory calendar, the matrix, its lenses and KPI strips.
Reading the MPS Grid: A Planning Cockpit in EDGEBIC
How to read EDGEBIC's master production schedule grid as a decision cockpit: the KPI strip, the demand and supply columns, and the status badges that drive action.
The Cost of an Unrealistic Due Date
An unrealistic due date does not make a job faster; a finite capacity scheduler shows the honest late finish instead. Here is what a bad promise really costs and why the plan tells the truth.