PDMGuru

I've deceided to try and write something interesting about PDM each week or so if I can get round to it. Since this is the first week I've decided to look at something that gets very little attention from the PDM companies but I think is fundamental for getting ROI from PDM/PLM; that is bom transfers. The physical process transfering a bom from one computer system to another is not too challenging - the main problem is the possesive nature of the BOM. Engineering people have their view of what should be in the bom and also manufacturing. I refer to a great book (now sadly out of print) Called "Bills of materials: structured for excellence" this is a great bbok arguing for one consolidated BOM for a company. In the book the author outlines the rationale that it is feasible to have one bill in a company. In a previous job I wrote a link between a PDM and ERP system, we basically minimized the overlap to simplify the process. Basically we transfered the minimum data