BOM
The job packet, made virtual.
BOM (Bill of Materials) brings the job details together into one virtual packet that travels with every run: the parts, the quantities, and the machines it routes through. The floor and your production data share a single definition of what is being made, out of what, and where.
Pallet wrap, 18 in clear
Order qty
4,800 ea
Line
Line 14
Due
Jun 30
LLDPE resin
Dowlex 2045G, natural
1,250
kg
Blue masterbatch
Ampacet 2271
18
kg
Fiber cores
3 in, 96 count
96
ea
Stretch wrap labels
Print run B
4,800
ea
See it in action
The job packet, in the real app.
Materials priced per unit, the device and product they belong to, and the labor routing the job runs through, all in one place. Built from the BOM workspace on blue-dev production data.
Anatomy of the packet
What is inside a job packet.
A tight run definition the floor can scan quickly and the rest of the suite can use.
Job, customer, product, due date, line, and order quantity.
Materials, components, packaging, part numbers, and descriptions.
Planned amounts in the units the floor uses: kg, lb, ea, ft, cases.
Operations, expected labor, standard hours, and the machines in sequence.
Notes, specs, changeover context, and the shared run definition.
Across the suite
What the suite does with BOM and routing data.
BOM is the foundation for live job guidance, material variance, labor routing, and analysis by job, line, shift, and operation. Multi-step and batch production tracking builds on the same packet.
Job packet
Materials, quantities, routing, job context
Work Tracker
Operators see the active job, expected materials, routing step, and standard labor while they record stops, rejects, changeovers, and checks.
Pulse
Supervisors watch each live run against its BOM, labor route, expected material draw, and job context.
Explorer
Managers compare standard versus actual usage, scrap, OEE, and labor variance by job, material, line, and shift.
Advisor
Ask practical questions about the job.
With BOM and labor-routing context, Advisor can answer the questions supervisors and operators ask during the run: what the job should consume, what it has used, and which route step is holding it back.
What material does Job 10482 on Line 14 consume, and what has it cost so far?
Job 10482 is running 18 in clear pallet wrap on Line 14. The planned BOM calls for 1,250 kg Dowlex 2045G LLDPE, 18 kg Ampacet 2271 blue masterbatch, 96 fiber cores, and 4,800 labels. Actual material issued so far is 742 kg LLDPE and 10.9 kg masterbatch. At the current material rates, the run has consumed about $1,090 in resin, $95 in color, and $180 in cores and labels.
Which routing step is the bottleneck for this job?
The Line 15 slitting step is pacing behind standard. Line 14 extrusion finished 3.4% faster than standard, but Line 15 is running 11.8% over standard machine time with 42 minutes of knife-change downtime. Line 12 packaging is waiting on slit rolls, so I would start with the slitter setup loss.
What's the standard vs actual material usage for this run?
For Job 10482, standard usage through the current quantity is 721 kg LLDPE and 10.4 kg masterbatch. Actual is 742 kg LLDPE and 10.9 kg masterbatch. That puts LLDPE at 2.9% over standard and masterbatch at 4.8% over standard. Scrap is concentrated after the Line 7 print pass, mostly registration rejects on the first two rolls.
What it unlocks
A material layer the whole suite can build on.
With a shared job packet in place, material and routing context power the next layer of production workflows.
- Show the active BOM beside the live job in Pulse
- Guide operators through the current route step in Work Tracker
- Compare standard material usage against actual consumption by run
- Tie downtime, scrap, and OEE to the machine step where they happened
- Flag route steps that are running over standard labor or machine time
- Roll job, material, and route history into Explorer for analysis
- Give Advisor the job context it needs to answer practical floor questions
Resources
Learn more about Costing and BOM
Coming soon
Multi-step and batch production tracking.
One grouped roadmap item for lines with multiple machines per line, and for batch processes with sequential steps: step starts and ends, one flowing into the next. Distinct from today's loss analysis and waterfalls.
Track multi-machine lines and sequential batch steps against the same BOM packet, so upstream and downstream constraints share one run definition.
Give every job one source of truth.
Book a demo and we will show how the virtual job packet ties materials, jobs, and your production data together.