Case Study: Xtend Robotics accelerates robot design and production planning with OpenBOM and Onshape

Xtend Robotics Is Using A Magic Duo – OpenBOM and Onshape To Deliver the Service Robots of The Future

Xtend Robotics, a company developing advanced service robots, needed a scalable solution to manage their complex product data and transition from design to manufacturing. They were relying on Excel for Bill of Materials (BOM) management, which quickly became inadequate for production planning, cost rollups, and providing a single source of truth for their multidisciplinary designs. They turned to the vendor OpenBOM, integrated with the cloud CAD system Onshape, to overcome these challenges.

The solution implemented by OpenBOM provided a centralized platform for BOM management, production planning, and inventory control, seamlessly integrated with their Onshape CAD data. This integration created a single source of truth, eliminating data silos and duplicates. OpenBOM delivered significant results, including reducing the RFQ and purchase order process time by 75% and enabling the complete design of three robot variants in just three months. The visual BOMs also improved communication with suppliers and company leadership.

Xtend Robotics

David Rubli

Xtend Robotics