Stop chasing spreadsheets. Start syncing your shop floor, purchasing, and scheduling with every change—automatically. Mid-production changes shouldn’t feel like a fire drill. Yet for many manufacturing businesses, a single BOM update can ripple across departments, causing delays, confusion, and costly… Read More »How to Save 10+ Hours a Week by Automating BOM Revisions and Change Requests
Most BOM mistakes aren’t software problems—they’re people problems. If your team builds BOMs differently every time, scaling becomes a nightmare. This guide gives you the tools to fix that: a training framework, naming templates, and onboarding tips that make your… Read More »How to Train Your Team to Build Smart BOMs That Scale with Your Shop
Tired of BOM spreadsheets that break the moment things get complex? This guide shows how to build flexible templates that actually work for your shop floor. From quoting to purchasing, you’ll learn how to align your team and simplify your… Read More »How to Eliminate BOM Chaos in Your Job Shop with Configurable Templates
If your team is still juggling spreadsheets and tribal knowledge to build out BOMs, you’re not just wasting time—you’re risking costly errors, missed deadlines, and lost trust. A BOM configurator isn’t just software—it’s your silent operations manager. This guide breaks… Read More »Why Every Job Shop Needs a BOM Configurator—Before It Costs You More Than Just Time
Guessing how many trucks you need for delivery isn’t just inefficient—it’s expensive. Poor truck planning drives up freight spend, eats into margins, and causes chaos on the dock. Businesses that automate this one step can save thousands and unlock cleaner… Read More »How to Automate Truck Planning and Slash Freight Costs—Without the Guesswork
Messy purchase orders cost time, delay production, and frustrate your team. But with the right routing setup, your business can automate intake, speed up order entry, and eliminate costly errors—without adding headcount. Here’s how small and mid-sized manufacturing businesses are… Read More »From Chaos to Clarity: How Smart Routing Tools Can End the PO Bottleneck for Good
Your team shouldn’t be decoding messy emails or chasing specs before the real work begins. A simple routing and assignment tool can transform your order intake from chaos to clarity—without adding headcount. Stop relying on heroics. Start relying on rules.… Read More »Stop Sorting POs by Hand: How to Automate Your Order Intake and Never Miss a Job Again
Not all BOM tools are built for real-world manufacturing workflows. We break down the top 7 configurators—what they do well, where they fall short, and how to choose the one that fits your team. If you’re still quoting from spreadsheets… Read More »Top 7 BOM Configurators Compared: Which One Actually Fits Your Shop?
Think your ERP has everything covered? Think again. Modern manufacturing workflows demand agility, visibility, and smart decisions—none of which your ERP can deliver on its own. Here are the tools savvy manufacturing leaders are layering in to unlock speed, flexibility,… Read More »Why Your ERP Isn’t Enough—and Top 9 Add-On Tools Successful Manufacturing Businesses Are Using Instead
Your ERP isn’t broken—it’s just not built for flexibility. Most businesses still juggle spreadsheets and manual tweaks just to make BOMs work. A BOM Configurator acts as the missing link—streamlining revisions, improving quoting, and plugging directly into what you already… Read More »Why Your ERP Still Needs a BOM Configurator