A BOM must include the name of the product or assembly, raw materials required with quantity and units of measure, sub-assemblies, part numbers with their names and descriptions, ...

How to create a bill of materials. Here is the step-by-step process for creating a BOM: Determine which data to include: To create a BOM, product teams must understand which items they need for each ...

The Bill of Materials (BOM) is just a subset of the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), and if you aren’t selling your product for more than your COGS, you will lose money and go out of business.

One could even argue that many symptoms of operational inefficiencies in manufacturing, such as excess and obsolete inventory, high procurement costs and complexities in warehousing, are all the ...

In the world of product design and manufacturing, the bill of materials (BOM) is a critical product information record for both the engineering and manufacturing teams. Managing BOMs with the ...

With a PLM system, accurate product information is available in real time for all necessary parties, and outsource partners can truly function as a seamless extension of the product development team.

Technology Editor Bill Wong talks with Ciiva co-founder Leigh Gawne about developing a manufacturable bill of materials that helps customers go from design to assembly.

Grades are assigned to every BOM, analyzing four factors: Lifecycle Risk, Multisourcing, Environmental, and Inventory. These categories make it easy to flag components with obsolescence issues, ...