OpenBOM is powerful & easily deployed for a start-up company
November 17, 2021

OpenBOM is powerful & easily deployed for a start-up company

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with OpenBOM

OpenBOM is a key tool for use in several facets of the company: It allows for us to have a central location of approved parts for production, authorized & disqualified vendors in our vendor list, and obviously our production BOM. By having this centralized, it allows for all users to have a single point of reference, avoiding conflicts or uncoordinated databases of information.
  • Flexibility with an ability to work within defined structure
  • Configuration management
  • Vendor management (active/watch/disqualified)
  • Accessibility to the design team for discussions/ understanding of functions.
  • Consistent log-off/ log-ins required (despite saying stay logged in)
  • Default "custom use" of fields (vs. requiring the user to check this each time a new parameter is selected).
  • Cost (subscription fees)
  • Cost/ Time for entry & maintenance
  • My company has avoided (literally) hundreds of misconfigurations, saving us months of development cycle time.
  • We have been able to streamline vendor management/ approval (or disqualification), reducing the overall time from ~8 hours to

Do you think OpenBOM delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with OpenBOM's feature set?

Yes

Did OpenBOM live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of OpenBOM go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy OpenBOM again?

Yes

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
OpenBOM is well suited for users who require the ability to have a "structured sandbox" when it comes to part, BOM, and vendor management. By having this structure, it allows for consistent capturing of key information, in a structured way, while also being dynamic where approved users can modify the information without too much overhead. We're using it for a medical device.