Keeping Your BOMs Error-Free

Now that we’ve discussed a BOM-building strategy that simplifies the use of BOMs in a workplace, keeping your BOMs simple and up-to-date is the next responsibility. For BOMs to be reliable they need to be free from errors that can instigate a misunderstanding by...

Simplifying Your BOMs With A BOM Building Strategy

Simplifying BOMs Companies that maintain thousands of assets on a day-to-day basis need to use BOMs to order new and manage spare parts. In addition, the status of machinery and operations need to be managed to optimize plant efficiency. However, constructing BOMs...

Do You Have Bad BOMs? Here’s a Few Things to Look For

So, we’ve talked extensively about what makes a great maintenance BOM for any company. What about the opposite? What do bad maintenance BOMs look like? A poor maintenance BOM will naturally incur handicaps on business productivity, leading to increased downtime,...

Why Do You Even Need Maintenance BOMs?

First and foremost, Bills of Materials (BOMs) help companies keep track of the spare materials needed to carry out maintenance requests across their operations. Without maintenance BOMs in your EAM system, your equipment won’t be efficiently linked to the spares...

Symptoms of Inaccurate BOMs

Maintenance BOMs contain information about what spare parts are used to maintain different types of assets within your facilities.  Inaccurate BOMs complicate the process for workers searching for key materials info. However, maintenance BOMs can only manage this...