ISBN-13: 9780983715535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 252 str.
Finally a book that explores the benefits of proper Bill of Materials management The Bill of Materials, or BOM, is the list of raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, components, parts and quantities needed to manufacture an end product. Not only relevant to manufacturing, the BOM is vital to design and engineering, sales, customer service and your suppliers, and to function optimally each needs access to BOM information Yet, while the technology to enable collaboration on purchase orders and other transactions within supply chain management is gaining in popularity, the BOM is often overlooked to your company s detriment This book aims to change the status quo and explains why the BOM is one of the most important yet underutilized master data objects in your company. Through extensive use of graphics and screen images from Arena Solutions and other software vendors, this book demonstrates how the effective implementation of a BOM management system allows your company to reap the benefits of enabling applications that rely upon clean and up-to-date BOM information. By reading this book you