User talk:Dangelow

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[edit] Configurable Bill of Material (CBOM)

A configurable Bill of Material is used by industries that have multiple options and highly configurable products (Telecom Systems, Data-center Hardware (SANS, Servers, etc.), PC's, Autos, etc.)

The CBOM is used to dynamically create "end-items" that a company sells. The benefit of using CBOM structure is it reduces the work-effort needed to maintain product structures. The configurable BOM is most frequently driven by "configurator" software, however it can be enabled manually (manual maintenance is infrequent because its unwieldly to manage the number of permutaions and combinations of possible configurations)

The development of the CBOM is dependent on having a Modular BOM structure in place (see Modular BOM). The Modular BOM structure provides the assemblies/sub-systems that can be selected to "configure" a end-item.


[edit] PLM article edits

May I ask for a detailed explanation of why you are removing information to the introduction of the PLM article? Note I moved the information you added on item data to the product data management article. There is a need for more text of Portfolio Management but could you please place this in the specific pages of Product Portfolio Management, it would be welcome. The intro to Product Lifecycle Management should provide overview and not specific. Also PLM is not just software it is a philosophy and collection of working methods. Freeformer 04:04, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I am not sure what the above means or how to respond - is there something more I should know.