But it doesn’t stop there. BOMs are also divided into several types. This includes engineering BOM’s (eBOMs) produced via the PLM system, which are normally converted into manufacturing BOMs (mBOMs) in the ERP system. If you want to move it further along the chain, there are also such things as sales BOMs, service BOMs, and so on.
Added together, the number of BOMs involved is staggering. It’s clear that successful vehicle product realization at these volumes requires extremely capable systems to have any chance of success. The bottom line is that this is closely linked to how well a company will succeed in business. I would venture to say that these pieces are the most crucial factors in creating profitability.
So, how do you create the kind of successful configuration and BOM “mathematics” needed for world-class success in the face of constant and dramatic changes in product realization being imposed by new technologies? How did CEVT, Geely’s Sweden-based vehicle platform company responsible for developing Volvo’s well-known Compact Modular Architecture (CMA), attack these challenges? What’s the role of Siemens Digital Industries’ Teamcenter suite? And what does DevOps mean within this context?
Verdi Ogewell, PLM editor at engineering.com, discuss these topics in today’s article, which is based on an interview with the man responsible for CEVT’s PLM solution, Erik Gräns. Click on. the headline below to be directed to the article on www.engineering.com:
