Sheet metal & metal
Shared nests connect multiple orders to sheets and remnants. Part occurrences retain their order links when material is used jointly.
Explore the industry workflow →Use material intelligently – even across orders
Material, Nesting & Reuse
Material stocks, batches, cut pieces, offcuts, reservations, conditions and origin can be managed as distinct identities. Nesting and reuse become a controlled material cycle.
Today
Today, knowledge about leftover material gets lost.
Offcuts, batches and conditions are often only known on site. New stock is ordered without reliably taking existing material into account, and the origin of a cut piece is hard to trace later.
- Searching for offcuts and stock on site
- Agreeing on reservations verbally
- Planning cutting without considering existing leftover material
- Not documenting the origin and condition of material
Features
What the module covers.
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Material stocks
Manage item, material grade, dimensions, batch, condition and location.
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Nesting
Optimize and reserve sheets, raw material and offcuts for cutting runs.
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Cutting & new identities
Material becomes new parts with their own origin and history.
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Reuse
Suggest suitable parts/molds/groups for upcoming requirements and make deliberate decisions.
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Refurbish / Shorten
Document condition, refurbish, shorten or reject – without losing history.
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KPIs
Evaluate usage, leftover material, scrap and reuse rate based on real events.
Workflow
From intake to a controlled result.
01StockKnow material and offcuts.
02DemandTake upcoming orders into account.
03ReservePrevent competing claims.
04NestingPlan cutting.
05ReturnRecord condition and origin.
06ReuseDeliberately approve or reject.
Human in the loop
This is where your team reviews and decides.
secondFactory prepares. At these points, a person confirms, corrects or deliberately approves – nothing slips through unnoticed.
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Confirm reservation
Material is reserved for a requirement – competing access is prevented.
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Decide on reuse
Suggestions for suitable parts, molds or groups are deliberately approved or rejected.
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Document condition
Refurbishing, shortening or rejecting is recorded with condition and history.
Your benefits
What improves day to day.
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Lower material consumption
Consider existing material before new stock.
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Traceable
Every part retains its origin and condition.
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Industry-specific
Customizable for wood, sheets, metal, profiles or customer-specific material logic.
Material before new stockThe main lever here is material: existing stock and offcuts are considered before new stock. How large the effect is will be measured on the actual workflow during the process assessment.
Input & result
What goes in. What comes out.
Input sources
- Material stocks with material grade, dimensions and batch
- Offcuts and returns
- Requirements of upcoming orders
- Sheets and raw material for nesting
- Condition and origin
Results
- Reservations per requirement
- Nesting and cutting runs
- New identities with origin and history
- Reuse suggestions
- KPIs on usage, leftover material and scrap
In the end-to-end process
Handovers without re-entry.
Before
Planning and engineering
Material requirements from orders and bills of materials.
This module
Material, Nesting & Reuse
Use material intelligently – even across orders.
After
Production and warehouse
Cut pieces go to production, offcuts and returns go back to the warehouse.
Process analysis / demo
Review material & reuse against your stock.
In a process analysis, we walk through a typical material flow – from stock through cutting to reuse.
Applied in your industry
One module. Your business’s engineering logic.
Wood & interiors
Cutting plans account for panels, rectangular remnants and grain direction. Exhibition rental inventory, returns and refurbishment prepare material for its next use.
Explore the industry workflow →Buildings & MEP
Quantities and component lists expose material demand for each design variant. Variants can be compared using their recorded quantities and prices.
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