Bill of Materials is the lifeblood of product development and manufacturing process. Modern products are complex and combined with mechanical, electronics and software which creates a big challenge for handling unified multi-disciplinary product structures. Each CAD system can have its own way to produce part lists and export it in a variety of ways to…
One more preview of improved collaborative data synchronization between BOM levels, with roll-up formulas and catalogs. The same as a preview from yesterday – Catalog to BOM real-time collaborative updates, this improvement will provide instant data updates between levels, formulas, and catalogs. This change is part of our user experience improvements and an essential step…
Imagine you work with OpenBOM and you have a catalog and few BOMs open in multiple browsers. Also, one of your colleagues has a BOM open in the browser. You made an update of the catalog. Until now, you should have been refresh the browser to see updated catalog data. Kind of annoying. You complained…
Life is tough these days. As the world is struggling with the COVID19 pandemic, I found that people are amazing and do everything they can to help to fight Coronavirus around the globe. I can see many of my friends and industry colleagues are working these days on various manufacturing projects – creating PPE, creating…
To finish my 3 parts set of articles about OpenBOM Data Modeling, I want to bring a few practical examples about how to create data models in OpenBOM as well as to answer on typical questions our customers are asking when starting using OpenBOM. I highly recommend you to check OpenBOM Data Management Fundamentals. Also, …
The world is rapidly changing these days towards remote work and online services. COVID19 is probably a black swan event for moving work online. Before starting OpenBOM, I realized that online consulting can really work. I offered PLM consulting service online and cut the big amount of cost-saving on airplanes, hotels, and travels. At OpenBOM,…
Coronavirus pandemic created an unprecedented situation in the world when we are forced to work remotely. For many engineers and product development teams is a new world in which they need to figure out how to communicate with their colleagues and stay productive. Tools like Zoom, Slack and many others are here to rescue you,…
How to stop using Excel to manage Bill of Materials (BOM) in a few days using OpenBOM? This is a big question I’ve been asking myself for many years. My passion to replace Excel started with one of my first blog articles – Why do I like my PLM Excels? While it was clear to…
We live in a very unique time. COVID19 pandemic is impacting everyone these days – families, businesses, friends. As the situation continues to affect more businesses, I decide to take a moment to reach out and share information about how OpenBOM operates these days and how we support our users and customers. Before diving in…
PLM was born to provide a solution for large enterprise manufacturing companies. So, it was ERP – Enterprise Resouce Planning. The co-existence of PLM and ERP in manufacturing enterprises were always painful and demanded integrations. All these integrations are complex and expensive and required service contracts. The situation is pretty bad for both PLM and…