By completing the CAD BOM with Virtual Components and Raw Material, such BOM can be transferred to the ERP system. Such information is later used when transferring the CAD BOM to the ERP system. The same search can also be used to search for raw materials and save the raw material number and quantity as a custom iProperty on the part. With powerGate you have an ERP item search within the CAD application, which allows you to search for a purchase part and insert that as a Virtual Component. However, in our projects, we apply a workaround. For the raw material, Inventor does not provide any solution. For the purchase parts, you can use Inventor’s Virtual Components. There are two topics that may cause a bit of struggle: purchase parts and raw materials. The resulting ERP BOM is identical to the CAD BOM, in content and structure. In other words, if your BOM within the CAD application is complete, it can be used as the source for creating the BOM inside the ERP system, without using Vault items. This means that if the CAD BOM stored in Vault is complete, then it can be transferred 1 to 1 to the ERP system. So, without the need to open the file, the CAD BOM is ready for use.
The same data can be used to transfer the CAD BOM to the ERP system. The “ assign item” function of Vault Professional uses exactly this information for generating items and the BOM. Luckily, when you check in an Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical or Electrical file in Vault, the CAD BOM is stored as well. In both cases, the only source for the Bill Of Material (BOM) is your CAD data. Let’s see what it means not using Vault items. In this case, you may use Vault Professional and just ignore or even switch off the item master, or you may use Vault Workgroup. There are good reasons to use the Vault item master and there are good reasons not to use it. In the conversation with customers, one question came up every time: shall we use Vault items or not. From SAP to Microsoft and many, many other ERP vendors. Over the past 5 years, we had the pleasure to connect Vault with over 20 different ERP systems, through our solution powerGate.
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