PLM and BOM Management

Let’s be honest, most conversations about innovation and manufacturing gravitate toward sleek CAD models, breakthrough technology, or ambitious product roadmaps....

Engineers rarely build entirely new products from scratch. Whether designing machinery, electronics, or high-tech projects, most products are evolutions of...

Everyone has a dream. What’s your dream? After two decades in the PLM business, I know what users’ dreams are....

As systems are becoming more complex, manufacturing companies and system integrators are facing an increased number of challenges. From modular...

If you’ve ever worked with modern CAD systems, you know that they bring both tremendous power—and a fair amount of...

“You can take the engineer out of Excel… but you can’t take Excel out of the engineer.” This phrase captures...

We’ve all heard the saying: “It’s all about the data.” But here’s the real question in 2025: Which data? And...

Engineering data is not just about parts—it’s about relationships. What is this part? Where is it used? How is it...

Most PLM systems were built for a different era—when engineering teams worked under one roof and product data was mostly...

In a few weeks, I’ll be traveling to Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia to attend the Share PLM Summit....

Welcome to the April 2025 edition of What’s New in OpenBOM! Each month, we work hard to turn your feedback...

There’s a lot of excitement right now about Large Language Models (LLMs). From writing code to generating marketing copy, these...