What is a bill of materials (BOM)?
A bill of materials is the listing of items that comprise a product. A BOM includes details like item numbers, quantities, part descriptions, and lifecycle state, among others.
What is a bill of materials used for?
BOM management helps you document, track, and review every component in your product, prepare a product for manufacturing, and more.
Why is BOM management important?
Effective BOM management maintains data integrity throughout the product lifecycle. By centralizing cross-departmental product data in one BOM you ensure stakeholders have access to the data they need in real-time.
BOMs are too important to leave open to errors
Collaborate better with structured BOMs
Configure and manage items and structured BOMs in a centralized system where authorized users can access the information they need, when they need it.
Save time with context-specific BOM views
Easily define multiple, configurable BOM views so stakeholders across your organization can see real-time product information relevant to them.
Extend the value of your BOM downstream
Create your engineering BOM in the same application you use to manage your design data. Then share your BOM with downstream functions like procurement, manufacturing, and service.
Benefits of BOM management
Centralize your product data
Bring in information from CAD, mechanical, electrical, and engineering all in one BOM.
Maintain data from design to manufacturing
Enable cross-discipline collaboration with easy BOM hand off to downstream functions.
Simplify BOM comparisons
Easily compare BOM revisions and configurations. Quickly see changes when releasing a new product version.
BOM management with Autodesk PDM
Product data management software—available as Vault Basic, Vault Professional, Vault Office
Bill of Materials Resources
Watch the recorded webinar
Learn how to streamline production with BOM Management.
Autodesk BOM Management on Youtube
See how Autodesk simplifies BOM and 3D Visualization on YouTube.
Autodesk PLM Blog
Read more about how Autodesk simplifies BOM management on our blog.
