PLM, BOM & Digital Thread worked example

ECO Impact Radius with parts and boms the eco can safely touch of 310 count: a worked example

Push parts and boms the eco can safely touch up to 310 count and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when eco impact radius in plm, bom and digital thread needs a clean margin number for a plm, bom and digital thread go / no-go review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Parts/BOMs the ECO can safely touch (capacity): 310 count (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 125)
  • Parts/BOMs the ECO actually affects: 100 count (unchanged)
  • Reference baseline for impact scale: 100 count (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Eco impact radius amount gap = available eco impact radius amount - required eco impact radius amount) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 % for eco impact radius margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 value for eco impact radius amount gap.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 310 value for available eco impact radius amount.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 100 value for required eco impact radius amount.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where parts and boms the eco can safely touch sits at 125 count and the headline result is 25 %, this scenario comes in 740% above the baseline at 210 %.
  • It computes the gap between the change's safe capacity and its actual affected-item count, then expresses that gap as a margin against a reference baseline. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Eco impact radius margin: 210 % (headline result)
  • Eco impact radius amount gap: 210 value
  • Available eco impact radius amount: 310 value
  • Required eco impact radius amount: 100 value

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live ECO Impact Radius calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.