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The Inventory Reservation Map Explained in EDGEBIC
When two orders want the same stock in one scheduling run, a reservation map stops them both claiming it. Here is how EDGEBIC reserves stock as it nets.
The Planner's Role When the Software Does the Scheduling
When a finite capacity engine places every operation, the planner's job shifts to intent, master data, exceptions, and judgment. Here is what the human still owns.
The Reschedule Took Too Long
When a scheduling run drags, the usual levers are the run mode, diagnostic logging left on, and parallel groups searching for a shared window. What to tune first.
The Six Demand Sources Behind Every Job in EDGEBIC
Every manufacturing order in EDGEBIC carries a demand source that records why it exists. Here are the six values, what each means, and why an orphan job has none.
What EDGEBIC Does Today vs the MRP Roadmap
An honest map of EDGEBIC's planning capability: finite scheduling, inventory netting, MPS, and import are here today; multi-level BOM explosion, pegging, and DBR are roadmap.
What Is a Cost Rollup in Manufacturing?
A cost rollup adds up a job's labor and material from its scheduled routing, work-center hours times rate plus material cost, to give a total cost a quote can be priced from.
What Is a Downtime Type in Scheduling?
A downtime type classifies why a work center is unavailable, planned versus unplanned, so scheduled maintenance is already out of capacity while breakdowns trigger a review.
What Is a Punch Type in Shop-Floor Tracking?
A punch type is the state an operator was in during one recorded time segment, setup, run, idle, down, rework, or teardown, so each hour is attributed to a real activity.
What Is a Schedule Change Log?
A schedule change log is the audit trail that records every time a job's plan is created, rescheduled, swapped, overridden, closed, or reopened, and why.
What Is a Setup Sub-Phase in Changeover Tracking?
A setup sub-phase splits one changeover into timed stages, teardown, fixture, tools, first article, QA hold, and run-off, so a shop can see where setup time really goes.
What Is a Step Override in Quote Scenarios?
A step override is a per-scenario change to one routing step's setup, run time, or work center inside a quote, so a what-if option can be priced without altering the base routing.
What Is an Overtime Allowance in Shift Scheduling?
An overtime allowance is a shift's declared ceiling on hours per day and its flag for whether overtime is permitted, a stated limit that documents intent for the schedule.