Variant Manufacturing

To support system designs and simulation, variant designers need a solution to manage design alternatives in one artifact. The challenge is one common platform to store, control and develop data for diverse market needs, customer preferences and geographic requirements.

Instead of building BOMs from scratch, the variant designer can use Bluestar PLM to reuse existing product designs and branch out the design to fit with unique customer requirements.

Bluestar PLM allows variant designers to create 150% BOMs containing all alternatives, where full overlays of parts are known. With a full list of alternatives, BOMs are easily converted into a 100% BOM that fits customer demand.

One source of Product Truth

Bluestar PLM brings engineers and all other aspects of the business onboard a single shared platform – Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SCM. Here, users can extend and connect the day-to-day operations in a cloud-based digital environment, for corporate-wide and seamless collaboration across sites, departments, and teams globally dispersed.

With PLM and ERP fully integrated in a single system, all users will be working with one set of product truth that is streamlined bi-directionally up and down your supply chain. You will no longer have to use several disconnected applications for managing your entire supply chain from end-to-end. Engineering will no longer operate as a secluded island, disconnected from the rest of the organization, resulting in delays and errors due to outdated information communicated to manufacturing and operations.

The impact of engineering changes on product designs, costs and stock levels will be fully transparent, and manufacturing will always have access to the latest revisions and CAD-drawings. This vastly improves time-to-market and mitigates the risk of human errors leading to mistakes in fabrication, that are extremely costly to rework.

Specific benefits for ariant Manufacturing Companies

Expansive 150% BOMs

Seamlessly create variant designs that are based on and branched out from existing product BOMs. BOMs and related variants are stored in a single solution making it easy to reuse and expand on existing designs. This saves your engineers time spent on otherwise tedious tasks of manually managing product information.

Full data visibility and traceability

Bluestar PLM enables seamless data flow between sales, engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. Product information will immediately be shown in real time, so all parts of the organization will have the latest and most accurate information to work with.

Monitor workflows in real time

Bluestar PLM supports growing and dynamic BOMs that can be partially released early, even though the final design of the product is not yet determined and approved, to release and communicate long-lead items as soon as possible to purchasing.

Engineering Change Management

Achieve complete transparency in the cost and logistic feasibility of engineering changes and ensure that engineering documentation is always up-to-date.

Corporate-wide collaboration

Workflows are deployed in enterprise-wide context, enabling the entire organization to collaborate more efficiently across departments and locations.

Out-of-the-box building blocks

eBOM+mBOM

One single solution for smart management of data in both eBOM and mBOM.

After-Sales Redesign & Repair

After-sales & Refurbishment optimize resources, reduce waste, and promote sustainability.

Product Configurator

Manage BOMs and variants in one system, automating CAD and D365 F&SCM setups from a unified 150% BOM in ERP.

What have our customers accomplished?

Automated Bakery Equipment Solutions

Achieved 150% revenue growth, due to PLM and ERP implementation. Errors were reduced, and quality management boosted product reliability and customer satisfaction. Streamlined processes increased productivity across all functions…

Norican Group

Synchronized real-time data globally, enabling seamless flow from technical departments to production. Workflow automation and full integration with Dynamics 365 F&SCM ensured accuracy and efficiency…

Scanlab

Automation of mBOMs from eBOMs, ensuring accuracy and up-to-date data. Improved change control, reduced duplicates, and maintained clean data which enhanced traceability and reduced unnecessary reinventions….