Dean H. Stanton · Selected Work
Multi-Level BOM Manufacturing Software Product
An early commercial manufacturing-software product authored by Dean to manage and analyze multi-level bills of material before modern ERP and SaaS became commonplace.
Results
Results and contributions.
01
Situation
Operating context
Manufacturing users needed a practical desktop tool for working with multi-level bills of material during the early PC-software era.
02
Challenge
What made the work difficult
The product had to translate multi-level manufacturing structures and BOM logic into a practical desktop tool that users could understand and apply.
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Dean's role
Responsibility and authority
Dean defined the manufacturing problem, designed the product, authored the software, and led the commercial product effort through The InfoConnection.
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Actions
How the work moved forward
- Defined the manufacturing and multi-level BOM requirements.
- Designed and authored the software logic and desktop application.
- Converted manufacturing product structures into a commercial software tool.
- Worked with a commercial publishing and distribution partner.
- Supported the product within The InfoConnection's technology business.