It’s indeed much easier to reduce waste in a factory when the production line can optimize for reducing waste. It’s a delicate problem though. I have recently

It’s indeed much easier to reduce waste in a factory when the production line can optimize for reducing waste. It’s a delicate problem though. I have recently implemented such an optimization for wall panel production lines and it’s not so easy for the operators cutting sheets of material to keep too many leftover bits for the following wall panel being built, and the order of the panels built can be dictated by a specific loading order on the delivery truck so can’t be reordered to reduce waste. Working on various bin-packing and cutting stock problems is an interesting challenge!