From Part lists to Multi-level BOM and Product Structure
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Filter Multi-level BOM for Make/Buy Parts
A few days ago, I wrote an article explaining how OpenBOM is managing the parent-child structure of information in Bill of Materials. If you…
How to plan my data properties in OpenBOM Bill of Materials and Catalogs
Even OpenBOM looks and smells like a spreadsheet, inside OpenBOM manages data using multiple databases. The concept of a spreadsheet is applied to OpenBOM…
Parent-Child Relationships in Bill of Materials
Earlier this week several customers asked me to clarify how OpenBOM can manage parent-child relationships. After answering on several questions, I decided to come…
Looking for OpenBOM – Quickbooks integration Beta Users
I’m thrilled to share that first OpenBOM integration with accounting package is now available. You can integrate between OpenBOM and Quickbooks Online. Obvious question…
OpenBOM Data Management Best Practices – BOMs and Catalogs
If you’re a longtime citizen of engineering and manufacturing communities, you probably heard people saying that if you have 2 engineers, you might have…
Referencing External Databases and Catalogs in OpenBOM
One of the questions I’m getting from users is how to create a link from OpenBOM to other sources of information. Engineering information is…
NEW – Multi-level BOM import from a single spreadsheet
Another cool new feature coming soon in OpenBOM. Many of you asked us how to transform your existing BOM spreadsheets into nested structure Bill…
NEW – Multiple Rollups in OpenBOM
When it comes to Bill of Materials, calculations is one of the most important things. Think about BOM as a recipe of what you…
UPDATE: How to insert OpenBOM Bill of Materials in Onshape Drawing
Cloud software is evolving with new features and functions. As such Onshape was evolving and introduced new user experience. Which made me think it…
First step-by-step video of Solidworks-OpenBOM-Quickbooks workflow
Bill of Materials is a lifeblood of your manufacturing business. It defines all components and assemblies you need to have to produce a product.…
Where to search for updated OpenBOM videos?
User experience is one of the things companies are thinking more these days. At OpenBOM we are thinking about how to help people exploring…
CAD-BOM synchronization using OpenBOM
One of the questions often asked by OpenBOM users and customers is how OpenBOM is merging data between CAD systems and Bill of Materials…
Heads up – New BOM and Catalog user creation and navigation experience
Earlier this week, I shared a series of articles about OpenBOM BOM and Catalogs. If you missed that, I will encourage you to take…
Demystifying OpenBOM BOM and Catalogs – Part Three
I’m coming with the final part of my set of articles about OpenBOM Bill of Materials and Catalogs. Check Part One and Part Two…
Demystifying OpenBOM BOM and Catalogs – Part Two
I continue my set of articles about OpenBOM Bill of Materials and Catalogs. If you missed Part One, please navigate here to catch up.…
Demystifying OpenBOM BOM and Catalogs – Part One
If there is something in engineering and manufacturing companies that I learn for sure for the last two decades is that terminology is…
Heads up – OpenBOM new formula editor
Formulas are important. After all, Bill of Materials is a recipe of the product and calculation and rollups are big part of main BOM…
Heads up – New features in OpenBOM Altium Designer integrations
All products these days is some sort of combination of electronics and mechanical design. It comes everywhere and creates a new level of complexity.…
Drill down into new OpenBOM data properties – Date and Currency
In this article, I want to share detailed information about new OpenBOM data properties – Data and Currency. Date Property The new Date property…
Heads up – New Property Type “Date”
We are expanding property types in OpenBOM. If you missed an earlier article, check this out – we are adding Currency property. One more…
Heads up – New Property Type “Currency”
I have to admit – this is one of the long-awaited enhancements of OpenBOM. But later is better than never. New property types are…
OpenBOM 101 – Automatic Team Sharing
Any BOM or Catalog in OpenBOM can easily be shared by clicking the “Share” button with anyone with an OpenBOM account using their email.…
OpenBOM 101 – Team Views
OpenBOM User Defined views is a very powerful mechanism that allows you only to see data you want or need to see in BOM…
OpenBOM 101 – Provisioning Team Member
An OpenBOM Team Admin manages and controls who gain access to OpenBOM within a Team or organization. Access is not limited to internal, i.e.,…
OpenBOM 101 – production planning and quantity gap calculations
The core function of production planning is to calculate how many parts need to be ordered to make a production batch. OpenBOM does by…
OpenBOM 101 – Order BOM and Purchase Order
The end goal of every design and manufacturing process is to assemble a product and ship it a customer. This is in a nutshell…
OpenBOM 101 – Vendor List
A Vendor List contains information about companies you’re using as a source of standard parts as well as contractors and suppliers. We call them…
OpenBOM 101 – Flattened BOM
