How o9 Works Layout Showcase

Chapter 99 · Topic 6

Node Topic Layout

Item A BOM Item B
  • Consumes one or more input items, produces one or more outputs
  • Defines yield: how much output per unit of input consumed
  • Has a lead time — the duration of the transformation
  • Runs at a specific location (plant or manufacturing node)
  • Can be chained to form multi-level Bills of Materials

The Node Topic layout is designed for concepts that have a canonical visual representation in the o9 data model. The left panel shows an SVG diagram of how the object sits in the network graph; the right panel lists its key characteristics as bullet points. A summary card below ties it together with a plain-language description. Use this layout when you're introducing one of the four network primitives: Item, Transformation Process, Transportation Process, or Resource.