Mechatronic BOM for Engineering

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Mechatronic BOM: Integrating MCAD and ECAD

Combine mechanical and electrical design into a unified mechatronic bill of materials. By integrating MCAD and ECAD data, you create a centralized, redundancy-free data foundation across the entire product lifecycle.

The mechatronic BOM acts as a single source of truth for engineering, procurement, production planning, and manufacturing. Consistent data structures reduce errors, eliminate duplicates, and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration.

This increases transparency, efficiency, and product quality throughout the value chain.

Combine Your MCAD and ECAD BOMs - for a Complete Mechatronic Solution

Although the importance of the interdisciplinary mechatronic approach is undoubted, the daily work routine is often different. During product development, a bill of materials (BOM) is created in both MCAD and ECAD. These stand side by side, sometimes complementing each other, sometimes overlapping. There is no standardized data source that can be accessed by all persons and departments involved.

The challenge is to create an integrated mechatronic bill of materials that seamlessly combines the MCAD and ECAD data. Such an approach would improve communication and collaboration by creating a single source of truth for all stakeholders.

Integration increases efficiency, avoids redundant data and increases the accuracy of the bill of materials. A holistic view of the product during development is thus ensured, resulting in a smoother workflow and more effective product development.

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Challenges in Creating Bills of Materials

There is a large number of departments that work with item lists and bill of materials to fulfill their tasks, such as cost estimation, work preparation or procurement. Do you know the challenges associated with this process?

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One Task - Two Bills of Materials

Although only one order is involved, two bills of materials exist in your company - one from mechanical engineering and one from electrical engineering.

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Maintenance and Comparison of two Bills of Materials

Your employees work with these two independent bills of materials and have to check and compare them repeatedly.

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Manual Matching

The two bills of materials are merged manually - this not only takes a lot of time, but also involves an enormous risk of error with high follow-up costs.

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Lack of Transparency

The exchange of BOM data is irregular and incomplete. The interaction between mechanics, electrics and hydraulics is hardly reproducible - especially when changes are made.

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The interaction between mechanics and electronics generates complex data sets that must be precisely aligned. Consistent data is essential for an efficient value chain, with the bill of materials (BOM) ensuring a seamless flow of information within the company.

To create a redundancy‑free purchasing list, MCAD and ECAD bills of materials must be reconciled—resulting in the mechatronic bill of materials, or Engineering Bill of Material (eBOM). First, the system identifies whether the BOM originates from mechanics (MeBOM) or electronics (EeBOM). Then, components are classified to determine which MCAD parts are relevant for ECAD.

A BOM comparison then generates the unified mechatronic BOM. The focus is on avoiding duplicates, capturing all components needed for procurement, and ensuring that all engineering domains use the same item.

Advantages of a Mechatronic Bill of Materials

The advantages for a mechatronic bill of materials are clear.

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Unique Bill of Materials

All parties involved work with the shared bill of materials of mechanics and electrics and can rely on the redundancy-free information.

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Best Possible Collaboration

Employees at all stages of the engineering project are ideally supported and collaboration with other departments is significantly improved.

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Optimal ERP Data

Consistent data is available in the ERP system, quality increases, and duplicates are eliminated. The optimized article and bill‑of‑materials process improves development, order processing, procurement, and service.

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Time and Cost Savings

Errors are detected early, rework is avoided, and manual tasks are eliminated. The unified data basis shortens project timelines, engineers gain time for innovation, and products reach customers faster.

Cideon Workshops for Mechatronics & BOMs

Our mechatronics & BOM workshops are standardized consulting methods for MCAD and ECAD. We help you to identify your potentials and to develop an overall solution to master your challenging mechatronic requirements.
The workshops focus on identifying your potential based on current and future desired working methods, the targeted development of an overall solution and its comprehensible presentation.

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This workshop provides a comprehensive and cross-functional analysis of the processes along your value chain. Based on your current business model, your optimization and digitization potentials are identified.
 

A transparent process development and definition of the electrotechnical and mechanical bill of materials follows this analysis. Here, change and release management are examined in more detail, as well as the clearing and synchronization of your parts databases.

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Cideon Mechatronic BOM Scoping

In this workshop, your processes and requirements in the area of articles and bill of materials will be recorded. The Cideon solution concepts will be presented and your customer-specific target processes will be worked out. Following this we will present our solution proposal, including a concrete project offer.
 

The target image to be realized is realized in the form of software implementation and service. This is followed by a run-through of a representative customer project, as well as corresponding training measures.

