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The role of a Bill of Materials in optimizing your inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

However, effectively dealing with these challenges and optimizing a manufacturing business’ processes is challenging without adopting and implementing a Bill of Materials (BOM) to accompany an organization’s ERP system. A Bill of Materials (BOM) is a comprehensive list of all the items needed to manufacture a product.

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The Top 5 BOM Management Mistakes That Could Be Costing Your Business

Arena Solutions

Introduction The bill of materials (BOM) is as essential to manufacturing as a club is to golf—you can’t build or play without either item. A BOM makes the manufacturing process accurate and effective and combines all the information necessary to create a finished product. Many companies put that task on the back burner.

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The Top 5 BOM Management Mistakes That Could Be Costing Your Business

Arena Solutions

Introduction The bill of materials (BOM) is as essential to manufacturing as a club is to golf—you can’t build or play without either item. A BOM makes the manufacturing process accurate and effective and combines all the information necessary to create a finished product. Many companies put that task on the back burner.

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Production Planning Software: Your Comprehensive Guide

Logility

This approach forces teams to review every item and event throughout the production cycle. A production planning solution that lets you manage by exception can dramatically increase the efficiency of your planning team by allowing them to focus only on the areas that urgently need attention. Explode bills of materials (BOM).

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF sources many US bound items in Central America; the woeful performance at US ports is still a problem. They are looking to take their global end-to-end demand for both wholesale and retail operations, flow that into the o9 solution, and then build one demand plan across their entire supply base. “We We will manage by exception only.

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Purpose-Built Platforms Perform Better

Arena Solutions

Whether you’re purchasing a big-ticket item like a car or house, or you’re purchasing a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for your company, the same consumer-like mindset applies. Plus, onboarding the wrong PLM solution can mean a financial loss for your company.

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Managing Your BOM: Spreadsheets vs. Product Lifecycle Management

Arena Solutions

Manufacturers rely on the information that is included in the bill of materials (BOM) to build a product. Though BOMs can include more descriptive information too, for example, the unit of measure or procurement type. BOMs that have printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) contain a column for listing reference designators.