Blog

As I’m sure you have heard, OpenBOM is moving to a concurrent licensing model. In an earlier article, I shared...

The time when manufacturing companies solely focused on building mechanical products is gone forever. These days, every product is a...

If you are manufacturing a product with an electronic component, you most likely have heard of the chip shortage. Your...

I’m super excited to share an early preview of the new item revision mechanism we are going to introduce in...

It’s the 21st century and data has become the new oil. Companies of all types and sizes are hunting for...

Data is a central focus in most modern software and experiences. Nothing is more important to users than the ability...

The manufacturing industry is slowly but surely switching from selling products to selling services.  This fundamental change is being driven...

Unfortunately, a few bad apples can spoil the bunch, this saying is true for many areas in life but especially...

The manufacturing industry is in dire need of new technology to enable better connectivity between users and companies.  Times have...

At OpenBOM we love receiving and sharing customer stories. There is something special about being able to help your audience...

Technologies are easy, but people are hard. People and education are a central place of digital transformation project failures. The...

Today, I want to talk about the management of revisions and files. This is a topic that is under active...

The steps to verify and choose your contract manufacturer (CM) are very important to lay the foundation of your relationship....

A Part Number is one of those things that always generates a lot of debates and discussions among engineers and...

With globalization here to stay, worldwide competition is a real and serious obstacle that most product development companies need to...

According to the recent research of CIMdata, about 66% of industrial companies participating in their recent study about SaaS PLM...

In my previous article, I discussed how companies should be evaluating their contract manufacturer (CM). The key takeaway was to...

Whether you are launching your first product or trying to re-align your supply chain, finding, vetting, and approving your contract...

PLM and ERP are two major business systems in every manufacturing company. Traditional distribution of work between these systems was...

The manufacturing industry is changing. The transformation that it is currently going through is tremendous and it’s making quite the...

Security is perceived as one of the top three concerns of vendors when it comes to the adoption of cloud-based...

Welcome to another OpenBOM production update. I’m excited to share some new features and improvements that we are rolling out...

Contract manufacturing is utilized by the majority of companies manufacturing a physical product. Companies from startups to Fortune 500’s work...

Software and Hardware engineering has a long history of love and hate relationships in every possible way related to tools...

Engineers are very sophisticated people trained to solve very complex problems. They are actually proud of solving hard problems. And...

As someone who has spoken and dealt with many engineering teams and manufacturing companies, I’ve seen a lot of examples...

It’s been more than a year since the pandemic that had whole countries shutting down knocked on our door.  While...

Bill of Materials is important and it is a core of what OpenBOM does – helping you to manage product...

Whether you are trying to launch a new product, improve your supply chain/manufacturing operations, reduce your cost of goods sold...

The efficiency and productivity of engineering work are one of the most critical aspects when it comes to data management....

Modern products are complex and include mechanical, electromechanical, electronics and as of late, a lot of software. All together, it...

Last week, I shared stories of how OpenBOM is helping SOLIDWORKS users to escape BOM spreadsheet madness.  In case you...

When it comes to product development, change is the only constant. Therefore, managing revisions is very important. Wait a minute,...

The way of manufacturing is changing and transforming day by day.  Digital transformation is reshaping what is possible and how...

Contract Manufacturing is becoming a widely used business model in manufacturing. However, it often triggers many questions about managing data...

If you’re working on product design, planning and manufacturing, collaboration is one of the key requirements.  Products are complex these...

One of my favorite engineering communities in the world is SOLIDWORKS Users. It has been 25 years since Jon Hirschtick...

The product development and manufacturing world is full of terminology that sometimes can be very confusing – eBOM, mBOM, xBOM… ...

Unless you lived under a rock for the last 10-15 years you’ve heard about contract manufacturing. This is a business...

Companies need a Bill of Materials in one way or another during the entire lifecycle from the early design to...

I’m excited to share the May 2021 OpenBOM updates with you.  The OpenBOM team has been very busy bringing some...

At OpenBOM, we are committed to helping our customers in a variety of ways. One of them is to share...

