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09.04.23 Bill of Materials Design Review

When: 09/04/2023 @ 10PM

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BOMS Question Doc - Google Docs

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Peyton McKee

Is manufacturer PIN the same as part number

Should be Manufacturer Part Number / PN

Peyton McKee

What does add Assembly button go to 

Assembly is just a name it would be a popup like adding a vendor

Peyton McKee

What is the point of the move up and move down functionality

Maybe change to switch assembly button

Walter

Could we be able to click on subtotal and sort by price 

yes

Peyton McKee

What are the most important / identifiable aspects of each BOM

Manufacturer Part Number, Name

Reid Chandler

Is there any information that is not necessary to display in the table and would be better to be displayed in a pop up

Links potentially and notes could be moved to a popup and not included in the table

Peyton McKee

Is there any way to use BOMs to track component use like adding an in use status or something 

Delete Put Away and instead just use received

Peyton McKee

What does editing a BOM look like

In line preferable, notes and link would be editable from the popup like tasks

Reid Chandler

Do we have a set # of manufacturers

a lot of one offs

Can make it a model that is very easy to add to (make it an autocomplete that makes a new manufacturer if it doesn’t exist)

Action Items:

  • Screenshot all the mockups and put them in confluence, with a little description of each one

  • Copy paste link to this question doc in confluence

Other Notes:

  • Electrical Parts: too granular to use a BOM to track (reason for part numbering system in Finishline); attempt to integrate with BOMs on rollout (only used for new components, users can optionally add existing parts). Way to track excess parts purchased in a BOM

  • Altium has a live BOM as you add components to the board. Export BOM from altium (excel spreadsheet), upload to digikey, autogenerates BOM to buy. New Feature: upload BOM to Finishline from digikey?

  • Concerns:

    • Have purchase order pdf (to scrape for the info to create a BOM)

    • Way to update part numbering if inventory is lost

    • Feature to check pre-existing stock when making a new board/BOM to give the user a notification

    • Hard to add in part quantity (bc the exact # of parts is changed after the BOM it exported from Altium)

  • Enhance Gantt chart to auto-generate change requests/wps/projects

    • Make edits in a Gantt chart, then walk the user through the change/ have them generate the CRs

Link this document in a design review confluence page!

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