Case Study: Headstock Distribution streamlines BOM management with OpenBOM

OpenBOM Helps Laney Amplification and HH Electronics to Relieve Engineers from the Burden of Manual BOM Management

Headstock Distribution, the owner of Laney Amplification and HH Electronics, faced a significant challenge with manual bill of materials (BOM) management. Their engineers were burdened with the time-consuming and error-prone process of manually creating and updating BOMs from their extensive 3D CAD data, which hindered their ability to focus on product design.

By implementing OpenBOM, the company automated and streamlined its BOM creation process. The solution seamlessly integrated design data from their CAD systems into a web-based platform, enabling fast, accurate, and collaborative BOM management. This resulted in the time to generate a BOM being reduced from a full day to just a few minutes, providing reliable and accurate data to their suppliers and manufacturing partners. OpenBOM also improved service part identification and allowed non-engineering staff to easily make updates, increasing overall business agility.

Headstock Distribution

Richard Thompson

Director of Product Design