{"id":1387,"date":"2018-08-22T22:49:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T22:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydney.is\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:42:51","slug":"maintenance-cookbook-the-material-master-guide-to-building-boms-with-old-parts-catalogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metanoiacorp.com\/es\/maintenance-cookbook-the-material-master-guide-to-building-boms-with-old-parts-catalogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance Cookbook: The (Material) Master guide to building BOMs with old parts catalogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span><\/i> Bill of Materials (BOM)<\/i><\/b> is a list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts, and the quantities of each needed to manufacture an end product. <\/span><\/i>[1]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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We love BOMs<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

20 years ago, Metanoia began its journey to create the best BOMs in the world, working hand-in-hand with asset-intensive businesses from many different industries.<\/span><\/p>\n

During our journey, we learned that building and maintaining accurate BOMs solves an array of issues which disrupt businesses of all types of backgrounds. \u00a0We also learned that, despite our passion, we can’t talk about BOMs on an airplane!<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, you will lear<\/span>n of Metanoia’s fast, unique, and accurate solution to build BOMs using your old parts catalogs and existing CMMS.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Problem<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

Bills of Materials (BOMs) can be extremely tedious to create and manage within a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). The manual entry and matching of OEM part numbers to an internal Material Master is a daunting task, which leads to gaps of parts information in the CMMS.\u00a0 You won\u2019t know what parts you use, where you use them, and how many of each part you\u2019ll need. Many asset-intensive businesses encounter the following problems when trying to create BOMs:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finding Parts Information is hard and sometimes impossible<\/b><\/h5>\n

There\u2019s often a heavy reliance on parts descriptions, which often are vague and incomplete. \u00a0This makes parts identification difficult through the 2 traditional methods:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Finding parts from Work Order history<\/span><\/i> limits your scope of identifiable parts to those which have specifically failed in the past.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Manually referencing the OEM Parts catalog<\/span><\/i> is laborious and does not represent supersessions or changes to the asset over time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Limited scope of understanding for parts<\/b><\/h5>\n

    Parts are often used in multiple locations; either in the same asset or in different assets entirely. \u00a0Without BOMs, there is no\u00a0way to identify within the CMMS whether it\u2019s a unique or a duplicate part, and where the part is used.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Lack of CMMS functionality<\/b><\/h5>\n

    CMMSs do not offer intuitive BOM creation tools, so many businesses are forced to use Excel sheets which are often passed around, multi-versioned, and not kept up-to-date.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Lack of visual reference for parts information<\/b><\/h5>\n

    When building and managing BOMs in Excel or a CMMS, part numbers become indistinguishable to users as there is no visual reference to parts diagrams.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    The Solution<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

    Creating great BOMs is a science which requires the perfect blend of ingredients, such as OEM documentation, manufacturer part numbers, and a Material Master.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Metanoia\u2019s solution is fueled by a combination of software (Asset Information Center<\/a>) and services, which build precise BOMs with further opportunity for continuous improvement.\u00a0 During implementation, Metanoia also creates Interactive Parts Catalogs<\/a> which can be used to streamline various aspects of maintenance and reliability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Metanoia compiles OEM Parts Lists from catalogs<\/b><\/h5>\n

    Metanoia\u2019s services team will \u201cdigitize and index\u201d every parts list, from every page, of all your parts catalogs. \u00a0After transcribing everything into \u201creadable\u201d data, clients will immediately have access to all OEM Parts Lists which are then matched to the Material Master to create BOMs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Importing to the CMMS<\/b><\/h5>\n

    OEM Parts Lists can be easily exported from AIC and into the CMMS, saving hundreds of hours of manual data entry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Auto SKU Matching<\/b>\n