期刊名称：International Journal of Engineering Business Management
印刷版ISSN：1847-9790
电子版ISSN：1847-9790
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
DOI：10.1177/1847979017732638
语种：English
出版社：InTech
摘要：A bill of materials (BoM), or product structure, is a diagram that lists all the components and parts required to produce one unit of a finished product, or end part. It is often represented as a tree structure with hierarchical relationships among different components and materials. In this article, we introduce two procedures to convert single and multiple BoM into networks. These procedures allow us to leverage the potentialities of networks analysis, providing new perspectives in terms of representation and extractable informative content, and thus gaining insights into the criticalities of parts and components. We conclude interpreting some network measures and their outcomes in terms of practical implications in industrial management, for example, product functional design and, above all, variety reduction programs.
