Engineering. Manufacturing. Supply chain. Connected. Gates Underwater Products uses OpenBOM to align cross-functional teams and eliminate product data silos. #SupplyChain #ProductDevelopment 🔗 https://bit.ly/3YT5LT0
OpenBOM
Software Development
Boston, MA 3,711 followers
OpenBOM - Cloud PDM & PLM to Manage Files, Parts, BOMs, Inventory, and Purchases
About us
OpenBOM is a global multi-tenant digital thread SaaS platform that manages product lifecycle and connects manufacturers and their supply chain networks. OpenBOM’s modern SaaS real-time collaboration and data management technology allows the creation and management of CAD files, Parts, Bills of Materials, Vendors, and Purchases across networks of engineers, supply chain managers, and contract manufacturers. OpenBOM enables people to share and collaborate online information from the initial design through all stages of engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain. OpenBOM’s modern SaaS real-time collaboration and data management technology allows to create and manage Parts, Bill of Materials, Vendors, and Purchases across networks of engineers, supply chain managers, and contract manufacturers. OpenBOM enables people to share and collaborate using an online Bill of Materials from initial design through all stages of engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain. OpenBOM enables people to seamlessly share and collaborate data using online Bill of Materials from initial design through all stages of engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain. OpenBOM Key Values - Managing product data structure and related information - documents, files, etc. - Manage vendors, production plan and creates Purchase Orders - Provide a single source of truth for the information - Connects engineers, procurement team, production planners, contractors nd suppliers - Seamless data integration with engineering software (CAD) and enterprise systems (PDM, PLM, ERP) - Formulas, calculations, rollups, cost assessment - Share data downstream for instant access. OpenBOM is uniquely positioned to provide solutions for small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, collaboration for teams in large manufacturing OEMs, construction projects, supply chain and contractors. OpenBOM is an online platform available globally. You can register and create an account immediately.
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http://openbom.com
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- PLM, SaaS PLM, Manufacturing, Engineering, Data Management, Bill of Materials, BOM Management, 3D CAD Integrations, Onshape, SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk , Solid Edge, ERP, CLoud, and SaaS
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OpenBOM - Manages Parts, Vendors, Bill of Materials and Purchases
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software
OpenBOM is a digital network-based platform that manages product data and connects manufacturers and their supply chain networks. OpenBOM’s modern SaaS real-time collaboration and data management technology allows to create and manage Parts, Bill of Materials, Vendors and Purchases across networks of engineers, supply chain managers, and contract manufacturers. OpenBOM enables people to share and collaborate using an online Bill of Materials from initial design through all stages of engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.
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🔄 Change isn’t an ECO button — it’s a connected story. In 9 minutes: how change moves from a comment → design → formal ECO → BOM → procurement, without losing context across tools. #ChangeManagement #ECO #OpenBOM 🔗 https://bit.ly/4aJmtfl
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🌳 Dynamic. Cloud-native. Collaborative. OpenBOM replaces static files with a real-time, single source of truth across engineering and purchasing. #CloudPLM #Collaboration #OpenBOM 🔗 https://bit.ly/4r0I33P
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16,000 components. Standardized. FF Robotics optimized BOM management and reduced complexity with OpenBOM — saving time and money at scale. #Robotics #EngineeringManagement 🔗 https://bit.ly/3CdCbxt
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🧩 Software doesn’t behave like a physical part — and BOM structure needs to reflect that. We’re exploring practical ways to connect mechanical, electronics, and software into one product definition without forcing rigid hierarchies. #Software #Electronics #OpenBOM 🔗 https://bit.ly/4u4Exbr
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📁 3D files linked to BOM versions — effortlessly. OpenBOM makes version control and product traceability simple and structured. #VersionControl #ProductDevelopment #OpenBOM 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sdNgGw
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One Product, Many BOMs: Modeling Multi-View Structures Recently, my attention was caught by a visual article from Rob Ferrone about the complexity of a BOM. He used an example — one car seat — and showed how it expands into many different BOMs across engineering, purchasing, suppliers, production, prototype, and service. What struck me wasn’t just the complexity. It was how accurately those visuals describe what happens inside most manufacturing companies. - One product. - Many structured views. - And often… many Excel spreadsheets trying to connect them. Despite PLM, ERP, and MES systems, I found comments where Rob admitted he still found himself acting as “CEO” (Chief Excel Officer) stitching together the data manually. That’s the real issue. The problem isn’t that systems don’t exist. The problem is the absence of a coherent data layer that connects them. Inspired by Rob’s post, I wrote a new article exploring this challenge from a slightly different angle: 👉 Not how OpenBOM replaces PLM/ERP/MES 👉 But how a structured product data service can connect multiple BOM views 👉 How catalogs, multi-view BOM types, and object links create what I call Product Memory In the article, I use an industrial robot as an example — a product that looks like one machine on the factory floor, but inside the organization is a multi-dimensional dataset. The robot doesn’t have one BOM. It has many. The key question is: How do you model them without creating silos? If you’re dealing with engineering vs manufacturing vs purchasing misalignment or still reconciling everything in Excel, this one might resonate. https://bit.ly/4shoaGL
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📈 Governance isn’t the hardest problem anymore. Understanding ripple effects is. Digital BOM + change history + dependencies evolve into product memory — the foundation for better decisions (and smarter automation). #DigitalTransformation #PLM #OpenBOM 🔗 https://bit.ly/4rKpr9x
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BOMs sit at the very core of how products are designed, built, purchased, serviced, and changed. And yet, after decades of PLM systems, ERP integrations, and so-called best practices, we are still arguing about fundamentals: - EBOM vs MBOM. - PLM vs ERP ownership. - Single BOM vs many BOMs. - Change, traceability, cost, compliance. I keep coming back to the same realization: BOMs are not hard because we don’t know how to model parts. They are hard because we still treat them as static part lists, while the world around them is dynamic, collaborative, and constantly changing. What if the real question is not “do we still need BOMs?” But rather what a BOM is supposed to represent in a world of 3D CAD, Digital Twins, model-based engineering, and continuous change? I shared a longer reflection here - Thoughts and Questions Ahead of the BOMversation: To BOM or Not to BOM - 👇 https://bit.ly/4r9hNV8
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💡 Pricing is shifting from seats → data. OpenBOM 2026 moved to Data Records because structured product data is the real long-term asset. See how records are counted and tracked. #Pricing #ProductData #OpenBOM 🔗 https://bit.ly/46A7HVX