Bills of Materials (BOMs) are essential for executing projects in machinery and plant engineering. They are used for calculations, trigger purchase orders and internal manufacturing tasks, and form the basis for after-sales service. Errors in BOMs inevitably result in project delays, additional costs, increased workload, and—most importantly—customer complaints, leading to a loss of reputation.
The scope and increasing complexity of products are expanding the number of sources and input formats from which bills of materials (BOMs) are created. Additionally, more and more departments and disciplines require customized BOMs, both in terms of content and output format. Manually creating and managing these BOMs is liable to mistakes, time-consuming, and demands significant expertise from employees, often engineers. This valuable time is then diverted from their core project work.
