Make a Bill of Materials App with AI
Stop wrestling with spreadsheets for BOM tracking. Chattee helps you create a bill of materials application tailored to your manufacturing or product workflow. Describe what you need, and AI builds it for you.
Three Steps to Your BOM App
Describe Your BOM Workflow
AI Builds Your App
Deploy and Start Tracking
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What Your BOM App Can Do
Multi-Level BOM Structures
Build apps that handle nested assemblies, sub-assemblies, and raw materials. Your bill of materials app can reflect the real complexity of your products, not a flattened spreadsheet version of it.
Component and Parts Tracking
Track every part number, quantity, unit cost, and supplier. Chattee generates clean database schemas and search interfaces so your team finds what they need fast.
Live Cost Rollups
Automatically calculate total costs across assemblies as component prices change. No more manual formula updates or broken spreadsheet references.
Revision History and Change Control
Keep a clear record of every BOM change. Your app can include version tracking, approval workflows, and audit trails built right into the interface.
Build Your Own Alternative to Popular BOM Platforms
Alternative to Arena PLM Style Tools
Make a bill of materials app that covers your specific product lifecycle needs without the overhead of enterprise PLM licensing. Add only the features your team actually uses, from BOM management to engineering change orders.
Alternative to OpenBOM Style Platforms
Create a cloud-based BOM collaboration tool customized to your workflow. Control how your team shares component data, manages revisions, and tracks suppliers across multiple product lines.
Alternative to Spreadsheet Based BOM Systems
Most teams still manage bills of materials in Excel or Google Sheets. Build a proper web application with structured data, search, filters, and role-based access instead of juggling file versions.
Niche or Industry Specific BOM Tools
Whether you build electronics, furniture, food products, or machinery, a generic BOM tool rarely fits perfectly. Create a materials management app designed specifically for your industry and product type.
Why Teams Use Chattee to Build BOM Apps
No Coding Needed
Describe your bill of materials workflow in plain English. Chattee handles the database design, UI, and backend logic so you can focus on your products.
GDPR Friendly Hosting in Germany
Your component data, supplier info, and pricing stay on infrastructure hosted in Germany. A strong choice for European manufacturers and supply chain teams.
Fast Iterations on Your Workflow
Need to add a supplier field or change how costs roll up? Make changes in minutes. No waiting weeks for developer availability.
Team Access and Collaboration
Engineers, procurement, and production teams can all work in the same BOM app with appropriate permissions and real-time visibility.
Connect to Your Existing Systems
Integrate your BOM app with ERP systems, supplier databases, inventory tools, or accounting software through APIs.
Export Source Code Anytime
You own everything Chattee generates. Export production-ready code and deploy on your own servers whenever you want. No lock-in.
Built for Real Manufacturing Workflows
AI Plans Your App Architecture
Production Ready Code Generation
Deploy with One Click
What to Think About When Building a BOM Application
Data Structure for Multi-Level BOMs
A flat parts list works for simple products. But if you have assemblies within assemblies, plan for hierarchical data structures that reflect how your products are actually built.
Supplier and Vendor Management
Link components to multiple suppliers with different lead times, pricing tiers, and minimum order quantities. This turns a basic BOM tool into something your procurement team will actually use.
Integration with Inventory Systems
Your bill of materials app becomes much more valuable when it knows current stock levels. Plan for connections to warehouse management or inventory tracking tools.
Change Management and Approvals
In regulated industries, BOM changes need sign-off. Build in approval workflows, revision numbering, and audit trails from the start to avoid painful retrofits.
Scalability as Products Grow
A startup with 50 parts has different needs than a manufacturer with 50,000. Think about search performance, pagination, and how your app handles growing component libraries.
User Roles and Permissions
Engineers need to edit BOMs. Procurement needs supplier data. Production needs read access. Role-based permissions keep your data accurate and your workflows clean.
What Builders Are Saying
Sarah Chen
Founder & CEO, TechStart Inc."We needed a BOM tracker for our hardware prototypes and Chattee built exactly what we described. Two weeks of spreadsheet pain replaced by a proper app in an afternoon."
Marcus Johnson
Product Manager, Fortune 500 Company"I prototyped a bill of materials tool for our team without waiting for an engineering sprint. Leadership approved the concept in days, and now we're scaling it across departments."
Elena Rodriguez
Senior Software Engineer"The code Chattee generates is solid. Clean React components, well-structured APIs, and sensible database design. I exported the source and our team picked up development right where Chattee left off."
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can Chattee handle complex multi-level bills of materials?
Yes. You can build apps with nested BOM structures, including sub-assemblies and raw materials at multiple levels. Describe the hierarchy you need and Chattee generates the right data models and interfaces to support it.
- Do I need coding experience to make a bill of materials app?
- Can I connect my BOM app to our ERP or inventory system?
- Can I export the code and host it myself?
- Where is my data hosted?
- How quickly can I go from idea to working BOM app?
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