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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.
The Fewest-Changes Optimizer Preset Explained
The MostStable optimizer goal in EDGEBIC improves a plan while disturbing a committed floor as little as possible. Here is how it ranks stability first and when to use it mid-week.
The On-Time-First Optimizer Preset Explained
On-time first is the default EDGEBIC optimizer goal: it protects due dates above everything else using a four-tier objective. Here is exactly how it ranks a schedule.
The Planned vs Actual Overlay as a Variance Tool
EDGEBIC keeps plan and reality side by side on every bar, turning the Gantt into a variance tool. See how Applied, Rescheduled, and the hours roll-up expose drift.
The Productivity Gain Hiding in a Shorter Planning Cycle
The planner's week is a productivity line item. See how a computed schedule turns days of rebuilding into hours of review, with heritage arithmetic and honest limits.
The Quality Gain From Not Rushing Jobs
Rushed jobs make scrap and rework. See how realistic scheduling protects quality by removing the rush, with yield arithmetic and the honest limits.
The Throughput Gain From Cutting Setups
Setup hours you cut become throughput you can sell. See how sequencing turns changeover savings into extra jobs, with paint-booth arithmetic and honest limits.
The True Cost of a Single Late Job
One late job costs far more than the penalty. Add up the expediting, overtime, disruption, and lost trust, with a worked breakdown and honest limits.
The Two Layers of the EDGEBIC Optimizer Explained
EDGEBIC ships two schedule optimizers: a never-worse multi-run search and a CP-SAT mathematical solver with a proven optimality gap. Here is when to use each.
Using Timeline Zoom to Plan a Week or a Day
Zoom the EDGEBIC Gantt to match the decision: a month view for capacity, a day view for dispatch. See how timescale, horizon, and Today reshape the schedule view.