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As a product development company we often want to kick off the supply chain early in the design process to ensure long lead items arrive on time. Additionally it helps to stagger the procurement process while designs are incrementally matured and released. As a result the BOM structure is very dynamic as the design and project develops. The CAD top level assembly is always treated as the truth source. Are there any recommendations on maintaining a BOM that stays aligned with the CAD, but also allows for unique tagging of parts that are ready for procurement? Unique is the key as a part could be used on multiple projects, but we only want to track the procurement status on a single project. In many instances this is referred to as an Advanced BOM.
We do have MPMLink and have experimented with using a BOM transformation. Any recommendations or best practices on how to handle this situation are appreciated!
We're trying to work through this too. I developed a concept using documents linked to the specific parts that were approved to purchase, but we haven't put it in place yet.