Production Scheduling Software for French Manufacturers
Yes, EDGEBIC is available in France. It is finite capacity production scheduling software (logiciel d'ordonnancement production) from User Solutions, Inc. (Michigan, USA, founded 1991), sold and supported directly to French aerospace and automotive suppliers, machining and décolletage shops, and luxury and industrial equipment makers. It installs on your own Windows systems, works alongside Sage X3, Cegid, Divalto and SAP Business One, and is licensed one time rather than by subscription.
Where EDGEBIC Fits in French Manufacturing
French industry is organised in strong regional supply chains. Around Toulouse and the wider Occitanie region, hundreds of machining, composite and assembly suppliers feed aerospace programmes with rate ramps and slot dates set by the prime. Automotive tier suppliers in Hauts-de-France, Grand Est and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes run high-mix component work under strict delivery scorecards. The Arve valley in Haute-Savoie is the world capital of décolletage, precision turning at volume. Luxury houses and industrial equipment builders add engineer-to-order work on top. The ERP or GPAO records the order; it does not sequence a five-axis cell or a scarce certified operator against finite capacity.
- Aerospace suppliers with rate-ramp commitments and prime-audited on-time delivery
- Automotive tier suppliers running high-mix components under OEM delivery scorecards
- Décolletage and precision machining shops where setups decide the week
- Luxury and industrial equipment makers mixing projects with repeat series
- Sage X3, Cegid or Divalto running finance and orders but not the shop floor sequence
- Defence and prime-contractor confidentiality rules that exclude a foreign-hosted scheduling cloud
How EDGEBIC Serves French Manufacturers
EDGEBIC is an advanced planning and scheduling (APS) engine built on finite capacity scheduling for high-mix job shop and discrete manufacturing. It models machines, work centre groups, true alternates, sequence-dependent setup matrices and operator skills, and produces a schedule the floor can run and a delivery date the prime can rely on: planification de production à capacité finie in the full sense, not a Gantt viewer.
- Forward and backward finite capacity scheduling across machines and operators
- Theory of Constraints anchor scheduling around bottleneck machines
- Sequence-dependent setup matrix with setup families for décolletage and machining
- Parallel work centres, true alternates and work centre groups
- Operator skills, certifications and shift rosters as constraints
- Programme and series work scheduled together from one database
- ERP integration via Excel, CSV and database import-export
- Installed on your own Windows systems; one-time perpetual licence
Deployment, Integration and Support in France
Your Site
Installed Windows application on .NET 8, SQLite single-user or SQL Server multi-user. Production data stays on your own machines inside your own jurisdiction; nothing is hosted abroad.
Deployment and data location
Sage X3, Cegid, BC
Sage X3 and Sage 100, Cegid, Divalto, SAP Business One and Dynamics 365 Business Central via Excel, CSV or database import-export.
ERP integration
CET / CEST
Remote implementation and support from Michigan (Eastern Time) scheduled in the French afternoon overlap. 5-Day Implementation Framework, in English.
Time zone and support
One-Time
Perpetual licence, list priced in USD (25,000 APS, 35,000 Complete); a euro quotation is available on request. No subscription, no per-user fees.
Pricing model
Full details on the pricing page and the ERP integration page. EU-wide coverage on the Europe page; neighbouring markets: Germany and DACH, the Netherlands and United Kingdom.
EDGEBIC Versus the APS Vendors French Manufacturers Shortlist
An honest view. Each of these tools is the right answer for somebody; EDGEBIC is the right answer for a French supplier or equipment builder that wants real finite capacity scheduling, on its own systems, live in a week, without a subscription. Detailed head-to-heads are on the compare products hub.
Siemens Opcenter APS (Preactor)
Siemens Digital Industries
The enterprise APS across the French aerospace and automotive tiers. Best inside the Siemens stack; heavy implementation and licensing for a mid-sized supplier.
Asprova
Japan
High-end APS common with automotive tier suppliers and large multi-line plants. Deep, but priced and implemented as an enterprise project.
Netronic and Just Plan It
Aachen, Germany
Visual Gantt add-ons for Dynamics 365 Business Central and a simple cloud job shop scheduler. Lighter than EDGEBIC on setup matrices, alternates and operator skills.
MRPeasy, Katana and PlanetTogether
Estonia and United States
Cloud MRP with light scheduling (MRPeasy, Katana) and a subscription APS for multi-plant groups (PlanetTogether). EDGEBIC competes on true finite capacity, on-site data and one-time licensing.
Frequently Asked Questions: EDGEBIC in France
Manufacturers Running EDGEBIC and Its Predecessors
Aerospace, defence, job shop and heavy industry customers scheduling finite capacity with User Solutions software.
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Book a remote demo in CET hours with your own routings (gammes) and open orders, or download the free trial and run a finite capacity schedule on your own systems today.