# IT's all about the BOM
Why transfer the BOM manually into your ERP system when you can do it automatically?
Digitizing the BOM transfer process is a worthwhile time & effort investment that can help you connect Autodesk Vault to your specific ERP system with perfect efficiency.
Entering manually a BOM into the ERP can be extremely tedious, time-consuming, manually and also rather prone to error: the damage caused by an incomplete or incorrect BOM can become significant and cause problems as well as additional costs.
However, the good news is the solution is already there: professional CAD/Vault to ERP integration can reduce the time it takes to create and update the BOM by 90% and increase the accuracy of the BOM by 100%.
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Read from our customers:
With plenty of areas and locations involved and a thriving business, Primetal required a technology platform allowing quick, reliable and customizable process automation as well as a solution capable of growing over time. The company also felt the need to find a partner to support this growth all along the way.
After implementing a step-by-step Vault-SAP integration, we automated the PDF creation process and transfer to SAP with DIR creation and maintenance, including metadata.
These solutions helped Primetal improve their design productivity by 15-20% and their data quality by 30%.
The company was willing to replace their old file-based SAP connection with a modern, extensible and direct integration. The new interface would need to:
- support designers in transferring the master data;
- map several organizational levels;
- define leading systems for each field separately;
- allow the transfer of released drawings into SAP (including revision mapping);
- reduce efforts to a minimum.
By switching from a file-based connection to direct integration, we helped EMPL revise and improve their processes. Automation also allowed the company to save time in various areas of their activity.