Manufacturing Bill of Materials

From concept to customer:

A comprehensive plan for production

Any business looking to seamlessly carry manufactured products through from concept to customer is going to need an effective and accurate Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM). It is this one information laden component of the manufacturing process that binds all the relevant departments, and serves as the instructional blueprint for each product.

Lagetronix offers full support for complex Bill of Materials manufacturing in the cloud and on-premise.

What is a manufacturing Bill of Materials?

An MBOM is essentially a meticulous set of instructions that contains a list of all the parts, items, assemblies and sub-assemblies necessary to build a complete product. It is essentially a product recipe, providing all of the details needed to make a finished product. Like a recipe, the more accurate and definitive the details, the better the finished product

Using an inaccurate or incomplete MBOM can result in very costly delays or can even bring the entire manufacturing chain to a complete standstill.

If your business uses thorough MBOMs and some kind of Material Requirements Planning, there is a much greater chance of across-the-board efficiency. More detail should equate to more control – an essential ingredient in manufacturing. From the timely and correct ordering of items and parts, to the efficient assembly and sub-assembly processes right through to the packaging and shipping of the final product, a thorough MBOM for every product is essential for streamlined operations.

Drive profit with thorough Manufacturing Bill of Materials
MBOM influences business and production planning
Most successful manufacturers will be using a variety of business and production planning systems and methods, depending on their needs and level of operations. Developing thorough MBOMs for each product greatly influences the effectiveness of those systems. They’ll optimise scheduling and production processes, ERP, Manufacturing Process Management (MPM), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Materials Resource Planning (MRP)
Handling complex parent and component relationships
A thorough MBOM is especially important for products with complex parent and component relationships. With products that contain a variety of raw materials, subassemblies, transient, substitute and nonstock parts, the greater the detail in the MBOM the more controlled and efficient the process.If your business uses thorough MBOMs
and some kind of Material Requirements
Planning, there is a much greater chance
of across-the-board efficiency. More detail
should equate to more control.
Accurate product costing and process management
With effective manufacturing
management software such as Sage X3, using MBOMs
will provide accurate product costing and
analysis. This can enable you to monitor
the whole production process and to
make adjustments where needed. From the timely
and correct ordering of items and parts,
to the efficient assembly and sub-assembly
processes right through to the packaging
and shipping of the final product, a thorough MBOM for every product is essential for streamlined operations.