Manufacturing Scheduling Software for the Real Shop Floor
Manufacturing scheduling software assigns every work order to a machine, a crew and a time slot within the capacity your plant really has, and re-plans when priorities, machines or materials change. EDGEBIC (RMDB 2.0) by User Solutions does it for discrete, batch and mixed-mode manufacturers, from Amish furniture makers to the world's largest aircraft carrier.
Built for schedulers and plant managers who run the week from a spreadsheet, or from an ERP that ignores capacity. One-time license from $25,000, working alongside your ERP.
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Proven across manufacturing types
Job Shops
Technical Glass Products
Defense
USS Nimitz, BAE Systems
Electronics
Enevate, Kyocera
Heavy Equipment
Cummins, GE Railcar
Consumer Goods
Sleepmaster, Plastilite
Why Manufacturing Scheduling Is So Hard
Manufacturing scheduling is not a planning exercise. It is an operational discipline that must account for machine availability, labor skills, material lead times, tooling constraints, and constantly shifting priorities. Most software treats it as the former, producing schedules that fail on the shop floor.
- Constant priority changes from rush orders and customer reschedules
- Machine downtime and maintenance disrupting planned schedules
- Skilled labor shortages making machine-only scheduling useless
- Complex routings with alternate workcenters and split operations
- ERP systems producing schedules disconnected from shop floor reality
- No visibility into what is actually achievable this week
RMDB, Now EDGEBIC: Built for the Manufacturing Shop Floor
RMDB, and EDGEBIC by User Solutions after it, gives manufacturers a scheduling system that matches the complexity of their operations. It handles discrete and batch manufacturing, complex routings, alternate workcenters, split operations, and multi-constraint scheduling, all while remaining flexible enough to reconfigure on-the-fly when priorities change.
- Finite capacity scheduling across machines, labor, materials, and tooling
- Complex routing management with alternate workcenters
- On-the-fly schedule reconfiguration when priorities change
- Discrete, batch, and mixed-mode manufacturing support
- Interactive Gantt charts with drag-and-drop (in EDGEBIC)
- Forward and reverse scheduling with priority management
- Downtime and maintenance window scheduling
- Sub-assembly scheduling up to 10 levels deep
- What-if scenario analysis for new orders and capacity
- Works standalone or as an ERP scheduling add-on
The Resource Manager-DB solution has once again exceeded our expectations regarding its adaptability. [...] The result was our substantially increasing production capacity with existing resources.
Manufacturing Scheduling Results
- Basic weekly schedule moved from a 40-hour scheduler task to a 2-hour clerk taskHomestead Furniture
- 40 to 2 hrs
- More business taken on with the existing workforceTechnical Glass Products
- 4%
- Coordinated under one common computerized production scheduleKyocera Industrial Ceramics
- 3 depts
- From start to a complete optimized schedule with ERP integrationPlastilite Corporation
- 1 week
EDGEBIC vs Spreadsheets, ERP Scheduling Modules and Enterprise APS
Four ways manufacturers schedule the shop floor. What decides whether a schedule survives the week is whether it knows your real capacity and can re-plan when the floor changes.
| Spreadsheet | ERP scheduling module | Enterprise APS | EDGEBIC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity model | Whatever you build by hand | Usually infinite capacity with fixed lead times | Finite, deep constraint modelling | Finite across machines, labor, materials and tooling |
| When the floor changes | Rebuild the sheet | Rerun the schedule, often overnight | Replans | Drag an operation and everything downstream re-plans |
| Labor and skills | A separate roster | Rarely a constraint | Yes | Operator skills, certifications and shift rosters |
| Works with your ERP | Manual re-keying | It is the ERP | Pre-built connectors to major ERPs | Any ERP that exports Excel, CSV or database tables |
| Implementation | Hours | Part of the ERP project | Months, usually consultant-led | Days to weeks (Plastilite: 5 days with ERP integration) |
| Pricing | Free | Included or an add-on module | Annual per-seat subscription or a $50K+ project | $25,000 or $35,000, one time |
EDGEBIC Pricing: Published, One-Time
Two editions of EDGEBIC by User Solutions, both perpetual licenses with updates included and no per-seat annual fee. EDGEBIC is an installed Windows application, not a subscription service. See EDGEBIC pricing and editions or how this compares with the market.
| Edition | What it includes | One-time license |
|---|---|---|
| EDGEBIC APS | Finite capacity scheduling and optimization: graphical routing designer, forward and backward scheduling, Theory of Constraints anchoring, parallel work centers, sequence-dependent setup, lot streaming, operator skills, and a two-layer schedule optimizer. | $25,000 |
| EDGEBIC Complete | Everything in EDGEBIC APS plus MRP, inventory, purchasing and material pegging, so material availability constrains the schedule alongside machines and labor. | $35,000 |
Works Alongside Your ERP
Keep your ERP as the system of record. Orders, routings, work centers and actuals come into EDGEBIC from Excel, CSV or database tables, and finite capacity schedules and realistic dates go back out. No middleware and no custom API project. Step-by-step integration guides:
- EDGEBIC with SAP
- EDGEBIC with Epicor
- EDGEBIC with NetSuite
- EDGEBIC with Microsoft Dynamics
- EDGEBIC with QuickBooks
- EDGEBIC with Sage
- EDGEBIC with JobBOSS
- EDGEBIC with Infor
- EDGEBIC with Acumatica
- EDGEBIC with Odoo
- EDGEBIC with Fourth Shift
- EDGEBIC with SYSPRO
- EDGEBIC with Global Shop Solutions
- EDGEBIC with Plex
- EDGEBIC with IQMS / DELMIAworks
- EDGEBIC with Made2Manage
Using a different system? Any ERP that exports Excel, CSV or database tables works. See EDGEBIC ERP integration and the ERP scheduling add-on.
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Manufacturing Scheduling Success Stories
See how manufacturers transformed their shop floor scheduling with RMDB.
Transportation
Repair Shops Triple On-Time Shipping from 30% to 90%
GE Railcar Services
Read storyDefense
Finite Capacity Scheduling of USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier
US Navy
Read storyElectronics
Li-Ion Battery Production Scheduling for Enevate
Enevate Corporation
Read storyConsumer Products
Affordable MRP for Smaller Manufacturer
Sleepmaster Ltd
Read storyWoodworking
Amish Manufacturer Rapidly Amortizes Scheduling System
Homestead Furniture
Read storyGlass Manufacturing
Job Shop Increases Throughput and On-Time Shipping
Technical Glass Products
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Schedule a free live demo with your own manufacturing data. Bring open work orders and routings, and see a realistic schedule built in the session.
Or see RMDB features or EDGEBIC by User Solutions.