Case Study: HIPEERLAB accelerates COVID-19 response with OpenBOM

OpenBOM Supports HIPEERLAB To Fight COVID19

The customer, HIPEERLAB, was a group of student engineers who needed to quickly design and manufacture face shields and an open-source ventilator to fight COVID-19. Their challenge was managing complex product information and collaborating effectively across a distributed network of home-based manufacturers and partners after outgrowing their initial use of Google Sheets. They discovered OpenBOM's product through the Onshape AppStore.

OpenBOM provided its cloud-based BOM management service to the team at no cost. The solution enabled HIPEERLAB to easily create and visually share bills of materials with their entire team, which significantly improved collaboration and reduced the time needed to explain parts. As a result, the team efficiently scaled its operations, producing 700 face shields in its first month and successfully developing a ventilator prototype. OpenBOM's tool was a perfect fit for their agile, distributed manufacturing network.

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