OpenBOM Training Library Updates You Don’t Want To Miss

Oleg Shilovitsky
Oleg Shilovitsky
27 April, 2021 | 3 min for reading
OpenBOM Training Library Updates You Don’t Want To Miss

The way we learn things these days is changing. In the past, companies were sending engineers to offsite training facilities to participate in weekly courses and practical exercises.

Although it is still happening, the role of online training is becoming more dominant. We are stepping into a new realm of professional training and education. 

People’s attention span are shorter and the demand for a quick reaction is much higher. Users are learning online and want to have a way to learn independently while being able to contact professionals online. After all, learning by doing is one of the most efficient ways to make progress. 

Earlier last week, I shared information about the new OpenBOM training course – End-to-End Design to Purchase Process. Check this out here.  

Check Out What We’ve Been Working On

I’m excited to share the recent update in the OpenBOM Training Library, which includes a new home page layout organization and search functionality.Quick Guide On How To Navigate Through The Openbom Training Library 

  1. Getting Started – it is pretty obvious that you start here. 
  2. Administration – everything you need to know about account management, subscriptions, adding team members and specific team and company settings can be found here. 
  3. Training Courses – this is a location of our online interactive training courses with step-by-step instructions, videos and guidance. This is the best place to start learning OpenBOM. 
  4. Data Management – a full set of articles about OpenBOM functionality starting with data models continue to specific features and functions. 
  5. Best Practices – task based organization for learning. Navigate here for best practices how to create BOM, manage catalogs, import data and many others. 
  6. Developers – if you plan to customize OpenBOM and integrate it with other products check this page. It contains the reference for OpenBOM REST API and other related resources. 
  7. Consulting Partners – here you can find a list of OpenBOM certified consulting partners. Check the list if you need to find a company to help you with OpenBOM training, customization and integrations. 
  8. Integrations – here is the list of all available OpenBOM integrations and also information about OpenBOM technological partnership. 

Search functionality will make your user experience with OpenBOM training library more pleasant. Although, you’re welcome to use Google for search (eg. ‘OpenBOM for Solidworks site:openbom.com’), you can use Training library search for more dedicated resources. 

Also, you can see the link to our Blog, YouTube Channel, Webinars, and F.A.Q. The last one is highly recommended as it contains many questions usually asked by our customers. We keep it up to date and add new Questions continuously. 

Conclusion 

A great product experience starts from online training. We realized it a long time ago and made it a priority to focus on how to improve OpenBOM online training resources by introducing new courses and updating existing materials. 

Stay tuned for some amazing new training experience we are planning to deliver in the next 2 months. If you didn’t find something in the training library, please let us know. We are always happy to help and add new materials or correct existing ones.

Register for FREE and use OpenBOM Training Library guidance to learn how to improve BOM management and related processes. 

Best, Oleg

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