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Bill of Materials

The structured list of components required to make one unit of a product.

Area
Manufacturing
Abbreviation
BOM
Also known as
BOM, recipe, formulation
In this area
14 terms of 257

A bill of materials lists every component, sub-assembly and quantity needed to produce one finished unit. Multi-level BOMs nest sub-assemblies, each with its own component list.

The BOM is what connects a production plan to a purchasing plan: multiply it by the build quantity and you have your material requirement. An out-of-date BOM produces shortages and surplus in the same run.

How it is calculated

Component requirement = BOM quantity per unit × Units to build ÷ (1 − Expected scrap %)

Include expected scrap or the last few units always come up short.

Bill of Materials is not just a definition here

Manufacturing runs on this vocabulary every day in AWRA OpsHub — 14 of our 257 glossary terms describe things the platform actually does.