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What Is Capacity Level in Work Center Scheduling?
Capacity level bands a work center's load into low, medium, and high so overloads stand out at a glance. Learn how the utilization bands map to color and what each one means.
What Is Capacity Type in a Work Center?
Capacity type sets whether a work center is measured in hours, pieces, or both. Learn how the hours, pieces, and both settings change how a schedule loads a machine.
What Is Transfer Delay in Lot Streaming?
Transfer delay is the flat material-handling lag after a transfer batch is ready before the next step can start. Learn how it differs from transfer batch size and queue time.
What Is Work Center Efficiency in Scheduling?
Work center efficiency is the percentage of nominal capacity a machine actually delivers. Learn what it means, where EDGEBIC lets you express it, and how it differs from utilization.
What Makes a Promise Date Credible in EDGEBIC
A credible promise date is one the shop can keep. See how EDGEBIC builds a quote date from real load, real work hours, and the finish-by direction that answers the customer.
Why a Visual Routing Beats a Spreadsheet BOM
A visual routing shows dependencies, branches, and dead-ends that a spreadsheet BOM hides. See why EDGEBIC draws the factory as a flow chart planners can read.
Why Actuals Are Immutable in EDGEBIC (and Why That Protects You)
Once an operation is finished, its actual dates and hours are permanent. Learn why EDGEBIC never moves completed work on a reschedule and what that guarantees.
Why One Clean Operation Record Matters in EDGEBIC
One clean record per operation keeps reschedules honest and reports accurate. Learn how EDGEBIC guards against inverted dates, orphans, and duplicate rows.
Why Quote Against Real Capacity in EDGEBIC (Not a Lead-Time Rule of Thumb)
A quote priced against your real shop load beats a fixed lead-time rule. See how EDGEBIC simulates a promise date that already accounts for every job on the floor.
Why the EDGEBIC Kiosk Has No Login (and Why That Is Deliberate)
The shop-floor kiosk uses a free-text operator name, not a login or badge scan. Learn why EDGEBIC trusts the floor and where operator identity actually matters.
Why the EDGEBIC Optimizer Is a Sidecar, Not a Replacement
The EDGEBIC optimizer sits beside the scheduling engine, never inside it, touching the engine through one seam. Here is why that architecture makes optimization safe to try.
Working Day vs Calendar Day in Production Scheduling
Working days skip weekends and closures; calendar days count every date. Learn how the working day vs calendar day choice changes transit and lead-time math on a schedule.