Patent ID: 8862261
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computerized method comprising: storing in a computer: receiving into the computer a plurality of orders, wherein each one of the plurality of orders specifies characteristics for one or more cut-part items to be cut from pieces of stock material; specifying, into the computer, a plurality of batches, and associating at least one of the plurality of orders into each one of the plurality of batches, wherein the plurality of batches include an initial primary batch and one or more subsequent batches including a first subsequent batch; determining matches, in the computer, wherein the determining matches includes determining for each of a plurality of cut-part items from across the plurality of orders, whether others of the plurality of cut-part items have matching specified characteristics within the set of which characteristics are to be matched, and as a result forming groups of matched cut-part items, wherein each group defines cut-part items that would be cut together from a load of pieces of stock material, wherein the plurality of cut-part items are selected from the primary batch and the one or more subsequent batches; optimizing, in the computer, placement of the groups of matched cut-part items relative to a plurality of loads of the pieces of stock material, wherein the optimizing includes placing those groups of matched cut-part items in the primary batch and in the one or more subsequent batches, wherein the optimizing further includes: outputting a primary-batch cutting specification for a plurality of cuts to be performed on each of a plurality of loads to obtain the groups of matched cut-part items.