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Visualizing and structuring complex bills of materials: a framework for enhanced engineering operations in custom manufacturing

Kourtis, Georgios Konstantinos (1); Hvam, Lars (1); Correa, Mariana Fernandez (2); Johnsen, Sara (2)

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Kourtis, Georgios Konstantinos (1); Hvam, Lars (1); Correa, Mariana Fernandez (2); Johnsen, Sara (2)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; 2: NKT Photonics, Denmark
Page(s):
657-666
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10424
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
Custom manufacturers of engineered products face growing challenges in managing complex and variant Bills of Materials (BOMs). This paper proposes a visualization-driven framework for structuring and analyzing overcomplete (150%) BOMs in Engineer-to-Order environments. The framework integrates configurator rule logic, generic BOM structures, and metadata to enable explicit traceability and diagnostic analysis of variant-specific BOMs. A proof-of-concept prototype evaluated in a European fibre-laser manufacturer demonstrates support for variant validation, error detection, and alignment.
Keywords:
design management, bill of materials (BOM), product lifecycle management (PLM), engineer-to-order, context-driven selection
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