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What makes a BOM “good”? Is there such a thing at all?  The traditional perspective of any PLM or even...

A few months ago I spent time experimenting with an open source agent environment OpenClaw – a free and open-source...

Since we first introduced OpenBOM BOM Review in July, I have been asking engineering managers a simple question: how many...

We keep improving OpenBOM, and not every improvement is a new feature inside the product. Here is one that lives...

Everyone Is Asking for the API. Almost Nobody Is Asking the Right Question. Over the last few months we noticed...

There is a question I hear in almost every conversation with engineering and manufacturing companies in 2026: do we still...

OpenBOM security is a layered model combining AWS infrastructure, SOC 2 Type II certified operational controls, AES-256 encryption at rest...

A few weeks ago I was on a call with an engineering manager at a 60 person industrial equipment company....

Every engineering and manufacturing team knows why BOMs must be validated before release. Catching a mistake early is cheap. Catching...

Welcome to the OpenBOM July 2026 update! The July 2026 update focuses on helping engineering and manufacturing teams improve BOM...

Last week, the global PLM community gathered in Lecce, Italy, for the IFIP 23rd International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management...

Revisions, Change Requests, and Change Orders in OpenBOM This article is concluding our five days blog series with OpenBOM Product...