JETCAM Expert Premium with MRP interface was installed and was integrated seamlessly with Microsoft Navision C5 (Concorde) XAL MRP system. This integration provides JETCAM Expert with an up-to-date list of jobs with parts to program and/or nest. A year later they purchased two Bystronic laser machines, for which postprocessors were purchased. Of the initial training Per Vesterby, Programmer, said; “I learnt JETCAM in just two days. What I particularly liked was that it is very easy to move jobs between machines. If the Trumpfs are overloaded I can generate code for the Bystronic in 1-2 minutes. For me JETCAM is clever. When making a drawing, JETCAM’s CAD facilities allow me to do most amendments quickly within the software instead of having to use AutoCAD.” With steel prices continuing to escalate, Cimbria also wanted to optimize material usage and s u b s e q u e n t l y p u r c h a s e d JETCAM’s high performance nesting engine (FFHPN). The module allows Per to build a queue of items to nest which can then be left to run overnight, yielding the most optimum nest. If required, nests can be created by part due-date based on a variety of parameters. The results were startling; “We are seeing around 5% saving on all nests. Our material costs are easily over €1.2m per year, so the new nester paid for itself in less than a month and is now generating clear and tangible profits. Queuing nests also freed up at least an hour of my time every day.”