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Managing Bill of Materials (BOM) efficiently is essential for electronics design and manufacturing. OpenBOM offers a seamless integration with Altium...

Managing your product data efficiently is essential for modern engineering and manufacturing teams. OpenBOM provides a Collaborative Workspace that streamlines...

When working with engineering BOMs (Bills of Materials) derived from CAD assemblies, one common and frustrating issue is the occurrence...

OpenBOM provides seamless integration with many CAD systems, enabling you to extract valuable design data to create a digital Bill...

Sharing data with your contract manufacturer (CM) is a critical step in the manufacturing process, but it’s far from simple....

When companies approach OpenBOM, they often bring a spreadsheet in hand, asking, “Can you do this with OpenBOM?”  This scenario...

At OpenBOM, we believe in doing things differently. Product Lifecycle Management strategy and PLM software are known as a complex...

In modern manufacturing, tracking data is more critical than ever. From virtual engineering to physical information captured from products in...

The Request for Quote (RFQ) process plays a pivotal role in manufacturing, serving as the foundation for determining accurate pricing,...

At OpenBOM, we continuously look at how to enhance our services, aligning them with the evolving needs and values of...

As we open 2025, it is time to ask some fundamental questions about the technologies and architecture of PLM software...

Managing inventory and ordering processes can be a complex and time-consuming task for manufacturing teams. From maintaining accurate inventory records...

Apologies for the delayed publication of the OpenBOM update, which was caused by the impact of the Los Angeles wildfire...

2024 has been a remarkable year for the manufacturing industry, marked by rapid technological advancements, evolving global dynamics, and a...

I’m excited to introduce another article from our OpenBOM How-To learning series. And today we will talk about Part Numbering...

When it comes to manufacturing, product data management, product development processes, and product lifecycle management (PLM), I’ve learned that problems...

In today’s complex product development landscape, managing engineering data across distributed teams poses significant challenges. Engineering teams often struggle to...

OpenBOM is designed to help you organize your work efficiently within a team, which serves as the basic organizational unit...

I’m excited to continue our “How-to” series of OpenBOM education. Today, we focus on Change Management. At OpenBOM we rethink...

Design Projects in OpenBOM are a service designed to manage design files (e.g., CAD files and beyond), control their versions,...

Working with complex design structures, such as weldments, often presents challenges when it comes to creating a streamlined Engineering BOM...

Managing Engineering Bills of Materials (EBOM) is far more than simply exporting a drawing BOM to Excel. In OpenBOM, EBOM...

Holidays are the best time to learn something new. We continue to publish the OpenBOM How to Video series. Today,...

As we approach the close of the year, I want to take a moment to share my gratitude and best...