Flat-bottom stand-up bag, vertical form, fill, and seal system and methodology for utilizing the same

A method comprising:

• rotatably supporting an elongated sheet of material defined by a plurality of material segments;
• drawing a left edge and a right edge of said elongated sheet of material together in an overlapping configuration around a forming tube to form said elongated sheet of material into a substantially tube shape;
• sealing said left edge and said right edge of said elongated sheet of material to one another;
• forming a gusseted tuck in each of a left sidewall panel portion of said substantially tube-shaped elongated sheet of material and a right sidewall panel portion of said substantially tube-shaped elongated sheet of material, the left sidewall panel portion and the right sidewall panel portion each extending between a front sidewall panel portion and a rear sidewall panel portion;
• removing by a cutting mechanism a first portion and a second portion of a first segment of said plurality of material segments in order to form a first cut and a second cut in said first segment, the first portion removed by the cutting mechanism including a first portion of the front sidewall panel portion and not including any portion of the rear sidewall panel portion, and the second portion removed by the cutting mechanism including a second portion of the front sidewall panel portion and not including any portion of the rear sidewall panel portion;
• and
• folding and sealing by a sealing mechanism said first segment at said first cut and at said second cut to provide an end wall of said first segment with a substantially flat, rectangular-shaped footprint.