My life has been a cycle of transition from one manufacturing industry to the other; that is not to say I have no history of working in the non-manufacturing industries. It’s just that my passion for satisfying human wants through production is so huge that I am always biased towards the manufacturing industry.
Years went by, and I was cool with the use of static software like Excel for BOM (Bill of Materials) management. The BOM terminology is used in the manufacturing industry to denote a comprehensive listing of the physical elements or components required to produce or otherwise service a product in a job. The need for proper BOM management never dawned on me till I moved into the electronics manufacturing industry. I realized this particular industry was one that essentially required proper BOM management; in fact, it was really essential to the productivity of such industry. Product data had to be continuously updated and also always available so as to guarantee all team players are acting on current information. Unfortunately, I realized this industry also heavily relied on the conventional static software like Excel for its BOM management.
Basically, industries would settle for Excel and others like it because of cost factors as well as familiarity. But it is high time industrialists, especially those in the electronics manufacturing industry, realized that the use of such tools consequently decreases productivity amid attendant system inefficiencies.
One thing I constantly did as a new entrant in the electronics industry was to strongly push for the use of customized, live BOM management tools. I have always been excited about the revolution I set forth in my company; they saw the reason in my argument. They yielded and finally opted for live and specialized BOM management tools which proved to be very helpful as it significantly contributed to increased productivity.
Years went by, and I was cool with the use of static software like Excel for BOM (Bill of Materials) management. The BOM terminology is used in the manufacturing industry to denote a comprehensive listing of the physical elements or components required to produce or otherwise service a product in a job. The need for proper BOM management never dawned on me till I moved into the electronics manufacturing industry. I realized this particular industry was one that essentially required proper BOM management; in fact, it was really essential to the productivity of such industry. Product data had to be continuously updated and also always available so as to guarantee all team players are acting on current information. Unfortunately, I realized this industry also heavily relied on the conventional static software like Excel for its BOM management.
Basically, industries would settle for Excel and others like it because of cost factors as well as familiarity. But it is high time industrialists, especially those in the electronics manufacturing industry, realized that the use of such tools consequently decreases productivity amid attendant system inefficiencies.
One thing I constantly did as a new entrant in the electronics industry was to strongly push for the use of customized, live BOM management tools. I have always been excited about the revolution I set forth in my company; they saw the reason in my argument. They yielded and finally opted for live and specialized BOM management tools which proved to be very helpful as it significantly contributed to increased productivity.