The world of manufacturing continues to evolve rapidly with increasingly complex products, higher customer expectations and a slew of regulatory requirements.
The Bill of Materials, or the BOM, is essentially an engineer’s shopping list for creating a product. The BOM contains part numbers, quantities, part names, and procurement details. These are all [...]
Traditional ERP systems were developed for repetitive, make-to-stock manufacturers where there is a clear line between design and production. In the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) world, such a line [...]
Unless an engineer is directly involved in the manufacturing of their products, they may only be slightly familiar with “lean” principles. At the heart of lean principles are these core concepts: [...]
Manufacturing companies combine Engineering (CAD) and Production (ERP) to make products. However, industry giants like SOLIDWORKS (CAD) and Infor SyteLine (ERP) do not directly link with each [...]
