Nora IPLM

Nora IPLM is a cloud PLM and PDM platform built by Cerebital for small and mid-sized manufacturers. It handles product data, EBOM and MBOM structures, engineering changes, documents, and configurable workflows, with pre-built CAD integrations.

Video Overview

Key Features

• BOM Management: Build multi-level product structures with revisions, baselines, and defined relationships between items. Reverse mode answers where-used questions by showing every parent assembly a component appears in, and cost and weight roll up automatically across the structure. Engineering content can also be restructured into a manufacturing BOM that stays linked to the EBOM rather than becoming a separate copy.
• CAD Data Management: A Windows desktop app connects SolidWorks, CATIA V5, Solid Edge, and Creo to the platform, pulling model structures in and pushing changes back. Attribute mapping keeps CAD custom properties and platform fields synchronized in both directions, so a part number edited in either place stays consistent. Nora IPLM also generates neutral formats including PDF, 3D PDF, STEP, and IGES so reviewers without a CAD seat can open designs.
• Change Management: Engineering change requests and change orders are managed as separate records, each linked to the items, BOMs, documents, and CAD files it affects. An approved change request generates the change order, with changes routed to the engineers responsible for implementing them. Baselines let a team compare a proposed change against a frozen structure before approving it.
• Item Management: Parts are created under configurable numbering rules rather than manual entry, then tracked through lifecycle states from creation to obsolescence. Mechanical, electrical, and software items are handled as distinct types, each with its own attributes and forms, which suits products with mixed content. Bulk updates apply attribute changes across many items at once.
• Configuration and Variant Management: Rather than duplicating a BOM for every product variation, Nora IPLM holds all possible components and options in a single structure. Configuration rules rule out invalid combinations and generate the exact BOM for a specific order or unit. Updating shared product logic once keeps every valid configuration aligned.
• Document Management: Each save creates a new iteration, tracked separately from formal revisions, with user and timestamp recorded automatically. Two versions of a Word or Excel file can be compared side by side, and configurable review workflows validate documents before release. Files attach directly to items, BOMs, projects, or change records, with access controlled by role, team, or project status.
• Workflow Management: Approval workflows are configured rather than coded, so changing an approval route does not require developer time. Build workflows with conditional paths, loops, and branches, and can promote or demote an object’s lifecycle state automatically as it moves. Tasks can be assigned to groups rather than individuals, and a comment can be required before a task closes.
• Supplier Collaboration: Suppliers and external partners work in a dedicated workspace under a separate External Collaborator license, so they do not consume a full paid seat. The host organization controls which BOMs, items, and documents each supplier can view, download, or upload, and internal users are notified whenever a supplier uploads a file.
• Analytics and Reporting: Dashboards track PLM-specific measures like change cycle time, revision frequency, and engineering workload, with color thresholds that flag numbers moving the wrong way. Summary reports pull together any object’s attributes, revision and change history, approvals, dependencies, and flat BOM analysis. Views update in real time and export to Excel or PDF.
• AI (Nora Prima): Nora Prima analyzes BOM structure for component risk, cost, and readiness, and summarizes the technical, cost, and schedule impact of any proposed change. Similarity detection identifies duplicate or near-identical parts using structured attributes or 3D shape matching, and a material assistant reviews material usage across products for cost and compliance risks.

CAD Integrations

• SOLIDWORKS
• CATIA V5
• Solid Edge
• Creo
• AutoCAD (coming soon)

Nora IPLM ships with these CAD integrations but can connect to any platform via custom connections. Contact Nora IPLM for more information.

Pricing

Nora IPLM offers subscription-based pricing starting at $79 per user per month. Annual subscriptions are offered at a discounted rate. Customers can start with a single user and scale up as the organization grows. Enterprise pricing is customized based on business requirements, size, and support needs. Optional add-ons are available for advanced capabilities.

• Starter ($79/user/month): Covers the core BOM capabilities, offering item management, document management, revision and lifecycle management, and online collaboration features. The starter package does not include access to most advanced add-on features.
• Professional ($149/user/month): Includes everything in Starter but adds advanced BOM management, change management, supplier and risk management, analytics, and integration support. All add-ons are available at this tier.
• Enterprise (Custom Quote): Includes everything in Professional plus premium support and custom reporting and analytics, with all add-ons available. Pricing is scoped to business requirements, deployment size, and support needs.

Optional Add-ons

• Similarity Search Capabilities
• Configuration & Variant Management
• MBOM Management
• Manufacturing and Operations Management
• CAD Integrations
• Advanced Admin Capabilities