Bill of Materials (BOM) Management

Benefits

• Manage complex, multi-level product structures and ensure information accuracy via a centralized bill of materials.
• Improve engineering productivity and eliminate costly manufacturing errors with real-time, role-based BOM information access and complete product change history.
• Estimate and analyze product and item costs early in the development cycle by capturing and aggregating prototype and production costs across all BOM levels.

Details

• Complete BOM specifications: Capture all critical BOM data in a centralized, revision-controlled product structure.
• BOM attributes: Track attributes such as quantity, BOM notes and reference designators tied to the specific assembly. Use intelligent reference designator verification to match quantity and format.
• Substitute parts: Substitute parts within your BOM, including down revision assemblies.
• Bulk replace: Mass replace a single part in many locations within one BOM or in multiple disparate BOMs.
• BOM subscription: Sign up to receive automatic notifications any time a BOM or its related data is versioned.
• Fully nested BOMs: Easily drill down or work up multiple levels of the product structure. View the complete product assembly and subassemblies that make up your specific BOM and / or product.
• BOM views: Access role-based views of the product structure (e.g., indented, flat, sourcing, custom) based on your specific business needs.
• Custom BOM views: Create multiple custom views to evaluate user-defined attributes within the context of your BOM. Associate different custom views with specific BOM categories (such as mechanical BOMs or electrical BOMs).
• BOM redlining: Quickly view visual differences between two adjacent or discontinuous revisions of a specific assembly, tracking changes to quantity, name, number, reference designators, and more.
• BOM comparison: Compare differences such as quantity, reference designator, and substitute items between an Item’s BOM and any number of other items’ BOM.
• BOM where-used: Quickly view immediate and top-level assembly relationships for an item / assembly.
• Versioning and lifecycle: Visually track item, assembly, and product status as it moves from concept to design to production.
• Files list panel: Easily view and download files attached to any item on the BOM.
• Summary information panel: Quickly view summary information about the items, suppliers and supplier items on a BOM without navigating through multiple windows.
• BOM history: Quickly and easily view complex product history and changes. Evaluate historic costing changes over different revisions across the product lifecycle.
• Costed BOMs: Track your fully costed BOM and/or product for prototype and production costs on assemblies and products. Use quotes or estimates to calculate percentage costs of various components or assemblies for the complete product. Easily view price, target cost, and standard cost for each item.
• Collaborative BOM access: Allow all members of your team (including suppliers, design partners, and contract manufacturers) controlled access to BOM information.
• Supplier file visibility: Mark any file as private, hiding it from all suppliers, even if they have access to the BOM.
• Optional reference content access: Link to Avnet Prómiere to view environmental and obsolescence reference information.
• Optional BOM Scrubbing: Perform a bulk match of all supplier items in a selected BOM to Avnet Prómiere component reference content. Optionally import manufacture part number and manufacturer name.
• Import & Export: Easily import / export complete BOMs (including sourcing data) via a configurable wizard for .csv and .pdx (xml).

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