WEBINAR: BOM on Drawings – Still Relevant or Old School?

Old habits die hard. BOMs and Drawings are one of the most controversial topics in engineering data management. Back in days when a drawing was the most reliable piece of information about the product (after a corkboard on the shop floor, of course :)), people put BOMs on the face of drawings. Modern digital transformation trends are bringing up the same old question again — should we put a BOM on 2D drawing on not?

Earlier this week, we had a webinar to discuss are the pros and cons of placing BOM on Drawings. Here is a short brief: 

Pros of BOM on Drawing:

• Ease of use
• My MFG dept always gets all the information
• My CAD tool may do this automatically
• BOM usually matches the drawing
• BOM is automatically rev controlled with the assy drawing
• Single Document 

Cons of BOM on drawing:

• MUST roll rev on DWG when BOM changes!
• Simple part rev forces me to update assy drawing (non-F3)
• Add grease, must roll assembly drawing revision
• Assembly drawing revision is costly 
• Higher rev parts are more costly from suppliers
• No opportunity to input into other business systems, BOM on the drawing is dead (PDF) data.
• BOM is not portable, eg. must have drawn to see BOM
• No history of changes

Here is a video recording of the webinar:

And here is a slide deck of the webinar

Conclusion.

WEBINAR: BOM on Drawings – Still Relevant or Old School?