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A SolidWorks model is essential. A BOM is essential. Drawings, PDFs, STEP files, and DXFs are essential too. Many teams...

In the previous article, I wrote that engineering teams usually do not lose control because CAD design is wrong. The...

In my experience, manufacturing companies that rush a new product introduction process usually pay for it later. They see production...

How file-based workflows, disconnected BOMs, and the limits of PDM combine to create a product data problem most engineering teams...

Last week I wrote about where product lifecycle knowledge gets lost, and I also published a longer piece on Beyond...

How to define part number strategy, revision control, and BOM types early in your OpenBOM rollout When companies start an...

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “what type of bill of materials do I actually need?”, you’re not alone. In my...

This guide explains the product release process in manufacturing – what it is, how it works, and how PLM software...

This guide explains how revision control works in multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs): what it is, why it’s complex, and...

Why CAD, BOM, ERP, Excel, and even PLM don’t actually own your product knowledge. Everyone knows who owns CAD. Engineering....

Most engineers understand change management the way it’s been taught for decades: you identify something that needs to change, you...

Product lifecycle knowledge is not created in a single system or at a single moment. It emerges across discussions, iterations,...

Bill of Materials (BOM) management is one of the most critical and most underestimated aspects of product development. In my...

If you work with CAD systems—SolidWorks, Altium, anything in that CAD family—you already know the reflex. Something doesn’t add up....

There’s a moment every modern product company eventually hits, and it’s usually not pretty. Someone asks a seemingly simple question...

After I introduced the idea of Product Memory, one question kept coming up in almost every conversation: “Who actually owns...

Connecting Engineering BOMs with Inventory and Order Management OpenBOM continues to expand the scope of its integrations, helping companies connect...

Product Memory extends traditional Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) by preserving connected product knowledge across engineering, manufacturing, supply chains, APIs, and...

From Document Control to Continuous Product Intelligence Engineering teams today are surrounded by product data, yet many organizations still struggle...

How engineering teams can stop reconstructing product data from CAD applications, PLM databases, BOM spreadsheets, ERP systems, email, and chats...

For more than two decades, SolidWorks has built one of the most remarkable ecosystems in engineering software. Starting in the...

Yesterday I wrote about the five hard problems engineering and manufacturing teams still face in 2026—from design data trapped in...

Engineering and manufacturing organizations are entering a new era of complexity. Products that used to be mostly mechanical now combine...

I’m excited to share what our team was working on recently and the updates we released in OpenBOM earlier this...