Abstract: A method and system for identifying defects in glass are provided. The method includes identifying, using an identifier device, each of a plurality of sheets of glass with an identifier; generating, using a mapping device, a map of glass attributes for each of the plurality of sheets of glass; associating, using a computer system, the map of attributes of each of the plurality of sheets of glass with the identifier of a corresponding each of the plurality of sheets of glass; storing the map of glass attributes of each of the sheets of glass in a database; and providing a customer with a level of access to information in the database so as to allow the customer to retrieve at least part of the map of attributes of sheets of glass acquired by the customer.

Abstract: A process for cutting several pieces of glass from at least one glass sheet, includes reading information relating to defects in the at least one glass sheet; and automatically and dynamically generating an optimum cutting layout for each of the at least one glass sheet as a function of at least some of the information relating to the defects.