Want to Improve Maintenance BOM Accuracy?

Maintenance BOMs display data intuitively so users can locate which spare parts are needed for different assets in a facility. However, this is only effective if the maintenance BOMs used are accurate. Otherwise, the process can complicate itself, with users...

How BOMs Can Impact the Smartphone Industry

This week we’ll be covering 2 industries that would benefit the most from using maintenance and construction BOMs. In this series, we’ll be taking a closer look at specific industries in each post.   To begin, one of the most popular consumer products in the...

Auto Manufacturers Could Use Some BOMs

Next up this week, an investigation into car manufacturing and the place of BOMs is in order. To begin, since cars became widely accessible consumer products, car manufacturers have had to manage thousands of individual parts for assembly. Over 100 years later, and...

Good BOM Quality is Essential – Here’s Why

Many warehouses face hurdles in maintaining their materials lists for important equipment. In an EAM system, a materials BOM captures spare part information for a piece of equipment. This information is used during maintenance to determine the correct spare parts to...

Drawbacks of Bad Materials Data

Companies that manage numerous assets throughout daily operations depend on the effective management of spare parts. In turn, costs can be reduced while keeping pace with productivity targets. Effective spare parts management and optimization include: Stocking the...