MBOM management
Build and Manage Manufacturing-Ready MBOMs
Create, manage, and release MBOMs for every manufacturing context, with persistent traceability to engineering and the flexibility each plant needs.
Bridge the gap
The product as designed is not always the product as manufactured.
Nora IPLM gives manufacturing teams the freedom to restructure engineering content around how products are actually built without creating disconnected copies of the EBOM.
Create global or plant-specific MBOMs, introduce manufacturing-specific content, manage configurations and effectivity, and maintain traceability back to the engineering definition throughout the product lifecycle.
The transformation workspace
Transform EBOM into MBOM.
Regroup, relocate, split, merge, or transform engineering content into a manufacturing-oriented structure while Nora maintains the associativity between both definitions.
Move content to the assembly or station where it is consumed.
Build one-to-many and many-to-one manufacturing implementations.
Add raw materials, consumables, phantoms, and intermediate items.
Generate an initial MBOM with configurable transformation rules.
Adapt the generated structure to each manufacturing context.
Persistent traceability
Keep EBOM and MBOM connected.
Your MBOM can look completely different from the EBOM without losing the relationship between them. Nora maintains one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and manufacturing-specific implementations.
Every manufacturing context
Build the right MBOM for every plant, product, and variant.
Global & plant-specific
Maintain a common manufacturing definition and adapt it to local processes without uncontrolled copies.
Variants & models
Manage product and manufacturing configurations in the context where each definition applies.
Date & unit effectivity
Control exactly when and where an item, structure, or replacement becomes effective.
Alternates & equivalents
Capture substitutes, replacement items, and context-specific manufacturing equivalents.
Independent change control
Let engineering and manufacturing evolve on their own timelines.
Restructure assemblies, introduce manufacturing-specific content, and revise plant MBOMs without unnecessarily changing the engineering definition. Every change remains controlled, revisioned, and connected.
Cooling Cover advanced to Revision C
Geometry and mounting pattern updated in the EBOM.
Three plant MBOMs evaluated
Two implementations remain valid. One mapping requires manufacturing review.
Action requiredPlant-specific MBOM revised
Production definition updated independently for the new effective date.
Production readiness
Validate and release with confidence.
Check MBOM completeness, structural consistency, configuration, effectivity, and engineering implementation before controlled information moves downstream.
Start from the controlled engineering definition.
Generate, restructure, and enrich the manufacturing view.
Resolve missing, partial, inconsistent, or outdated content.
Publish controlled manufacturing data downstream.
Build a connected manufacturing definition
Move from engineering design to production without breaking the digital thread.
Automate MBOM generation, manage manufacturing-specific structures, respond to change, validate readiness, and publish controlled data downstream.