Case Study: Warwick Racing cuts BOM lookup time by 50% with OpenBOM

Warwick Racing cuts part-search time by 50% with OpenBOM

Warwick Racing, the University of Warwick's Formula Student EV team, faced significant challenges managing product data for their complex electric race car. Using Excel for their bill of materials (BOM) resulted in static, outdated information and required a team member to manually transfer hundreds of parts from their CAD systems, a process that was both time-consuming and prone to error. They turned to OpenBOM for a solution.

By implementing OpenBOM, the team utilized its CAD integrations to automatically import design data into a live bill of materials with a single click, eliminating manual entry. This created a single source of truth accessible to the entire team. As a result, OpenBOM cut the time team members spent searching for parts by 50 percent, saving countless hours and allowing them to refocus their valuable engineering time on developing and improving the car.

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