From Excels to Cloud Applications and Manufacturing Networks
Manufacturing is evolving. With the advent of cloud-based technologies and manufacturing networks, the industry is changing faster than ever before. Excel sheets and standalone systems are becoming a thing of the past. In this blog post, we’ll explore the changes that are taking place in manufacturing and discuss how businesses can take advantage of them.…
10 Best Practices To Optimize Bill Of Materials
In a manufacturing company, the bill of materials (BOM) is a very important set of data - it includes all materials needed to make a product, such as raw materials, assemblies, standard components, and sub-assemblies. The BOM data is an important element of manufacturing processes because it helps the company to organize material requirements and…
VIDEO – OpenBOM Change Management (3 of 4) – Change Request
In this article, we continue to explore new OpenBOM change management features. Change management is a fundamental function that is needed for every company that is thinking of how to get product development under formal control. It is part of governance functions. Originally, it was very complicated and slowed engineers down. At OpenBOM we took…
VIDEO – OpenBOM Simple Revisions vs Change Management
One of the challenges for many manufacturing companies is keeping data and processes organized yet not overcomplicating the tools and the way PLM tools are used to help companies users. To get this balance can be tricky and therefore bringing a complex system to solve problems is not always a good idea. At OpenBOM we…
6 Steps Of New Product Introductions (NPI) In Manufacturing
There is no such thing as an overnight success. At OpenBOM we speak with engineering teams, manufacturing companies, and entrepreneurs about manufacturing, hardware developers and discuss how to get from the idea to prototype and then to scaling their production. For the last decade, the industry has achieved tremendous success in democratizing manufacturing. Still, the…
Configuration Management for Multi-Disciplinary Products
Configuration management (CM) is a complex discipline that includes methodology and tools to control the consistency of all processes related to product definition, planning, maintenance, and support. I recently read a few very good articles about modern trends in configuration management driven by the growing complexity of products, switching from predominantly mechanical design to methods…
6 OpenBOM Essentials To Help You Advance Your Manufacturing Business
Manufacturing businesses are experiencing an increased amount of challenges in this modern business environment, which is characterized by increased cost pressure, supply chain shortages, distributed markets, and complexity of resources availability. New Manufacturing Environment The shift to remote work has created silos in already distributed teams and makes it more difficult than ever to coordinate…
5 Signs of Changes in PLM Software Industry
The last 20 months have demonstrated an unprecedented level of disruption and all industrial companies are looking to dig themselves out of the current situation they find themselves in. The following image caught my attention last year and stuck deep in my mind as I was talking to engineers and manufacturing companies for the last…