Ideally, the BoM also provides analytic data for better management decisions, on tradeoffs between suggested design modifications and other critical factors like cost and compliance.

FORBES: PLM and the Bill of Materials

Using this predictive and analytic traffic tool, transportation agencies and city planners in the future will be able to proactively design, manage and optimize transportation systems to deal with ever-increasing traffic due to population growth and increasing urbanization.

ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool