What is a planning BOM?

Every project should start with a plan —— Especially for large projects like semiconductor design , Project cost （ And the cost of failure ） Very high . In order to effectively and accurately describe the needs of the project , And help determine the feasibility of the project before in-depth study , Planning a bill of materials can play an important role .

In this paper , You will learn what planning a BOM is , Why is it important for semiconductor design , And how to use Methodics IPLM Easily create planning BOM .

What is a planning BOM ？

Planning BOM , Or planning Bom, It is essentially a list of potential requirements for a project . It started early in the project , Even before the project is officially approved .

In early planning IP Often loosely defined , There may be a lot of changes in projects and requirements . By viewing items and IP The schedule of , Determine manufacturing and purchasing decisions , And allow IP BoM Quickly share among planners , planning BoM Facilitate early planning .

With a plan BoM, You can ：

• Combine new projects with IP Create workflow automation .
• Yes IP Decision making is demand driven " hypothesis " analysis .
• Understand the impact of different choices on cost and schedule .
• Facilitate the delivery of an executable BoM.
• Commit to what you will deliver in the project .

Why in semiconductor design , planning BoM Very important ？

Time to market pressure has always been a key consideration in launching semiconductor projects .

BoM Start at the feasibility stage of the project , At this stage, a decision is made as to whether the project can actually be carried out . At this stage, you can roughly know when the product needs to be released to achieve the expected return on investment , Of course , The actual development progress may not be predictable .

If a company implements a plan BoM Method , This mainly helps two things ：

• It helps with IP owner / Suppliers plan and negotiate .
• It provides empirical information about planning accuracy .

Compare the planning and actual situation of previous projects , New projects can be better predicted and planned .

How to create a plan BoM

Start planning BoM There are many ways . Planners can simply create all the plans for a project IP list , Link them to IP Actual planned version in the directory . They may not be linked yet （ There is no such thing as ）, But planners can still be IP Create a plan project . This can help engineers understand what is going on , And can promote IP recycling .

However , More time , The new project is based on the previous . therefore , It is possible that IP（ As a link to IP The actual version of the planned project in the directory ） Plan imported into a new project BoM in .

ad locum , The planner can plan BoM Make changes , take IP Link to new IP Line （ Plan to release ）, Change the project structure, etc . They can plan throughout the development of the project BoM Make a revision , And compare these versions . Can be in the planned IP Set the schedule and requirements on the , These can be aggregated to the top of the project , The following parties Methodics IPLM Shown ：

as well as Hansoft Shown ：

When necessary, , The development of the project can start from planning BoM Start . Planning can be run BoM And execution BoM Of “ Sync ”, This will create a new IP edition （ If the hierarchy has changed ）, However, the existing at the time of import will be preserved IP edition （ If the hierarchy does not change ）.

Besides , According to the assumption ,IP The management workflow will start from planning BoM start-up , for example IP demand 、 Register or supply .

Why use Methodics IPLM To plan BoM？

Use Methodics IPLM Implementation plan BoM Method , It mainly helps to complete 3 thing ：

• It allows engineers to see what is being planned IP, So as to maximize the company's IP The reuse of .
• It helps with IP owner / Suppliers plan and negotiate .
• It provides empirical information , Help to improve the accuracy of planning . Compare the plan and actual situation of previous projects , New projects can be better predicted and planned .

Methodics IPLM Already managing IP Directory and the IP Development of . Project metadata exists in the system . planning BoM It is usually built in spreadsheets , The information is not real-time , and Methodics IPLM By capturing real-time data during planning , Achieve more accurate and efficient planning activities .

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