Bill of Materials Software for Small Manufacturers

Bill of Materials BOM software

Implement effective material planning

Easily manage basic or complex bills of materials (BOMs) and tie them directly to production planning, procurement, and sales.

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“Definitely one of the best bang for your buck. Stock, BOM, and inventory management are excellent. Managing production and assembly orders is a breeze.”

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What is bill of materials (BOM) software?

A bill of materials (BOM) is a structured list of all the raw materials, parts, components, subassemblies, and quantities required to manufacture a product. In simple terms, it is the product’s shopping list. A single-level BOM lists the parts used directly in the finished product, while a multi-level BOM also shows the components that make up each subassembly.

BOM software provides manufacturers with a central place to create, update, and use these product structures. It replaces disconnected spreadsheets and links BOM data with inventory, purchasing, production planning, and costing. With MRPeasy, manufacturers can manage simple and complex BOMs, track versions and revisions, check material availability, calculate requirements and costs, and ensure that everyone works from the correct product information.

Learn more in our complete guide to bills of materials.

Effortlessly create, manage, and edit BOMs of various complexity

  • Import your existing BOMs via CSV files or easily build new product BOMs with any number of components from scratch.
  • Create Single-level BOMs to manage simple products or Multi-level BOMs for complex production processes with sub-assemblies.
  • Utilize the Matrix-BOM functionality to manage product data of your parametric and configurable products.
  • Leverage the Disassembly BOM to disassemble a product into parts, a kit into components, or cut raw material into many products.
  • The Co-product BOM functionality enables easily reporting scrap or waste and tracking further processing.
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Unify your entire manufacturing process with BOM software

  • Associate BOMs with production routings and create an underlying system for production management.
  • Use the version control and revision system to record and track any changes to your bills of materials.
  • Enhance traceability and simplify compliance by easily determining the BOM version of physical products.
  • Use the product configurator to set parameters and variations, and automatically generate BOMs for each configuration.
  • Simplify sub-assembly management and kitting, automate BOM costing, add packaging to your BOMs, and much more.
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Ditch the spreadsheets with cloud-based BOM software

  • Check material availability and calculate requirements for any manufacturing order in real time.
  • Use one-click production cost and lead time estimation for quick quoting and always accurate pricing.
  • Schedule manufacturing and generate pre-filled purchase orders for missing items in just a few clicks.
  • Simplify your material management, production scheduling, change management, and resource planning workflows.
  • Boost supply chain efficiency and inventory control with modern, all-in-one manufacturing software.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Bill of Materials (BOM) Software

What is the difference between BOM software and MRP software?

BOM software primarily manages product structures and component data. An MRP system uses this BOM data to calculate material requirements, check inventory availability, plan purchases and production, and estimate costs and lead times. MRPeasy combines BOM management and MRP functionality in one system.

What types of BOMs can MRPeasy manage?

MRPeasy supports single-level and multi-level BOMs, Matrix BOMs, Disassembly BOMs, Co-product BOMs, and phantom BOMs. This makes it suitable for simple assemblies, complex products with subassemblies, configurable products, process manufacturing, disassembly, and kitting.

Can I import existing BOMs from Excel or CSV files?

Yes. Existing spreadsheet data can be saved as a CSV file and imported into MRPeasy, avoiding the need to recreate every BOM manually. BOMs can also be created individually, edited in bulk, or updated through CSV imports. See the BOM user manual for further details.

How does BOM software help with material planning and purchasing?

When a manufacturing order is created, MRPeasy multiplies the quantities in the BOM by the order quantity and checks whether the required materials are available. It identifies shortages, considers supplier lead times, calculates purchase requirements, and helps create pre-filled purchase orders for missing materials.

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Can BOM software calculate product costs?

MRPeasy estimates the material cost of a BOM using current inventory costs or estimated purchase costs. When the BOM is connected with a production routing, material, labor, and overhead costs can be included in cost estimates and compared with actual manufacturing costs after production.

How does BOM version control work?

BOM version control records changes and maintains a history of previous BOM versions and revisions. This helps teams use the correct product data, identify which BOM version was used for a manufactured item, restore an earlier version when necessary, and maintain traceability for audits and quality control. Read more about BOM version control.

Can BOM software manage configurable products?

Yes. MRPeasy’s Matrix BOM functionality and Product Configurator allow manufacturers to define parameters and variations and generate the correct BOM for each product configuration. This reduces the need to create and maintain a separate BOM for every possible variant. Learn more about configurable BOMs.

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Integrated Bill of Materials (BOM) Software for Business Growth

  • Production Planning

    Generate reliable, detailed production plans. Balance materials and capacity with actual demand. Effortlessly reschedule production orders.

  • Inventory

    Always know what you have in stock. Easily avoid inventory shortages and excess. Track inventory by lot or batch, use serial numbers and barcodes.

  • Sales Management

    Calculate order costs and lead times in just a few clicks. Send confirmed orders straight to production. Easily manage invoices, shipping, and returns.

  • Workforce

    Stay informed on your labor requirements and utilization. Provide shop floor workers with a simple interface for reporting orders and material use.

  • Procurement

    Easily forecast your procurement requirements. Create pre-filled purchase orders in one click. Manage supplier relationships. Compare terms and reliability.

  • Finances

    Manage transactions, track income and expenses, and create accurate reports. Streamline accounting tasks and make better financial decisions.

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Ann Richmond

Development Director, Randr

You guys are truly the best and the software is such a lifesaver for small companies like ours. Also just a note, our ISO auditors really liked everything that MRPeasy had. Everything is documented within the system!! And we do not need any additional systems.

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Benjamin Raffiani

CEO at Sox Trot

Best value in the small manufacturing space by far. With MRPeasy, our capacity doubled. It streamlined our production, and procurement so well that I’m now able to spend a lot more time on growth and sales. Extremely comprehensive and works seamlessly with Xero and Shopify.

Brandon Ames

CEO at Anicell Biotech

MRPeasy gives us the ability to track all of our manufacturing lot costs right down to the individual serial number of our products. MRPeasy provides the software as a remote service and has never been unavailable to us except in very rare maintenance windows.

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