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Quoting When the Shop Is Already Full in EDGEBIC
When the backlog is deep, EDGEBIC quotes an honest date and shows your options. See how to read a far-out simulation and use scenarios to find the date the customer needs.
Reading a Shift Handoff Summary in EDGEBIC
The shift handoff summary shows the oncoming crew what they are inheriting: setup, run, and down hours, piece totals, and recent pauses with reasons. Here is how to read it.
Reading Dependencies on the EDGEBIC Design Canvas
Learn to read routing dependencies on the EDGEBIC canvas: connector arrows carry next-in-sequence, branches merge, and a warning icon flags a broken chain.
Reading Operation Description Fields on a Gantt Bar
Every EDGEBIC Gantt bar caption is built from tokens: job, product, dates, and hours. Learn to read the operation description fields and set them per work center.
Reading the Work Center Lanes on the EDGEBIC Schedule
The EDGEBIC Gantt puts one lane per work center. Learn to read the lanes: bars stack per machine, instances share load, and moving between lanes reroutes a job.
Running RMDB and EDGEBIC Side by Side During the Transition
The safest way to adopt EDGEBIC is a parallel run: RMDB stays the system of record while EDGEBIC schedules one cell. Because EDGEBIC imports from Excel, it needs no special setup.
Spotting a Bottleneck on the EDGEBIC Gantt
Learn to spot a bottleneck on the EDGEBIC Gantt: a lane packed wall to wall, work stacking upstream, and downstream operations flagged for review after a change.
The Capacity You Already Have But Cannot See
The cheapest capacity is the hours you already own and cannot see. See how scheduling finds them without capex, with worked arithmetic and honest limits.
The Daily Rhythm of a Kiosk-Run Shop with EDGEBIC
A shop that punches at the kiosk and reschedules on a rhythm keeps promise dates honest. Here is the operator-to-planner cadence that makes it work.
The Data Grid vs the Flow Chart View of a Routing
EDGEBIC gives a routing two views: a data grid for numbers and a flow chart for structure. Learn which to use when, and why they are one routing, not two.
The Fastest-Overall-Finish Optimizer Preset Explained
The MinMakespan optimizer goal in EDGEBIC compresses a plan end to end to free capacity soonest. Here is how it ranks a schedule and when to choose it over due dates.
The Least-Setup-Time Optimizer Preset Explained
The MinSetup optimizer goal in EDGEBIC groups compatible jobs to cut changeover hours. It needs a setup matrix to appear. Here is how it ranks a schedule and when to use it.