RM Components Transforms Bills of Materials Processing
How a precision engineering firm replaced manual BOM workflows with structured, AI-assisted case handling.
Problem
Bills of materials processing was entirely manual — engineers spent hours cross-referencing component data across supplier documents, inventory systems, and production schedules.
Solution
Interloom structures the BOM lifecycle into workflow stages with AI-assisted extraction and deterministic validation against inventory and supplier data.
61%
Faster BOM processing
90%
Automatic field extraction accuracy
3.5h
Average weekly time saved per engineer
“Our engineers are engineers again, not data entry clerks. The time we've gotten back goes straight into design work and quality improvements.”
Operations Manager, RM Components
Background
RM Components is a precision engineering firm that manufactures complex assemblies for industrial clients. Every production run begins with a bill of materials — a detailed specification of components, quantities, suppliers, and tolerances that must be accurate before manufacturing can start.
The Challenge
BOM processing was the bottleneck in every production cycle. Engineers manually extracted component data from supplier PDFs, cross-referenced it against inventory records, checked tolerances against design specifications, and flagged discrepancies for purchasing. A single complex BOM could take half a day to process, and errors caught late in the cycle caused costly production delays.
How Interloom Helped
RM Components built a BOM processing workflow in Interloom that covers the full cycle — from supplier document intake through component extraction, inventory matching, tolerance validation, and exception routing.
AI-assisted extraction handles the initial data capture from supplier documents, achieving 90% accuracy on standard formats. Deterministic validation steps check each component against inventory levels and design specifications. Discrepancies are routed to the responsible engineer with full context, reducing resolution time from hours to minutes.
Engineers can modify extraction rules and validation logic directly as new suppliers and component types are introduced, without waiting for IT support.
Results
BOM processing time dropped by 61%, and engineers save an average of 3.5 hours per week that previously went to manual data entry and cross-referencing. Extraction accuracy on standard supplier formats reaches 90%, with continuous improvement as the team refines rules for new document types.