I've never heard a good engineer ever say "let's use an unnecessary amount of material", usually engineers say "this is what you need to achieve the goal and this is why....". Then management adds contingency while trying to also cut cost, then the project manager orders material too early to drive revenue and it expires or get lost, then the crew always has waste, the list goes on.

Efficient engineering is rarely the problem, but if there's a tool that reliably makes my job easier and faster then sure, bring it on

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

You have safety margins which could be excess material.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

Then management adds contingency while trying to also cut cost,

No, they just cut cost, beyond what the engineering was designed for. Then they end up as a mini-documentary on some channel like Plainly Difficult.