A blog by Oleg Shilovitsky
Information & Comments about Engineering and Manufacturing Software

BOM

9 December, 2016

One of the complex topics in product development and manufacturing is multi-level BOM. Very often, multi-level BOM is presented as...

4 October, 2016

To maintain consistent Bill of Materials is one of the most complex data management processes between design and manufacturing. Siemens...

15 September, 2016

Single BOM is such of these topics that usually drives lot of debates. You can catch up on my very...

28 July, 2016

For the last year, I had chance to talk many manufacturing companies in range from small hardware startups to large...

10 June, 2016

The idiom “the devil is in the detail” refers to a catch or mysterious element hidden in the details, and derives...

29 February, 2016

Manufacturing is changing these days. For the last few months, I’ve been observing many changes in manufacturing environment driven by...

15 February, 2016

In a traditional engineering, “over the wall” approach is a reflection of sequential operations – marketing, design, manufacturing, testing and...

1 February, 2016

Part numbers are hard. What started as a simple number and references to a part company usually purchase from a supplier,...

12 January, 2016

One of my best blogging buddies in product lifecycle management and President of Lifecycle Insight Chad Jackson open 2016 with...

23 December, 2015

Excel is the world’s number 1 tool for PLM and BoM management. Excel is beloved by engineers for its simplicity, flexibility...

16 December, 2015

Bill of Materials (BoM) is a vital part of every product definition. In engineering and product development everything starts and...

12 November, 2015

Cost is one of the most important drivers to optimize manufacturing and operations. But at the same time, this is...

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