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Bill of Material (BOM) Characterization

Because many OEMs have outsourced the manufacture of a significant portion of the parts that go into their products, many of them no longer know exactly what materials go into them. The only documentation that some OEMs have are those contained in CAD or other design engineering systems, and these are often woefully incomplete. Ultimately, a part or assembly's blueprint is the surest, most reliable reference source when it comes to determining part characteristics and material-input requirements. Unfortunately, there are often thousands of them and little or no OEM time or resources to re-construct a reliable multi-echelon BOM. That's where Supply Dynamics comes in.

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In those instances where the detailed Bills of Material (BOM) associated with outsourced parts is not available (or accessible) to the OEM, Supply Dynamics offers BOM Characterization Services. Through a technology enabled solution, perfected over the last eight years, Supply Dynamics translates physical or electronic blueprints into a multi-echelon Bills of Material. Our experienced manufacturing engineers use a sophisticated software solution to quickly, accurately and inexpensively document all of the material-inputs (such as bar, sheet, plate, castings, forgings, etc.) that must be purchased in order to manufacture and assemble an OEM part or assembly.

BOM Characterization enables:

  • Consolidation of common material demand across multiple users and the leveraging of aggregate demand to secure better prices and improved service levels.
  • Enhanced credibility with mills and distribution sources due to the integrity and reliability of material-input forecasts.
  • The grouping of parts with common manufacturing characteristics into "part families" that can be more easily matched and RFQ'ed to suppliers that possess specific capabilities.
  • The standardization of materials designed into new products.
  • Standardization of existing raw materials by alloy, grade, size, specification and order form.

For more information, please email us at info@supplydynamics.com.