Video is quickly becoming an important way for us to learn intricate subjects online. Video as an educational medium has...

As much as we love having information online, not everyone is ready to use a browser to access data. While...

Last year, we introduced Neal SMARTEC consulting. Check out our article to learn more.  We’ve been excited to hear about...

The question of BOM Types comes up quite often and it can be super confusing for many people even those...

The way we learn things these days is changing. In the past, companies were sending engineers to offsite training facilities...

Catalogs are a fundamental part of OpenBOM data management – a foundation for all data. You can think of catalogs...

Connecting to online data sources and extracting information is on top of people’s minds these days. The fast-paced world that...

As the creators here at OpenBOM we have had the opportunity to work directly with many manufacturing companies and Engineers. ...

Back in 2020, we announced a partnership program at OpenBOM for consulting and online services.  Every day since COVID19 has...

Cyberattacks and data leaks have made it so that security has become a priority to many customers these days as...

Extracting data from CAD design to simplifying the process of purchasing and BOM management leaves room for a lot of...

I wanted to take a minute and share a quick update and a preview of the new feature coming in...

I remember a time when training classes were offsite which required whole teams to plan their week accordingly in order...

Construction and Manufacturing are on a collision course and the borders are becoming more blurry every day. Below I’ll be...

A bill of materials is a full list of items (materials, components, assemblies, labor, etc.) required to assemble or manufacture...

Bill of Materials in Excel is a thing of the past. But for many companies, it is still a long...

Our most recent OpenBOM production update introduced quite a few new functions -one of the most prominent ones being –...

The manufacturing and supply chain is full of unexpected situations and COVID just brought tons of new challenges to manufacturers,...

One of the things every manufacturing company is facing is the decision about how to manage Part Numbers.  During my...

OpenBOM’s latest product update is out and it includes a new visual dashboard, which I’m very excited about!  I know...

Here’s What’s New in OpenBOM Starting  April 2nd, 2021 I’m thrilled to share recent updates about OpenBOMs new features and...

I’m super excited to share the news that OpenBOM is expanding the way you can connect with external libraries and...

Think of Construction as the new manufacturing. If you’ve been following my Beyond PLM blog, you’ve probably noticed a few...

Manufacturing companies are under increasing pressure to attract new customers and develop new products fast. You may think, money and...

Where would we be as a society without our electronics?  Some may argue we’d be better off but you can’t...

As OpenBOM continues to grow our goal is to provide our customer base with all the latest updates as well...

It’s no secret that Parts & Vendors was a big hit with the Engineering crowd.  Since Greg Wagner brought it...

As of late, OpenBOM has been partnering with many CAD vendors one of which is Siemens Industrial Software.  Our goal...

If you’ve checked out some of our previous blogs you’ve probably already heard that OpenBOM is an Autodesk partner that...

As an Autodesk partner OpenBOM provides a comprehensive set of features that integrates seamlessly with the software behemoth.  Our goal...

The old saying…”Time Is Money” has never been more true than when you are in the process of product development.  ...

Globalization has made it so that businesses and organizations around the world can branch out and start creating on an...

At OpenBOM we are crazy about how to provide the simplest possible user experience and help users and customers to...

OpenBOM is Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS solution partner and we provide a comprehensive set of features integrating OpenBOM with various SOLIDWORKS...

The file is an essential component of data management. CAD files, specification, drawings, and many others – they are part...

Do you have a question about OpenBOM?  At OpenBOM, we want to answer your questions in the best possible way...

I’m very excited to share the first preview of the work we do at OpenBOM together with Octopart. The idea...

The manufacturing industry is moving towards digital transformation. The fundamental element of the transformation in manufacturing is connecting pieces of...

In my previous article CAD Files and Collaboration, I was talking about how OpenBOM can simplify the process of collaboration...

Collaboration is the focus of many people in engineering and manufacturing companies these days. Even before COVID started, companies started...

Sharing data is one of the most important and critical elements of the product development process. Design and manufacturing is...

SOLIDWORKS models can be complex and configurations are one of the most often used patterns to create complex models and...