The same information may be referred to differently in various parts of your enterprise. Unaligned design and manufacturing operations, inconsistent definitions, and outdated supply chain and manufacturing processes can all contribute to such problems. To combat these issues, you need a manufacturing data management system that ensures both accuracy of your production records and visibility into the engineering change management process.
Using Oslo Suite you can implement solutions that provide "input once, available everywhere" consolidation of your item descriptions. This means that you will have a clear line of sight to all manufacturing data inventory to finished product.