To manage parent-child relationships is a fundamental function in the Bill of Materials. OpenBOM does it on demand by connecting Part Numbers. It is…
Sneak Peek – OpenBOM to Quickbooks integration
For the last several months since we introduced OpenBOM Design to Purchase solution, we’ve been asked by customers to provide integration with accounting software.…
OpenBOM 101 – How to add a company logo to BOM PDF export
OpenBOM has a flexible export function including a selection of properties, filters, sort, ordering rows and customization of a company logo. I want to…
OpenBOM 101 – Formula and Calculations
Formulas in OpenBOM are equations you create in a cell which performs simple arithmetic operations using the designated cells. The basic principle to understand…
OpenBOM 101: User-Defined Views
The user-defined view is a powerful mechanism that allows you to provide a custom way to present data. You can think about “raw data”…
OpenBOM 101: Bill of Materials changes, history and revisions
Nothing stands still in this world, change is the only constant. This old pearl of wisdom also applies to engineering and manufacturing. Once something…
OpenBOM 101 – Introduction to BOM types
In this video, I’d like to introduce you to BOM types. There are three fundamental BOM types – Single Level BOM, Multi-level BOM and…
Heads up OpenBOM integration with Altium Designer Improvements
Products are getting more complex these days. With an increased demand for high-tech electronic, smart devices and IoT, the number of electromechanical products and…
OpenBOM for Onshape – Split BOM
It is 21st century outside and digital transformation is one of the most visible trends outside. However, many companies are still relying on drawings…
OpenBOM Video 101: Search for Parts, Bill of Materials and Catalogs
Search is an important function in every software these days. At OpenBOM we’re thinking how to get Search done in the way it will…
OpenBOM 101: Real-time collaboration and simultaneous Bill of Materials editing
One of the most unique features of OpenBOM is to support data sharing and collaboration. Think about something simple and powerful? This is exactly…
OpenBOM 101 Video – Create first Catalog and BOM
BOMs and Catalogs are fundamental elements of OpenBOM reference instance model. Think about Catalog as a distributed database of parts, components, assemblies. Every component…
OpenBOM Reference-Instance Model Basics – BOMs and Catalogs
You probably heard about OpenBOM Reference-Instance Model already. If you missed that, this is a link to catch up. In a nutshell, Reference-Instance model…
Future CAD-BOM Relationships in a Service-Oriented World
One of the biggest dilemmas in traditional PDM and PLM software world is related to relationships between design and Bill of Materials management systems.…
The ugly truth about digital transformation – first, get rid of spreadsheets
Digital Transformation is one of the fanciest words in a modern lexicon of technologist, strategist and marketing people. Digital is such a sweet word.…
How OpenBOM Manages CAD and Other Files Using Connected Cloud Storage
You have asked me about files and how to store them connected to BOM items. Well, here you go! OpenBOM is not your typical…
DevOps for Manufacturing and the Urgent Need for Collaborative Software for Manufacturing
The manufacturing industry is changing. A long time ago, manufacturing shops were big and slow. Over the past 15-20 years, the manufacturing industry has…
How to Manage Bill of Materials with Parts Purchased from Multiple Suppliers?
Bill of materials is a recipe of your product. Everything you need to make, purchase, and assembly must be placed in the BOM list.…
5 Reasons Why OpenBOM is Ready to Replace Excel and Spreadsheets for BOMs?
In the world of business software, replacing spreadsheets or Excel is the most popular topic. Guess what? Almost every successful business software is doing…
OpenBOM Basics – How to Create a Multi-Level (Hierarchical) BOM
One of the most frequently asked questions about OpenBOM is related to multi-level BOM. Does OpenBOM actually support hierarchical multi-level structures? How to create…
OpenBOM Subscription — For a Great Multitude of Manufacturing Companies
If you visit OpenBOM website for the first time, you might be curious – who is OpenBOM for? The best way to explore OpenBOM…
OpenBOM Basics — How to Define Part Numbers in OpenBOM
The Bill of Materials (or BOM) is the lifeblood of every engineering and manufacturing process. Regardless of how simple or complex the product is,…
OpenBOM Fundamentals — Bill of Materials and Catalog
On the surface, Bill of Materials (BOM) is simple. This is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Bill of…
Friday Story: OpenBOM and Platform Business
А platform is one of the most popular words in modern software (and not only vocabulary). In the old days, a platform was usually…
Beyond BOM 101 or Why Spreadsheet is not a Single Source of Truth for BOM?
My attention was caught by the Dragon Innovation article BOM 101. Dragon Innovation is a great company, part of Avnet and providing consulting to hardware…
OpenBOM — Hello New Blog!
Hello OpenBOM users! I’m very excited about our new website and a new blog. For quite a long period of time, I’ve been blogging…
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