Shopfloor Matters
Glossary

BOM

Bill of materials

In practice

The BOM changes shape as it moves from design to a finished product, from engineering BOM to manufacturing BOM to order BOM to the as-built record. Most integration arguments come from not agreeing who owns which stage.

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5 min readWho owns the BOM3 min readMaster data for MES

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EBOMMBOMAs-built recordRouting

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