Design and manage product data, design, and bill of materials
How design and manage product data, design, and bill of materials are reshaped as AGI capability advances.
The bottom line
Roughly 85% of the work in Design and manage product data, design, and bill of materials is information-shaped — already within reach of AI delivery. The question here is not whether it shifts, but which tasks go first and who staffs the residual.
Why: Although the APQC lens places this within the 'Produce/Assemble/Test product' category (which typically suggests physical manufacturing), the specific process name and description heavily refine the focus. 'Designing the BOM' and managing product data are purely information transformation tasks performed using CAD, PLM, or ERP software, making this highly digital knowledge work.
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How the work flows
Trigger: A new product design phase is initiated or an engineering change request is approved.
- Gather product design specifications and component requirements
- Identify and classify raw materials, parts, and sub-assemblies
- Draft the engineering Bill of Materials
- Translate the engineering BOM into manufacturing and service structures
- Validate BOM accuracy against design models and supplier data
- Publish the finalized BOM data to enterprise systems
- Process ongoing engineering change orders and component revisions
Outcome: A complete, version-controlled Bill of Materials is published and accessible for manufacturing, service, and procurement.