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BOM CREATOR
Help in Generate BOM ‘Ready to Upload’ in the ERP / SAP Systems
BOM Creator – Automate Bill of Materials and Easily collaborate with ERP SAP System
BOM Creator is an add on tool for DS SOLIDWORKS, that caters the day to day requirements of Bill of Materials in various departments inside the organization.
It helps create a Bill of Materials for large assemblies in minutes. It not only handles regular BOMs but also helps create detailed lists based on the manufacturing lead time for manufacturing parts & purchase lead time of all the bought out items for the complete machine. It enables to collaborate Design, Production, Planning & Purchase more effectively and fast track the complete manufacturing cycle
BOM Creator Helps Design Engineers
- Ready to upload BOMs for their respective SAP ERP system: : Here, we basically understand the database of the SAP ERP system, customize a template in Excel or CSV or whatever suitable format which is acceptable to the system. Hence the Designers can generate a BOM directly from their 3D CAD software which, can be directly uploaded in their SAP ERP system.
- Reports based on Type: Here, identify and segregate the Manufacturing Parts, Hardware, Bought Items etc., in any given machine and prepare individual reports for each type. This basically helps expedite the complete manufacturing.
- Track of Release of Drawings: Here, we help designers to maintain a record of detail of the release of drawings to different departments of the organization. Like the date of release, the Number of times the drawing has been released & to the individual person, the drawing has been released. So now we needn’t release the same drawing to the same department multiple times.
- Comparison of Machines: Here, we help organizations to compare multiple projects at a time and identify the common & unique components. This further helps in the planning of manufacturing of all the common & similar parts in a single go & further help reduce material scrap.
- Level by Level BOM with a complete material summary: Here, we read the complete Design Tree, understand the parent-child relationship of Assemblies, Sub-Assemblies, Parts, Hardware, Bought Out Items, Consumable items etc. We create a detailed BOM with complete weight details of different grades of materials used in the machine. This further can help in project planning, purchasing & production activity much before the release of manufacturing drawings.
- Plan the execution of the project based on Lead Time: Here, we identify and prepare reports based on the manufacturing & purchase lead time of the components in a given machine. This enables us to consider the items with higher manufacturing or purchase lead time first, items with average manufacturing & purchase lead time next & items with least manufacturing & purchase time at last. Hence chances of project delays are eliminated.
- Project Costing: Here, we help Application/Costing Engineers to consider all the cost parameters and calculate the complete project cost. This basically ensures we don’t miss any major cost components which may further affect our project budget.
BOM Creators Matrix
| FEATURES | BOM CREATOR ULTA-LITE | BOM CREATOR LITE | BOM CREATOR ADVANCED | BOM CREATOR PREMIUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Design BOM with Raw Material Details |  | | | |
| Complete Part List by Type | | | | |
| Complete Manufacturing Priority List by Type | | | | |
| ERP/SAP BOM | | | | |
| Drawing Tracking Details | | | ||
| Fabrication Place Details | | | ||
| Project Costing | | | ||
| Comparison of Projects/Machines | |
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