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Cideon Whitepaper: The Path to a Mechatronic Bill of Materials
 

Digitalization in machine building and plant construction has made great leaps forward in recent years in particular. Mechatronics is an important emerging topic. Mechatronic engineering deals with the integration of mechanics, electronics and other disciplines in product development. The basis for this is the mechatronic bill of materials, which contains all mechanical and electronic parts as well as components from other disciplines.

 

Find out how a mechatronic BOM is created in our whitepaper.

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FAQ about the Mechatronic Bill of Materials

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary field that combines mechanics, electronics, and computer science to develop innovative solutions for complex technical challenges. Mechatronics is widely used in various industries, from the automotive industry to medical technology and robotics. Mechatronics is also playing an increasingly important role in machine building and plant construction.

The integration of different trades or departments within a company leads to greater efficiency, precision, and functionality in product development and production.

The mechatronic bill of materials is a BOM that combines mechanical and electrical parts and assemblies. It often also includes related areas such as hydraulics and pneumatics.

As information from the different systems and departments of a company is brought together and synchronized in a mechatronic bill of materials, sources of error are minimized. Processes are also accelerated and manual effort is eliminated.

The introduction of a mechatronic bill of materials requires several steps, which are different in every company. Basically, it involves standardizing data and processes and connecting systems.

Mechatronics is not software that can simply be installed, but rather a process. The complexity of mechatronics stems from the integration of several technical disciplines, each with its own requirements, technologies, and methods. The more differently the disciplines are organized, the longer the path to mechatronics usually is.

How long the introduction will take cannot be said in general terms. It depends very much on which systems are used in your company, how the various departments interact with each other and what the specific project objective is. Mechatronics projects are always extensive, as entire processes and system landscapes are examined and optimized.

MCAD (Mechanical Computer-Aided Design) and ECAD (Electrical Computer-Aided Design) are software solutions used in product development. MCAD refers to the creation, analysis and optimization of mechanical systems, while ECAD is responsible for the planning and design of electrical circuits and systems.

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Within the context of Cideon process consulting, we will work together on your current challenges and identify possible potentials. We address your individual needs and support you in the implementation of new projects. Our value proposition: optimised and short project runtimes in compliance with the defined budgets until go-live.

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Software Solution for a Consistent Configuration Process


Cideon Conify consistently links data from the sales and engineering phases to automatically provide PDM-compliant MCAD and ECAD data of the configured product. This is the basis for the subsequent engineering-to-order and the creation of ERP-specific parts lists, work plans, circuit diagrams and production processes according to customer requirements, so that individual products can be created quickly and in accordance with specifications.


Main advantages:

  • Automate daily tasks when processing configurable products
  • Consistent data quality
  • Ensure uniform standards for everyone involved in the process
  • Combination in a mechatronic parts list

Cideon Conify is the ideal combination of CONnection and CONfiguration!

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Enhanced Collaboration

Optimal Cooperation Along The Entire Product Life Cycle

Ensure that all employees and also external stakeholders can access up-to-date and correct information. With fast and reliable document exchange and efficient management of projects, you can significantly optimize your processes and increase efficiency. 

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Our Interfaces

Cideon's interface solutions facilitate dependable and automated data interchange between CAD applications and ERP, PDM, and PLM systems, ensuring seamless integration across your digital ecosystem. By eradicating duplicates and data entry errors, we optimize workflow efficiency and bolster data accuracy. Our dedicated team is committed to guiding you in selecting the most suitable interfaces tailored to your unique system landscape and operational needs. Reach out to us today to explore how our innovative solutions can revolutionize your processes and propel your business forward.

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Why Cideon?

Cideon connects systems, data, and processes to streamline product development – from concept to production and service.
Delivering measurable value through smart engineering and digital transformation.

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Benefit from decades of expertise in system integration and process consulting.
Cideon delivers solutions that go beyond concept – successfully implemented in real-world operations: efficient, scalable, and built to last.

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Cideon takes a holistic approach to your processes – from product development through to manufacturing.
We seamlessly connect systems and data, eliminate silos, and drive measurable efficiency across your entire value chain.

 

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Tailored Solutions

No off-the-shelf products: Cideon develops systems precisely aligned to your requirements.
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Quality, speed, and reliability in engineering are critical to your success. Comprehensive services are just as important as dedicated specialists and powerful software solutions.

Cideon Support offers you fast and uncomplicated answers to your questions, detailed insights into products and solutions as well as helpful tips and tricks.

Go one step further with Managed Services: With Managed Services, we monitor your CAD/PDM/PLM environment to ensure long-term operational reliability. Your systems remain up to date, consistently maintained, and optimized – ensuring that your software is consistently maintained and optimized.

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