New integration connects suppliers, contractors, divisions, subsidiaries, and engineering teams with formal PLM governance

NEWTON, MA — [June 4th 2026] — OpenBOM, a cloud-native platform for engineering collaboration, BOM management, PDM, procurement, and product data workflows, today announced the availability of the OpenBOM Integration with Aras Innovator on the Aras Marketplace. The integration gives manufacturers a practical way to connect distributed engineering work with enterprise PLM governance, using OpenBOM as a collaborative digital engineering front end connected to Aras Innovator as the formal enterprise PLM backbone.

Modern product development rarely takes place within a single company or a single system. Product information is created and modified by suppliers, contractors, engineering service providers, contract manufacturers, regional divisions, and specialized product teams. These contributors need flexible tools to collaborate on CAD files, Items, BOMs, product structures, revisions, changes, procurement data, and supplier information. At the same time, enterprise manufacturers require formal governance, lifecycle control, traceability, configuration management, and digital thread continuity across organizational boundaries.

The OpenBOM Integration with Aras Innovator addresses this challenge directly. Engineering teams can collect, organize, and review product data in OpenBOM, including structured multi-level BOMs created from MCAD, ECAD, and PCB design tools, and then transfer validated Items, BOMs, CAD files, derivatives, images, and related product information into Aras Innovator using configurable mappings and secure REST API communication.

“Product data today is created and modified across many organizational boundaries, including suppliers, contractors, subsidiaries, and distributed engineering teams. Enterprise PLM systems provide critical governance, lifecycle control, and traceability, but many teams need a flexible digital engineering workspace before data is ready for formal PLM processes. The OpenBOM Integration with Aras Innovator creates this bridge. It allows teams to collaborate in OpenBOM and then publish structured product data into Aras Innovator, helping manufacturers connect distributed engineering work with enterprise PLM governance.”

— Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO and co-founder, OpenBOM

Connecting Suppliers, Contractors, and Contract Manufacturers

Manufacturers increasingly rely on external partners to design, source, build, and support products. Suppliers, contractors, engineering service providers, and contract manufacturers often participate deeply in product development while operating outside the OEM’s enterprise PLM environment.

OpenBOM provides a cloud-native workspace where these teams can collaborate around CAD files, BOMs, Items, product structures, supplier information, and procurement packages. Once the product information is reviewed and prepared, the integration with Aras Innovator allows it to flow into the enterprise PLM environment for formal lifecycle control. This reduces manual data exchange, minimizes spreadsheet-based handoffs, and improves consistency between external engineering collaboration and internal PLM processes.

Connecting Divisions and Subsidiaries

Large manufacturing organizations often operate across multiple divisions, subsidiaries, acquired companies, regional engineering groups, and specialized product teams. These groups may use different CAD systems, data practices, and engineering workflows, yet corporate PLM must ultimately provide governance and traceability across all of them.

OpenBOM can serve as a flexible engineering collaboration layer for these distributed teams, allowing them to work on product structures, BOMs, CAD files, revisions, and changes without requiring every group to operate directly within the enterprise PLM system from day one. When product data is ready for formal configuration management and lifecycle control, the integration enables it to be published into Aras Innovator in a controlled, repeatable process.

A Digital Engineering Front End for Aras Innovator

For engineering teams that need fast, practical collaboration before product information enters formal PLM workflows, OpenBOM functions as a digital engineering front end for Aras Innovator. Teams can capture CAD data, create and review BOMs, collaborate with internal users and external partners, and prepare product information for downstream processes. Aras Innovator remains the enterprise system for lifecycle management, configuration control, governance, compliance, and digital thread traceability.

Together, OpenBOM and Aras Innovator support a two-layer product data architecture: OpenBOM provides the collaborative engineering workspace for agile product data work, while Aras Innovator provides the formal PLM backbone for governance and lifecycle control.

Key Integration Capabilities

The OpenBOM Integration with Aras Innovator enables engineering and manufacturing teams to create structured multi-level BOMs from MCAD, ECAD, and PCB design tools; collaborate around CAD files, Items, BOMs, product structures, revisions, and changes in OpenBOM; transfer Items, BOMs, CAD files, derivatives, images, and related product information from OpenBOM to Aras Innovator; configure flexible mappings between OpenBOM properties and Aras Innovator entities and attributes; and use secure REST API communication to support advanced and custom integration workflows.

Availability

The OpenBOM Integration with Aras Innovator is available now on the Aras Marketplace. The solution is delivered as a continuously updated SaaS integration and supports configurable mappings, secure REST API communication, and standard and custom workflows. For more information, visit the OpenBOM Integration with Aras Innovator listing on the Aras Marketplace or contact OpenBOM at support@openbom.com.

About OpenBOM

OpenBOM (Newman Cloud Inc.) is a cloud-native product data platform that helps engineering and manufacturing teams manage CAD files, Items, BOMs, revisions, changes, procurement, suppliers, and integrations with ERP and PLM systems. OpenBOM provides a connected workspace for product data collaboration, enabling teams to move from fragmented spreadsheets and files to structured product knowledge and digital thread workflows. For more information, visit www.openbom.com.

About Aras

Aras is a leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions. Aras technology enables organizations to design, build, and operate complex products through a powerful low-code platform that supports enterprise-scale governance, openness, and flexibility across the product lifecycle. For more information, visit www.aras.com.

Media Contact:

Oleg Shilovitsky

OpenBOM / Newman Cloud Inc.

email: oleg@openbom.com

phone: 1-844-299-9333

www.openbom.com