BOM-related data is scattered throughout the company, in historical information systems that are not interconnected. Technical documentation comes from PLM. Operational data is stored in ERP. And then there's a whole "parallel economy" of Excel files in circulation!

By its very nature, the BOM requires a great deal of internal and external expertise. Each modification requires the identification of the many upstream and downstream dependencies of the proposed changes. For each revision, conflict resolution can take several weeks. Before starting again on the next version.

A hardware product requires the simultaneous optimization of numerous and often contradictory indicators: cost of parts, lead time, number of suppliers, weight, quality level... To complicate matters, the calculation of these indicators is often deferred from the design phase.