Case Studies: Real Workshops, Real Savings

Precision Cabinetry Co., a 6-person cabinet shop specializing in residential kitchens and bathrooms, previously handled their planning manually. Every Friday afternoon was spent diagramming cuts on graph paper, leading to a 22% waste rate. By adopting CutWize, they shifted to real-time optimization right on a workshop iPad. This workflow change dropped their weekly sheet usage from 24 to 19 sheets, reducing waste to 8% and saving them roughly $1,200 AUD monthly.

We used to spend hours on Friday afternoons trying to puzzle out our cuts on graph paper. Now we do it in minutes on the workshop iPad and save over a grand a month.

SteelLine Fabrication is a 12-person structural steel and aluminum fabrication shop. They relied heavily on manual cut lists in Excel, which made tracking reusable offcuts nearly impossible. Their offcut pile had ballooned to over 200 untracked pieces, resulting in an 18% overall waste rate. Implementing CutWize's automated offcut tracking allowed them to effortlessly reuse materials, shrinking their offcut inventory to a tightly managed 40 pieces and dropping waste to 7%.

Our offcut pile used to be a graveyard of 200+ pieces we couldn't keep track of. CutWize turned that into a usable inventory of 40 organized offcuts.

Coastal Signs & Graphics runs a busy signage and vehicle wrap business. Because they couldn't find a dedicated roll optimization tool on the market, they were forced to eyeball cuts, suffering a 25% waste rate on expensive vinyl. As one of CutWize's first roll-cutting customers, they were attracted by this unique capability. The new roll optimization instantly brought their waste down to 12%, saving them about $600 USD every month.

We were looking everywhere for a tool that could handle vinyl rolls. As one of CutWize's early roll-cutting users, the unique feature immediately dropped our waste and paid for itself.

Heartwood Furniture Workshop, a 3-person artisan furniture maker, deals heavily with random width hardwoods. Matching grain directions for custom furniture pieces manually pushed their waste to a painful 30%. With CutWize, they gained the ability to respect grain-direction constraints while combining up to 3 separate client orders into a single optimization run. This massive workflow improvement halved their waste to 15% and saves them roughly $450 USD monthly.

Combining multiple client orders into a single optimized run while respecting grain directions has been a game-changer for our small shop.