The Value Potential of Multi-view Bill of Materials
A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar with James Roche, Aerospace & Defense Practice Director, CIMdata
7 April 2022
11:00 EST | 08:00 PST | 17:00 CET
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Those responsible for planning and implementing the transformation of bill of materials management within their company frequently experience many or most of the following challenges:
- It is difficult to position bill of materials management within the context of a digital thread strategy
- It is difficult to articulate the uniqueness and inherent advantages of the multi-view BOM management approach in comparison to the more traditional single or dual BOM management approaches.
- The lack of confidence in the multi-view BOM capabilities expressed by the PLM software providers.
- The lack of real-world examples of multi-view BOM implementations.
- The lack of real-world examples of business benefits achieved from, or even identified and in the plan for, multi-view BOM implementations.
The Multi-view Bill of Materials approach has value potential. In the Multi-view BOM approach, a consolidated information resource contains all the information and maintains all the relationships between data elements that are needed to support the perspectives of multiple communities, such as product, manufacturing, and service engineering. The basis of value with this approach is automated reconciliation and synchronization across domain views that can be created and managed with optimal autonomy.
CIMdata’s research and industrial consulting activities have revealed that commercial PLM solutions have advanced to enable this approach. In response, leaders in many industries are starting to implement multi-view BOM solutions. With the newness and complexity of this application, there is little experience to draw from to identify and predict value. This presentation will describe several case studies and the expected business value identified by those making these investments.
What will I learn?
- You will gain an understanding about the interrelated concepts of Digital Thread, lifecycle product structure, and the connection between the four principal product structure configurations.
- You will gain an understanding about the purpose of eBOMs, mBOMs, and sBOMs and the unique strategic benefits of the multi-view BOM approach.
- You will comprehend the state of maturity of multi-view BOM capability available in commercial software and maturity of industrial implementations.
- You will learn about the challenges, successes, and value objectives of industry leaders who are implementing multi-view BOM solutions.
Who should attend?
- PLM program and project managers
- PLM program planners
- PLM solution architects
- PLM business analysts
- PLM organizational change management professionals
- Configuration management specialists
- Corporate strategic planners
- Corporate IT planners
During the webinar you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about the topics discussed.