A Bill of Materials That Knows the Recipe
Uncountable's BOM is built from your formulation, so the bill of materials and its compounding steps come from the recipe itself and stay in step every time it changes, with cost data held on the same record.
Deployed by enterprise R&D and innovation teams:
A Parts-List BOM Cannot See the Formula Behind It
Traditional PLM models a product as a bill of parts, so for formulated products the recipe and the compounding steps end up in a spreadsheet beside it. Change an ingredient and the BOM and every product that shares it fall out of sync. Uncountable builds the bill of materials from the formulation itself, so composition and compounding are one connected record, with cost data held alongside it. And because each BOM lives on the ingredient record and versions with it, bills of materials stop drifting as PDFs in Drive or SharePoint.
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The Bill of Materials, From Recipe to Record
The BOM is the formulation. Every ingredient, its percentage, and its unit cost sit on one record, so cost rolls up from the recipe.
Formulation-driven
The bill of materials is generated from the recipe, not hand-keyed, so it always matches the formulation behind it.
Cost rolls up from the recipe
Each ingredient's contribution is calculated from its percentage and unit cost, rolling up to a cost per kg on the record.
One current revision
Change a raw material and the percentages and cost move with it, shown here on rev 14.
The BOM is the formulation. Build it multi-level, with sub-recipes and compounding steps, straight from the recipe.
Multi-level BOM
Sub-recipes and intermediates nest into the finished product, each level tied to the formulation behind it.
Cost rolls up at every level
Each sub-recipe carries its own rolled-up cost, which feeds the finished product's cost per kg.
Units and yields handled
Unit conversions and process yields are calculated, so quantities and scale-up stay correct.
Unit costs are held on the BOM and synced from ERP, so the recipe's cost data sits on the record, not in a stale spreadsheet.
Cost data on the record
Each ingredient's unit cost is held on the BOM, so the current recipe's cost data sits with the formulation rather than in a separate sheet.
Synced from ERP and SAP
Unit costs and procurement data sync from ERP and SAP, so the cost figures on the BOM reflect real prices.
Stays in step with the recipe
Change an ingredient or a ratio and the cost figures on the record update with it. Budgeting and cost optimization are handled in dedicated tools.
Change once, see everywhere. Where-used finds every product a change touches.
Where-used analysis
See every product, intermediate, and BOM that uses an ingredient, so a change is never missed.
Change control and approvals
Edits route through impact assessment and multi-level approvals before they take effect.
Full revision history
Every BOM revision is versioned, so you can see what the bill of materials was at any point.
One BOM, connected to the record it came from and the systems that consume it:
R&D formulation
The BOM is built from the formulation developed in R&D, without re-entry.
QC specifications
The specifications the BOM carries flow into QC, so testing checks against the current recipe.
PLM product record
The BOM sits at the heart of the product record, from development to launch.
Bidirectional ERP
Unit costs and procurement data sync both ways, so BOM cost reflects real prices.
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The bill of materials is the foundation of PLM.
When the BOM is built from the formulation, cost, compounding, and change all work on one connected record. That is what makes Uncountable's product lifecycle different from a parts-list PLM. Structure first, AI second.
FAQs
It is a formulation-driven BOM: the bill of materials is built from the recipe, so composition, cost roll-ups, and compounding calculations all come from the formulation and stay in step as it changes. It sits at the heart of the Uncountable product record.
A parts-list BOM treats a product as components joined together, so for formulated products the recipe and cost math live somewhere else. Uncountable builds the BOM from the formulation itself, with ratios, compounding, and cost calculated on one record, so nothing is maintained twice or falls out of sync.
Compounding is calculated on the record: mixing steps, ratios, and yields live with the BOM. Cost is held rather than analyzed: each ingredient's unit cost sits on the BOM and syncs from ERP, so current costs sit alongside the recipe. Budgeting and cost optimization are handled in dedicated tools.
Where-used shows every product, intermediate, and BOM that uses a given ingredient, so when a material changes you can see everything it affects and nothing is missed.
Yes. The BOM is built from the R&D formulation without re-entry, its specifications flow into QC, and it syncs unit costs and procurement data bidirectionally with ERP and SAP, so the bill of materials reflects real prices.
