The Bill of Materials in Excel, Erp, Planning and Plm/Bmms Software - Softcover

Snapp, Shaun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098371553X ISBN 13: 9780983715535

Publisher: Scm Focus, 2012

Synopsis

Finally a book that explores the benefits of proper Bill of Materials management! The Bill of Materials, or BOM, is the list of raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, components, parts and quantities needed to manufacture an end product. Not only relevant to manufacturing, the BOM is vital to design and engineering, sales, customer service and your suppliers, and to function optimally each needs access to BOM information Yet, while the technology to enable collaboration on purchase orders and other transactions within supply chain management is gaining in popularity, the BOM is often overlooked--to your company's detriment! This book aims to change the status quo and explains why the BOM is one of the most important yet underutilized master data objects in your company. Through extensive use of graphics and screen images from Arena Solutions and other software vendors, this book demonstrates how the effective implementation of a BOM management system allows your company to reap the benefits of enabling applications that rely upon clean and up-to-date BOM information.

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From the Author

Areas of Focus of the Bill of MaterialsThe underlying message of this book is how the effective implementation of a BOM management system enables a variety of other applications that rely upon BOM information. An application such as Arena Solutions (a PLM BOM management system provider featured in the book) is a key enabler to the other applications that rely upon clean and up-to-date bill of materials information. .The book takes an integrated approach to the BOM. It explains the BOM, compares it across multiple enterprise systems, and demonstrates how different systems access different parts of the data stored in the BOM management system. The enterprise applications covered are:

• Production planning and scheduling with PlanetTogether
• Supply chain planning with Demand Works Smoothie
• ERP with SAP
• The bill of material management system with Arena Solutions
• BOM Management or PLM?

The book also clears up a great deal of confusion between a category of software called PLM (product life-cycle management) and BOM management software. It explains the history of PLM systems -- where PLM functionality exists even in non-PLM systems -- and why the term "PLM" shouldn't be used alongside "bill of material systems!"A Book Based in RealitySoftware Approaches for Improving Your Bill of Materials  takes a realistic look at how the BOM is currently managed at most companies and  uses this perspective as a jumping-off point to describe how BOM management can be improved in your company.The book encompasses the leading edge in BOM technology enablement. While looking internally to see how multiple KPIs (key performance indicators) can be improved and how every system that relies upon BOM information can be enhanced, the book also looks externally to how companies can effectively strengthen their connections with supply chain partners.  In supply chain management, purchase orders and other transactional objects tend to get the collaborative focus of the company, and usually the BOM is not enabled by an easy-to-use collaboration technology. The book describes how the BOM is an excellent place to improve collaboration with supply chain partners and why SaaS-based applications like Arena Solutions offer such an advantage over other alternatives.Interconnected to Web InformationIn order the keep the book at a manageable and readable length, it includes numerous links to articles on the SCM Focus site, where further information is provided to support concepts covered in the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scm Focus
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 098371553X
• ISBN 13: 9780983715535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252