Product Structures Features and Functions
Before there is enough product information for a formal bill of material (BOM) to be generated, product designers can capture conceptual product definitions as product structures. Product structures may contain requirements, drawings, rough sketches and other documents in a hierarchical representation that reflects a logical breakdown of the product into components. The product structure typically comes before final specifications are developed and formal part numbers are defined.
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- Product structure can identify major components and systems of a product
- Product structure provides a hierarchical classification of components
- Product structure does not require formal part numbers to be defined
- Product structure can capture attributes of components
- Association of any level of product structure with drawings and documents
- Product structures can be viewed in a tree structure
- Product structures can be viewed as a visualization of the product
- Objects from multiple applications can be viewed together in the product structure
- Product structured can store schematic design in addition to physical design
- Product structure hierarchy can be independent of BOM
- Product structures can contain other product structures as components
- Items can have multiple product structures
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Configuration Management/BOM Features and Functions
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