How OpenBOM Is Using Multiple Databases To Scale An Online Services
Databases are the foundation of any PLM and data management system. The time when vendors were developing their own databases was over a long time ago. However, the question of databases is usually very deep in the mind of every manufacturing company we talk to at OpenBOM. The roots of these questions are in the…
3 Steps To Keep Part Numbers Simple
Part Numbers are important and difficult at the same time. I don’t know any topic that causes so many debates, disagreements and leads to huge amounts of frustration and confusion in the engineering team and manufacturing organizations. It all begins with Part Numbers. Every engineering organization needs them and you need to put them straight.…
The Foundation of BOM Data Management
The bill of materials is something that often considered a simple thing. After all, what can be complex in a list of parts? However, as we can see in practice, manufacturing companies are usually underestimating the complexity and fail to manage it properly. The results are usually very painful and coming faster than you can…
Data Sharing Using OpenBOM Role-Based Filters
To have the right data shared with the right people at the right time. How many things did you hear this mantra? We all need to have data, but to deliver the data to the right people is hard. People are located in different places, working for different companies, and using different systems. Traditional data…
VIDEO TIP: How to move items between two catalogs in OpenBOM
In this video, I can demonstrate how you can move items from one catalog to another catalog in OpenBOM. OpenBOM has a flexible data model. It allows you to adjust the data model (properties in the catalog) when you import data on the fly. Therefore, to move items between catalogs you just need to use…
VIDEO: Multi-tenant systems
In my video today, I want to talk about Multi-tenant Architecture, why is it important and it makes OpenBOM different from old PLM architectures. In the old days of PLM, the system architecture was designed heavily based on the database as a foundation of the architecture. A single database was created for each company and…
How OpenBOM Manages Items
You need to create a solid foundation to build a house. The same holds true when it comes to managing products, changes, manufacturing, and purchasing. With no good foundation, the solution will be sloppy and unstable. The reason why Excel and spreadsheets based solutions are weak is because they don’t provide a solid function to…
VIDEO: About Simplicity
In my video today, I want to talk about simplicity. Many years ago, I had a customer who asked me to pack all sets of complex features we developed for him under a simple button. I did it and we won the deal. Back 20 years ago, I’ve got a strange set of feelings about…