The BOM we are discussing is a narrow BOM, which is very different from the BOM used for production in ERP. At the same time, we are mainly discussing B2B platforms, and the more detailed limitation is: B2B platforms for industrial products.
1. What is BOM
BOM is a foreign product, its English full name is Bill of Material, and its Chinese translation is BOM. Literally translated as [Bill of Materials] or [Product Structure List], in some industrial fields, some ERP software also calls it [Recipe] , [Element Table].
BOM is the most thorough in ERP software. In ERP, BOM is an important document of MRP (Material Requirement Planning).
The generalized BOM includes the structural level of the material, material number, material name, specifications, unit of measurement, quantity yield, source type (self-made/outsourced/outsourced processing), lead time (cumulative lead time), and the validity period (effective date). /expiration date).
The bill of materials file list has a hierarchical structure, which shows the quantity of each item (the quantity of each component and component) of the next level required to complete one unit of finished product.
2. Use BOM in e-commerce platform
In the e-commerce platform, we will use the simplest function of BOM.
During the research before developing the Tao Industrial Control Mall platform, business personnel mentioned that when customers purchase a main product, they will almost always purchase a series of supporting accessories. The following is an easy-to-understand example (for example, not a real BOM):
V. A company that produces ceramic machinery. His production plan for next week is a 20A type printing machine. This type of printing machine requires a lot of materials, and the materials purchased by the company from our company include (calculated on a single machine basis). ):
Serial number, material, brand, model, quantity
1 Inverter Yaskawa VB4A0031 1
2 Molded case circuit breaker Qizheng KEM1-63H 6
3 pressure transmitter SIK PBT-CB1X6SGTSSNALA0Z 10
4 PLC Mitsubishi FX2N-32MR-001 1
Table 1: Example of a company’s BOM on Tao Industrial Control Mall
In this way, the customer created a BOM for the Type A printing machine in the user backend of the Tao Industrial Control Mall. The BOM clearly reflects the list and quantity of materials that the customer needs to purchase from the Tao Industrial Control Mall when producing the Type A printing machine.
Of course, customers can create many such BOMs to facilitate ordering materials from Tao Industrial Control Mall.
After the customer creates these BOMs, for each purchase, the customer only needs to select the BOM and enter the purchase quantity, and the system will automatically expand and generate a purchase list with specific processes.
1. Select the required BOM
2. Enter the quantity (the quantity of this BOM purchased this time)
3. Production purchasing list
4. Complete the order
3. Benefits of BOM in customer experience
1. Place orders quickly
For customers, BOM can help customers reduce ordering time. A mature BOM can obviously improve ordering speed. Customers only need to simply modify the multiple of the required purchase according to the production batch, and then make fine adjustments.
Of course, BOM can still create a new BOM list through versions, copying, or fine-tuning according to changes in production.
2. Reduce errors
For the procurement of manufacturing enterprises, there are many types of purchased materials, and the material codes (I will talk about the application of custom coding of materials in e-commerce platforms in another article later), the specifications of materials remain the same.
3. Convenient management
A purchasing personnel may face a lot of purchasing demands, which may come from different departments or even branches. Using BOM for management can allow purchasing personnel to better manage purchasing demands.
4. Procedure response
How should B2B platforms respond to purchasing personnel’s demand for BOM?
1. BOM creation
The system should provide flexible BOM creation methods. Generally speaking, at least the following methods are provided to create a BOM suitable for the customer.
When browsing products
When a customer finds a suitable product through various methods, he should be able to easily add the product to a new or existing BOM.
BOM creation in Tao Industrial Control ( www.taogk.cn )
Order conversion
The customer may not be familiar with the use of BOM at first, but he has ordered products through the system many times. At this time, you should provide the opportunity for the customer to convert the order into a BOM list.
BOM import
You can provide a standard XML, PDF, XLS, CSV or text file format template to facilitate customers to import the BOM list exported by their own management system to quickly create BOM.
2. BOM management
Similarly, the program should provide appropriate BOM version management functions to facilitate customers to manage BOM, including new creation, modification, version, etc.
5. Function expansion
1. Interface with enterprise management system
Most of today's manufacturing companies have their own production management systems. These systems provide the ability to output purchase orders in standard formats and provide standard data interfaces, which can greatly simplify the workload of purchasing personnel.
2. Delivery date management
Inevitably, the delivery date of materials will greatly affect the progress of enterprise production. The system provides information about the delivery date, which will help purchasers make reasonable choices. Therefore, it is necessary to list the delivery date of materials in the BOM. , very necessary.
3. Management of substitutes
Sometimes, due to different inventory conditions, a few materials in a BOM are out of stock. It is necessary to provide purchasing personnel with alternative material information for the missing materials to assist purchasing personnel in weighing procurement work.
6. About this article
This article was written by Zheng Langshangfei from Taogongkong Mall ( http://www.taogk.cn ). It was first published on the official website of Taogongkong Mall and Baidu Library. When reprinting, please indicate that the file comes from Taogongkong Mall. We also welcome peers to participate in the discussion. .
At the same time, this article is one of a series of talks on the functions of e-commerce platforms in the industrial control industry. Please pay attention to subsequent documents.
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