OpenBOM, a leading provider of cloud-based PDM and PLM software, helps manufacturing companies manage their digital product information, organizing bills of materials and parts, inventories, and managing the digital thread of information across the value chain connecting OEMs, contractors, and suppliers, today announced the expansion of OpenBOM services to support xBOM and extended digital thread support.
OpenBOM introduces xBOM, enabling users to manage different types of Bills of Materials (BOM) for various lifecycle stages and departmental needs, including Engineering BOM (EBOM), Manufacturing BOM (MBOM), and Support BOM (SBOM). xBOM provides a comprehensive, adaptable view of product structures, enhancing collaboration and streamlining processes across the product lifecycle. This service democratizes advanced BOM management features, making them accessible to companies of all sizes, and ensures seamless transitions from engineering to manufacturing and support.
This innovation provides access to advanced BOM management features traditionally available only through enterprise PLM platforms. OpenBOM’s xBOM service simplifies and enhances the user experience, making these capabilities available to companies of all sizes. By offering a robust and flexible infrastructure for managing data across multiple product lifecycle stages, OpenBOM allows seamless transitions from engineering to manufacturing and support, ensuring each department has the information it needs to perform its tasks efficiently.
“At the core of OpenBOM’s xBOM service is a multi-view BOM architecture, enabling the creation of multiple BOM structures connected in the product knowledge graph database and polyglot persistence data architecture,” says Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO and co-founder of OpenBOM. Shilovitsky continues, “This strategic approach enhances data accuracy and promotes better collaboration and communication between departments. The intuitive administration interface allows for easy setup and management of different BOM types, with the flexibility to define templates and independently manage BOM structures. This new service is a significant step in expanding OpenBOM’s data modeling capabilities, ensuring customers have the tools they need to succeed in a competitive market.”
Jonathan Drori, the lead engineer at Tomcar, a manufacturer of off-road and special vehicles and a long-time OpenBOM customer, shares his experience: “We used the opportunity [OpenBOM] to completely refactor our BOM structure in OpenBOM. We had a rather flat BOM structure up to that point. OpenBOM’s flexibility allowed us to reimagine our TOMCAR BOMs in a much higher resolution, with more granularity of sub-levels and BOM components. The modular BOM approach unlocked the reuse we had planned in the original TOMCAR. The EV variant uses much of the same chassis and other components with a completely new powertrain. Preparing a powertrain BOM that can be dropped into the TOMCAR allowed us to produce a new product while maximizing reuse.”
