Managing Bills of Material

Topics for Tailoring:

·        The 11 key business points (defining the business parameters that guide development and design)

·        Developing the right item numbering approach

·        Avoiding over- or under-structuring bills of materials and process / routing records

·        Bills of materials: what should be included and what shouldn’t be

·        Revamping the product change process to improve timeliness and credibility

·        Planning bills of materials: when to use, how to structure, how to implement

·        Structuring bills of materials for flow, process, fabrication, and batch environments

·        Structuring bills of materials to support Lean Manufacturing environments

·         “Flattening” a bill of material

·        Structuring bills of materials to facilitate inventory backflushing

·        Integrating bills of materials and routings for Synchronous Flow Manufacturing

·        “Modularizing” bills of materials to support finish / assemble-to-order products with features and options

·        Product data management (PDM)