Happy Friday! Are you familiar with Never Ending Job of Painting Golden Gate Bridge? I’ve heard about the story during many of my trips to San Francisco when I was working for Autodesk. Golden Gate bridge painter is a hard and never-ending job. Why do I speak about Golden Gate never-ending projects? Because writing documentation…
Going back to basics in today’s webinar and talk about the fundamental things – BOM types. Often there are tons of confusion around BOM types – EBOM, MBOM, XBOM, SBOM… you name it. We don’t talk about them today. We will do it later. Today, we talk about 4 fundamental types of Bill of Materials…
IMBU has been monitoring and analyzing compression equipment in the most remote places on the planet for years and provides a proven solution which works under the toughest conditions. As such, IMBU is all about reliability and operation under tough conditions. “We felt very strongly about the ability to have a plug-and-play installation for Ariel…
The first video is about improvements in full-text search in part search dashboard. The current OpenBOM search includes default fuzziness option switched on, which often can create more results expected by users. While initially, we thought it is a good option, we decided to tune it down and change the command… In the next release,…
New Zealand’s Nyriad LTD is a software company at the nexus of computational storage infrastructure. Together with OpenBOM and their partners, Nyriad develops technology that will enable a more robust, energy-efficient and secure Internet. They have spent the last 5 years carefully connecting the underlying threads between the CPU, GPU, Memory, and Storage to create…
CATIM Bill of Materials requirements is as diverse as their products! According to CATIM Solution Architect, “Combining BOMs from desperate design systems was next to impossible using Excel”. Creating Automation and Technology In Motion – that’s what www.catim.co is all about. CATIM designs and manufactures a wide variety of automation solutions for buildings, factories and…
Companies buy 70% of parts of stuff used in products. Standard components, fasteners, re-usable stuff – cabinets, motors, pumps, PCB controllers, caster wheels, bearings… you name it. How to manage all this stuff in the Bill of Materials. It sounds very simple but turns out as a nightmare. The parts from a purchased assembly are…
The procurement of components is one of the most important activities that stands between design and production. About 70% of parts in every product are either purchased or outsourced. With such a high volume of procurement, to make it happen smoothly is one of the fundamental requirements of successful product development and a foundation of…
The last year was a huge success for OpenBOM. If you missed my earlier blog, please check – OpenBOM – Looking back in 2019. Very briefly- OpenBOM was named as high-performer in the G2 Crowd PLM Grid report, we growth x6 time and established a unique design to purchase process helping small and medium-sized companies…
The Holidays Break is over. This year, we will continue our weekly educational webinars about BOM management. Today, I want to announce next week’s webinar, which is about the topic that near and dear my heart – purchasing and Bill of Materials. To create a good Bill of Materials for purchasing is almost an art.…