Hello there :)

we manufacture metal sheets, lets say, and we produce a lot of offcuts (leftovers). For example I've got a metal sheet in 3 by 3 meters and cut a sheet in the size of 2 by 3 meters for a customer. Therefore I have an offcut of 1 by 3 meters.

In Odoo I only have the whole amount of square meters of all these metal sheets in the stock management. But it is very important to use the offucts first, of cause, when manufacturing a new product. Some ERPs have an simple offcut management for this. I've read that some SAP users use the batch / LOT numbers for that, but that does not seem to work in Odoo the same way.

Right now we use a spread sheet, but since the basic demands on a potential module or app aren't that high, I thought I ask if somebody has any solution for this.

So just that you know, we are always looking for the offcut with the smallest width and length but just big enough to cut the sheet for the customer.

It is also very important to compare the amount in stock in general with the amount of how much of that actually exists in small pieces of offcuts! If I only have small pieces, I may have to order new whole sheets.

So... does anybody have an idea?