We're a combination of engineer-to-order and make-to-order. You're right - we wouldn't delay a job just to fill a sheet of material. That would be the exception though. We're large enough that most of the time there will be enough active jobs and parts to cut that we would be able to cut full...
We're an engineer-to-order manufacturer. We have a small sheet metal shop & cut all of our parts with a waterjet. We're buying a fiber laser, and we'll need to change the way we process jobs and materials to take advantage of the laser's efficiency and capabilities.
With the waterjet, we cut by...