NPI sourcing across six distributors
Every new product introduction means pricing a fresh part list. Buyers checked distributor sites one part at a time. Looking up distributor data by hand could take 3 to 12 hours per BOM.
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Each one runs on real BOMs, ERP exports and distributor data. Together, they’re part of a platform that saves one EMS customer 5,000 engineering hours per month.
Every new product introduction means pricing a fresh part list. Buyers checked distributor sites one part at a time. Looking up distributor data by hand could take 3 to 12 hours per BOM.
Customer BOMs, schematics and pick-and-place files disagree more often than anyone likes. Engineers checked them by eye, and misses showed up at kitting or first article.
Customer knowledge lived in four places: the ERP customer list, an RFQ log, monthly business-development slide decks and trip reports. Preparing for a meeting meant digging through all four.
Years of manufacturer names in the ERP didn’t match what distributors call them. Mapping names by hand took about 2.5 hours per 100-part BOM.
The customer’s approved manufacturers for each part were spread across Word and PDF specifications. Building one usable list meant copying tables by hand, and conflicting entries were easy to miss.
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