A system for automated mapping of bill-of-materials part numbers

Part numbers are widely used within an enterprise throughout the manufacturing process. The point of entry of such part numbers into this process is normally via a Bill of Materials, or BOM, sent by a contact manufacturer or supplier. Each line of the BOM provides information about one part such as the supplier part number, the BOM receiver’s corresponding internal part number, an unstructured textual part description, the supplier name, etc. However, in a substantial number of cases, the BOM receiver’s internal part number is absent. Hence, before this part can be incorporated into the receiver’s manufacturing process, it has to be mapped to an internal part (of the BOM receiver) based on the information of the part in the BOM. Historically, this mapping process has been done manually which is a highly timeconsuming, labor intensive and error-prone process. This paper describes a system for automating the mapping of BOM part numbers. The system uses a two step modeling and mapp...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: KDD
• Authors: Jayant Kalagnanam, Moninder Singh, Sudhir Verma, Michael Patek, Yuk Wah Wong
• Keywords: BOM Provides Information, BOM Receiver, Data Mining, Internal, KDD 2004