Closing the EBOM-MBOM Gap with Dassault and Adlib

Let’s talk about one of the least glamorous (and most business-critical) challenges in manufacturing: syncing your Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) with your Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM).

It sounds easy. It’s not. And if you’re not treating it as a strategic priority, you’re leaving money, time, and trust on the table.

Here’s what’s really happening behind the scenes:

Although EBOMs and MBOMs describe the same product, they serve very different masters.

• Engineers build products optimized for performance.
• Manufacturing teams build them for repeatability and cost.
• And somewhere in between? Disconnected systems. Duplicate data entry. Risky change orders. Endless rework.

Every unsynced BOM is a delay waiting to happen. A compliance violation hiding in plain sight. A misassembled product at the end of the line.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. But the good news? There’s a smarter, faster way to get your BOMs in sync and keep them there.

An Enterprise as a House, Not a Silo

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How PLM systems like Dassault Systèmes fixes the BOM breakdown

Leading PLM systems, such as Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE, are the blueprint for doing this right. These systems create digital continuity between your EBOM and MBOM, so engineering and manufacturing aren’t just speaking the same language, they’re operating from the same playbook.

Here’s what it unlocks:

✅ Build your MBOM directly from the EBOM
✅ Track every part, change, and dependency in real-time
✅ Eliminate rekeying and duplication
✅ Visualize impacts before they become problems
✅ Move from design to delivery with zero confusion

This isn’t theory. It’s real-world execution. And it works. But there’s still one critical piece missing…

The bottleneck everyone ignores: Unstructured Content

Even with a best-in-class platform, most manufacturers still struggle with a simple fact: your most important documentation lives in formats your systems can’t use.

Think about it:

• Engineering change requests buried in scanned PDFs
• CAD drawings floating in email threads
• Compliance documents with no metadata
• Supplier info in three formats and five languages

None of that lives inside your EBOM or MBOM. But all of it determines whether your BOM is actually buildable. And if that content isn’t accurate, searchable, or compliant? You’re just automating chaos.

Here is why Dassault customers choose Adlib

Adlib isn’t another system to manage. It’s the AI-enabled automation layer that makes your documents smart, structured, and ready for the workflows you care about.

Here’s how we do it:

1. Convert messy CAD drawings into pixel-perfect, standardized PDFs
2. Extract metadata like part numbers, tolerances, and approvals
3. Stamp, watermark, digitally sign, validate, and PDF/A every output
4. Feed structured data right into your PLM, ECM, or Dassault platform
5. Prep unstructured content for AI, analytics, and downstream systems

No more mystery files. No more email archaeology. Just clean, actionable content that flows where it needs to. Automatically!

The Critical Role of Adlib in Dassault Solutions like 3DX, Catia, and Solidworks

‍How AI-Driven CAD File Automation Saves Engineers Time and Money

Rendering CAD files as PDFs without losing layers with Adlib Transform

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What happens when you combine Dassault + Adlib?

• You remove the manual work from BOM alignment
• You accelerate change order implementation
• You reduce rework, cost, and compliance risk
• You make your engineering and manufacturing teams actually work together
• And you go to market faster, with less friction and more confidence

This isn’t a nice-to-have. This is your competitive edge.

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Let's kill the BOM chaos

If you’ve already invested in 3DEXPERIENCE, it’s time to stop letting unstructured content slow you down. Adlib is the layer that brings order to the doc chaos and unlocks the full power of your BOM process.

Let’s talk. We’ll show you how to close the loop.