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There is a moment in every engineering company when Excel stops being a helpful tool and becomes the bottleneck. At...

Most engineering teams do not start with a product data problem. They start with a design problem. They need to...

Every manufacturing company has a BOM review process. The question is what that process actually catches — and what still...

A BOM can exist and still not be ready for release. Here is why that matters  and what a better...

Every month, I look at OpenBOM updates not just as a list of features, but as a reflection of how...

A continuation of the April 20, 2026 OpenBOM article: AI Agents and PLM Adoption: Why Understanding Your Work Comes First...

Why AI agents will expose the same adoption problem PLM has always had PLM Adoption Was Always Harder Than the...

Threaded at ACE 2026 by Aras: A Startup Space That Changed the Tone Earlier this week, I went to Miami,...

Part numbering sounds simple until a design project starts to grow. At the beginning, many teams use whatever feels convenient....

A bill of materials is one of the most important records in any manufacturing business. It defines what goes into...

AI-Powered CAD File Management Beyond PDM Engineering teams create an enormous amount of knowledge in the course of building a...

A bill of materials is where product definition begins. Creating a bill of materials is a collaborative effort that typically...