Engineering keeps the BOM in a spreadsheet, the drawings on a shared drive and the specs in someone's inbox — while the catalog your retailers see lives in Brandhubify. This block puts units, BOMs, routings and drawings on the same item record your catalog already uses, so an approved change reaches the plant and the catalog together.
Engineering, purchasing and production each keep their own copy.
A component is swapped, and half the team keeps building to the old drawing.
Bought in kilos, issued in grams, sold in cases — and stock never reconciles.
The spec sheet retailers download still shows last year's material.
One record, with its type and base unit.
Purchase, stock and sales units with conversions.
Levels, quantities and scrap allowance.
Operations, work centres, set-up and run times.
Under revision control.
Propose, review, release with an effective date.
One record per item — raw material, component, sub-assembly or finished good.
Buy in kilos, stock in grams, sell in cases, with conversions held per item.
Multi-level BOMs with quantities, scrap allowance and effective dates.
The sequence of steps, set-up and run times that turn the BOM into product.
Lines, cells and machines with their own capacity and calendar.
Proposed, reviewed and released changes, with what each one affects.
Controlled revisions of drawings and specs, attached to the item they describe.
Illustrative. With conversions held on the item, purchasing, the line and sales all read the same stock in their own unit.
| Item | Cocoa powder |
|---|---|
| Purchase unit | 25 kg bag |
| Stock unit | kg (1 bag = 25 kg) |
| Issue unit | g (1 kg = 1,000 g) |
| Sales unit | Case of 24 × 200 g = 4.8 kg |
| 10 bags received | 250 kg in stock — enough for 52 full cases |
Releases BOM and drawing changes through one approval.
Always builds to the current revision.
Sees an engineering change reflected on the product record retailers see.
A bill of materials (BOM) lists every raw material, component and sub-assembly — with quantities — needed to make one unit of a product. Multi-level BOMs nest sub-assemblies inside finished goods.
An engineering change order (ECO) proposes a change to a product's design, BOM or routing. It is reviewed, approved and released with an effective date, so production and purchasing switch over at the right time.
When the BOM, specs and drawings sit on the same item record as your catalog data, a change made by engineering is the change your retailers see — there is no second system to update. That is the approach in Brandhubify ERP, which builds on the live Brandhubify PIM.
The engineering BOM describes the product as designed. The manufacturing BOM describes how it is built — including packaging, consumables and the order of assembly — and is the one production and costing use.