The product life cycle constitutes of the structure that targets product engineering operations such as definitions of complex bills of materials and routings, utilization of alternative materials, product revision tracking in production and planning operations, consumption of expiring on-hand materials.

As many levels as desired can be defined, images, drawings and procedures at any engineering level can be stored, current product costs can be quickly calculated by different cost calculation methods for the bills of materials and routings.

You can automatically determine the most suitable replacement item during the production operation according to the alternative policies, and ensure the optimum utilization of your materials on hand.

In the course of time bills of materials can undergo modifications due to various factors such as market conditions, cost increases, technological development. It is possible to log the revisions that are made in the bills of materials with such modifications. The modifications that are made in the life cycle of the product, such as changes in material, routing and other aspects, can be reflected to all the bills of materials by batch operations, old bills of materials can be viewed and used in production for temporary period, and planned modifications can be considered in material and capacity planning.

The system includes ability to define programmable bills of materials that are differentiated in terms of their features, and their ability to explode instantly during production and planning operations.