1. Bill of Materials (BOMs) and Specifications Mel Whiteside College of Engineering Wichita State University Engineering 101 and Intro. to Eng. Tech. 301

2. Bill of Material (BOM) Topics Covered What is a BOM? What does it look like - examples? How is it used in the engineering profession? Why is it used? BOM software Engineering 101 and Intro. to Eng. Tech. 301

3. What is a Bill of Material? A bill of material (BOM) is a list or table containing information of products or parts (raw materials) within an assembly or project. These include, but are not limited to: 1.Part or product number 2.Part, product, or vendor (suppliers) name or description 3.Color 4.Price 5.Quantity (unit) 6.Waste 7.Etc.

4. BOM Example No. 1

5. BOM Example No. 2

6. BOM Software Design software packages such as CATIA, Inventor, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks contain BOM options. Can purchase software packages for BOM generation Can be created via Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Excel, and others

7. Specifications (Specs.) Topics Covered What are they? How are they used in the engineering profession? Why are they used? Engineering specification example Engineering 101 and Intro. to Eng. Tech. 301

8. Specifications (Specs.) Engineering 101 and Intro. to Eng. Tech. 301 “The specification is a key part of the tender documentation, which also includes the form of tender, instructions to tenderers, and conditions of contract …” They provide “written requirements for materials, equipment, systems, standards, and workmanship for the work.”

9. Specification Examples Engineering 101 and Intro. to Eng. Tech. 301 DOW https://dow-answer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5200/~/lttf---example- engineering-specification NRMCA.org http://www.nrmca.org/p2p/example%20specification.pdf

10. References: http://www.billofmaterials.net/singlelevelexample.php http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fbcse bs%2Fbcs_ebs_bom.html http://www.billofmaterials.net/singlelevelexample.php http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/DD63DD84-D191-42E1-BDDE- 9DE2591D44E7/0/02_Guide_to_specification_writing.pdf http://www.technical-expressions.com/engineering/writing-specs/index.html http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/manuals/swg/documents/swg.pdf http://www.billofmaterials.net/singlelevelexample.php http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fbcse bs%2Fbcs_ebs_bom.html http://www.billofmaterials.net/singlelevelexample.php http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/DD63DD84-D191-42E1-BDDE- 9DE2591D44E7/0/02_Guide_to_specification_writing.pdf http://www.technical-expressions.com/engineering/writing-specs/index.html http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/manuals/swg/documents/swg.pdf