📋 Case Study

Industrial IoT Gateway BOM Governance Overhaul

14 unique regional BOM variants with inconsistent part numbering, causing field replacement delays and warranty claims

🏗️ Project Overview

Global rollout of smart sensor gateway for oil & gas remote monitoring

14 unique regional BOM variants with inconsistent part numbering, causing field replacement delays and warranty claims

Launched global BOM governance council, standardized part numbering (ISO 13584 PCL), and deployed golden BOM master in Windchill

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Legacy Variants / Standardized Variants

Result: 14 → 3

Reduced SKUs, certifications, and spare inventory footprint

Warranty claim resolution time cut from 17 to 2.3 days; $1.8M/year saved in spare parts logistics

•Geographic variants must be managed as configurable modules—not independent BOMs
•Golden BOM ownership must be assigned, not assumed

1Geographic variants must be managed as configurable modules—not independent BOMs
2Golden BOM ownership must be assigned, not assumed

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