A digital product for automating key stages of furniture production with an emphasis on efficient material cutting: a practical case study

On October 6, 2025, with the participation of students of the UFE-21s and UFO-21s groups of the educational programs “Information Technologies in Business” and “Accounting, Analysis and Financial Investigations” within the framework of studying the educational component “Economic and Mathematical Modeling”, a lecture-meeting was held with the 3rd year student Yaroslav KhVOSTYUK (UFE-31s group), who shared his experience in the practical application of the material of the component of the educational discipline on the topic “Optimization Economic and Mathematical Models” within the framework of studying the educational component “Economic and Mathematical Modeling” (lecturer: Oksana VASKIV, lecturer at the Department of Digital Economics and Business Analytics, Faculty of Finance and Business Management).

In particular, a practical case of automation of wood and fabric cutting for furniture production “Frankof Cutting App” was presented, which included the following questions regarding:

• reducing material costs;
• optimizing warehouse balances;
• accelerating order processing;
• вincreasing product margins.

During the lecture, students had the opportunity to learn about such key modules of a practical case as:

• wood cutting – optimizing the cutting of boards according to the entered order sizes with calculating the balances;
• fabric cutting – calculating the optimal fabric cutting with minimizing scraps;
• warehouse accounting of materials – in the warehouse with the ability to update balances in real time;
• formed orders – maintaining order history with cost calculation;
• production control – shipping finished products.

During the report, a diagram of the process of optimizing and automating modules and their practicality was presented:

1. entering data about the material – the program sees the remains;
2. entering order parameters – the program automatically creates a cutting map;
3. cutting optimization – the program minimizes the remains;
4. saving the order – automatic generation of a report with calculation of the cost and remains;
5. export to a file or print – all data is ready for use in production.

At the very end of the presentation of the developed case, the speaker emphasized its key value for business, namely:

• simple integration without expensive ERP;
• quick result – first economic effect from the first month;
• no special training required – intuitive interface;
• scalability from a small workshop to a factory.

Participation of higher education applicants of educational and professional programs “Information Technologies in Business” and “Accounting, Analysis and Financial Investigations” of specialties 051 “Economics” and 071 “Accounting and Taxation” in lectures of such a plan is a good experience for consolidating the skills acquired in the process of studying the component of the academic discipline “Optimization Economic and Mathematical Models” from the educational component “Economic and Mathematical Modeling”.

This format of training contributes to the development of critical thinking skills, team interaction and shows students how theoretical knowledge can be effectively used in real business tasks.