High-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing lives at the intersection of complexity and chaos. In this episode of Sourced by Cofactr Ed unpacks why traditional approaches to bills of materials (BOMs) fall apart when every product run is unique and every part number matters.

Ed dives deep into the real-world struggles of HMLV teams—fragmented data, duplicate buys, and the never-ending battle against minimum order quantities—and explains how smarter BOM design can turn the tide. From the power of internal part numbers and approved vendor lists to the discipline of revision control and data normalization, this conversation lays out nine essential best practices for bringing order to the madness.

If your production line is built on small batches, tight margins, and mission-critical precision, this episode shows how to stop BOM chaos before it starts, and why clean, connected data is the ultimate competitive advantage in high-mix manufacturing.