PLM and BOM Management

Every few weeks I review the onboarding calls where the same thing happens. A team brings in their Bill of...

Every OpenBOM implementation eventually arrives at the same question: “What Part Number schema should we use?” And every time, the...

Martin Eigner recently shared a reflection that stayed with me. In a LinkedIn post about engineering in the 1970s and...

Why the PLM data problem is really a workflow problem and why review, validation, and context must become the new...

Last week I was at the Share PLM Summit. AI was everywhere: in the keynotes, in the vendor demos, in...

Here is the problem most PLM and other product data tools ignore Most engineering and manufacturing companies already know they...

For years, BOM review was often treated as a procedural step between engineering and release. Teams created bills of materials,...

How modern products require connected data models that combine mechanical, electronic, software, and manufacturing information across the lifecycle. Why Mechanical...

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...

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

If you design, build, source, manufacture, or service products, the bill of materials is one of the most important documents...