Bills of Materials, aka BOMs, are multilevel metadata structures that represent a hierarchical arrangement of components, materials, and other information required to develop, engineer, assemble, produce the finished product, as well as ...
What may provide value to one specific end user, stakeholder group or function may not provide the same value to another. One universal ‘one-size-fits-all‘ solution does not exist or may not be perceived in the same way; therefore, it is...
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an ‘old‘ discipline; it came out in the mid 80’s as the engineering data management solution of choice to support product development, especially in the context of optimising CAD and Product Data Mana...
Technology is increasingly complex and integrated, providing more business benefits than ever, and enabling organisations to create and sustain competitive advantage. The rapid rate of change also implies that organisations must deal wit...
Effective Master Data Management (MDM) and product development efficiency are closely linked. They are both concerned with data optimisation, decision-making and process improvement principles. Business process efficiency requires effect...
There are several definitions for ‘sustainable manufacturing‘, which is often referring to a long-term quality that aims to preserve, keep and maintain environmental resources without compromising future efficiency. It is also li...






