manufacturing

1-dimensional nesting algorithm

What is an effective algorithm for nesting 1 dimensional lengths into predefined stock lengths? For example, If you required steel bars in the following quantities and lengths, 5 x 2 metres 5 x 3 metres 5 x 4 metres and these can be cut from 10 metre bars. How could you calculate the pattern for cutting the 10m bars so that the min...

How does the philosophy of lean translate to programming?

Our company is espousing lean philosophy into manufacturing and administration, in the vein of The Toyota Way. How can the concepts of waste reduction and continuous improvement be applied to programming and code creation? My focus lately has been just making sure that the code I write is only to support an actual process. I think roo...

Is there a product development model for an stand alone embedded programmer?

I have more than 5 years experience working on embedded programming on several architectures and micro-controllers for different companies, so I feel confident about my skills. All the experience is on a corporate environment where there are a bunch of electrical engineers designing something and I am with them concurrently taking care ...