An Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) sponsored project team proposed validating their recently defined Multiple-view Bill of Materials (Multi-view BOM) requirements by benchmarking use cases using commercially available PLM software. Domain experts from eight AD PAG member companies and one Tier 1 supplier engaged with four leading software providers to execute the benchmarks. Results were consolidated, analyzed, and configured to enable each of the participating software providers to have visibility to the benchmark scores for their solution, while publicly reported results were generalized to mask specific solution performance.

This report documents the definition of use cases that encapsulate requirements for Multi-view BOM management within an aerospace OEM, and the findings and conclusions from evaluating the capability of commercially available PLM software to fulfill those requirements. The report concludes that the use cases are valid, and that commercial technology has matured to a level where implementation of Multi-view BOM management within an aerospace OEM is a practical possibility, albeit with caveats.