eBOM+mBOM

Traditionally, the engineering bill of materials (eBOM) resides within a PLM system, with the manufacturing bill of materials (mBOM) developed and stored in the ERP system. This often necessitates manual data translation, comparison, and updating across platforms, posing a significant risk of inconsistency between the eBOM and mBOM.

Bluestar PLM embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM), offers one single solution for smart management of data in both eBOM and mBOM. Our solution ensures that changes to product design affecting the eBOM are automatically aligned with the mBOM providing several features to support building an accurate mBOM.

Key Benefits

Enhance financial resources and project overview

Integrates with Dynamics 365 F&SCM for detailed service project insights, cost analysis, and documentation, including direct and indirect expenses for informed decisions.

One source of data truth

BOM lines in the product’s mBOM are interlinked with the product’s eBOM ensuring that the eBOM and mBOM are always up-to-date.

Boost engineering and manufacturing operations

Examining service order history reveals all related repair drawings, streamlining collaboration and reducing redundancies, thereby saving time and costs.

Explore the functionalities

  • Reliable production preparation and planning: The status function in Bluestar PLM ensures that the manufacturing team is informed about any changes to the eBOM which require the mBOM to be revisited. Ensuring that an outdated mBOM is not used for production preparation and planning.

  • Interlinked product variant from CAD model to eBOM+mBOM: All product data from CAD model and drawing to eBOM+mBOM is interlinked with Bluestar PLM. Make a change to the product design and eBOM and this is reflected in the mBOM.

  • Lower error rates in mBOM preparation: With the automatic alignment of BOM lines from eBOM to mBOM, human errors occurring from manual entries are eliminated.

What have our customers accomplished?

AMF Bakery Systems

Achieved 150% revenue growth through PLM and ERP implementation. Reduced errors and enhanced quality management improved product reliability. Streamlined processes boosted productivity across all departments.

Schréder

Advanced configurator capabilities, allowing customization of products with numerous standard variants, facilitating the configuration of unique client specifications seamlessly inside Dynamics 365 F&SCM.

Scanlab

Automated mBOM creation from eBOMs, ensuring accuracy and current data. Strengthened change control, minimized duplication, and maintained data integrity, boosting traceability and preventing redundant efforts.

Key Features

Assisted mBOM preparation

Bluestar PLM simplifies mBOM preparation by aligning initial mBOM structure with eBOM. It allows rearranging levels, adding parts not in eBOM, splitting quantities, and aggregating identical items for efficient manufacturing planning.

Keeping track of eBOM and mBOM consistency

The module tracks entries, highlighting similarities and differences, ensuring data consistency, and improving process transparency.

Revision control

Product design changes, supply issues, or operational challenges often demand eBOM revisions, influenting corresponding mBOM updates for accuracy and consistency, which is streamlined by Bluestar PLM, ensuring consistency and accuracy between the eBOM and mBOM.

Automatic alignment of eBOM+mBOM data

Bluestar PLM automates eBOM and mBOM alignment after Engineering approval, streamlining data entry and enhancing manufacturing details for product development.

Global eBOM, local manufacturing site mBOM

Our system allows you to specify the site and generate a tailored mBOM to meet its specific needs, while remaining linked to the global eBOM. This ensures flexibility while maintaining consistency across sites.

Expand your understanding

Explore the ‘eBOM+mBOM’ whitepaper

Download our product sheet to discover Bluestar PLM, a powerful application fully embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management (F&SCM).

Learn about the challenges of aligning eBOM and mBOM, and how Bluestar PLM enhances your eBOM and mBOM workflows through its seamless integration with Dynamics 365 F&SCM.

Interlink your eBOM and mBOM with Bluestar PLM

Download the product sheet to discover how combining eBOM and mBOM in Bluestar PLM will improve the quality of your eBOM and mBOM using one single source of data truth.

Learn how connecting the Engineering Bill of Materials (eBOM) and the Manufacturing Bill of Materials (mBOM) provides a seamless transition from design to manufacturing within a unified system.