Case Study: a leading eCommerce company achieves real-time product configuration and BOM cost estimation with OpenBOM

OpenBOM to drive product configurations and real time BOM cost estimations for successful eCommerce business

A leading eCommerce company faced significant challenges in manufacturing its made-to-order products. Their process of translating thousands of customer configurations from Shopify into specific bills of materials was manual and did not scale. Furthermore, they struggled to manage fluctuating costs tied to daily global commodity prices. They turned to OpenBOM for a solution to automate and streamline this process.

OpenBOM provided a solution that utilized its robust API to automatically generate a unique BOM for each customer configuration. A daily automated process updated item costs based on real-time commodity pricing. This integration enabled the company to instantly create production orders, assign vendors, and generate purchase orders directly from sales. The result was a seamless, automated workflow from sales to manufacturing that eliminated a pricing nightmare, scaled with their business, and became a key competitive advantage for the company.