by Subanu Senthilkumar | Aug 29, 2025
A Bill of Materials (BOM) isn’t just a list of components, it’s the critical foundation of effective maintenance and asset management. Research indicates that ordering parts beyond actual service needs can contribute to 27 to 42 percent of excess and obsolete... by Subanu Senthilkumar | Aug 27, 2025
A study conducted by IBM finds that poor-quality data costs the U.S. economy more than $3.1 trillion every year due to lost productivity and operational errors. Inaccurate Bill of Materials (BOM) records are part of that cost, as they drive procurement delays and... by Harkirat Ahluwalia | Dec 21, 2021
Maintenance BOMs contain information about what spare parts are used to maintain different types of assets within your facilities. In order for maintenance to be done effectively though, maintenance BOMs need to be accurate. Inaccurate BOMs make the process of finding... by Harkirat Ahluwalia | Sep 21, 2021
Data cleansing is the process by which inaccurate and irrelevant parts of a dataset are identified and removed to be replaced by more accurate and relevant information. In Enterprise Asset Management, a materials data cleanse is not just a good idea but is very... by Steven Guitard | Feb 4, 2020
Recipes are a great way to achieve a certain outcome through a thought-out, structured process. That delicious homestyle burger you ordered a week ago? The chef followed a recipe to make it – and it’s no different from a BoM. In essence, a BoM is an exhaustive list of...