Case studies

Tools built for real EMS work. Names withheld, numbers real.

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.

Built in 2 days

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.

Part list (Excel)Quantities& date neededNPIsourcingBest buy per line,with the reasonUnclear lines heldfor review Part list (Excel)Quantities& date neededNPIsourcingBest buy per line,with the reasonUnclear lines heldfor review
6distributor APIs in one pass
108offers compared for 20 parts in a live test
18/20lines recommended. The other 2 were held for review, not guessed.
Live in 4 days

BOM scrubber

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 BOMSchematic PDFPick & place fileBOMscrubberClean BOMFlags foryour engineer Customer BOMSchematic PDFPick & place fileBOMscrubberClean BOMFlags foryour engineer
137designators checked on one real board
9issues caught before purchasing: 4 conflicts, 5 parts missing from the BOM
0exports allowed while a conflict is open
First version live in 2 days

A CRM rebuilt from Excel and PowerPoint

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.

BD slide decks (PPT)RFQ log (Excel)Trip reportsCRMimportOne recordper customerMeeting prep BD slide decks (PPT)RFQ log (Excel)Trip reportsCRMimportOne recordper customerMeeting prep
100+customers in one place
~1,000updates recovered from dozens of slide decks
~300RFQ and site-visit notes linked to the right customer
Live in 6 days

Manufacturer master-data cleanup

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.

ERP manufacturer listDistributor namesIdentitymatchingOne name permanufacturerEvery matchapproved by a person ERP manufacturer listDistributor namesIdentitymatchingOne name permanufacturerEvery matchapproved by a person
1,374ERP manufacturer records reviewed
224unclear matches settled by a person, not a guess
0records left pending

Approved parts from scattered spec documents

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.

Spec docs (Word)Spec docs (PDF)Approved-partsextractionOne structuredparts listConflicts flagged,never merged Spec docs (Word)Spec docs (PDF)Approved-partsextractionOne structuredparts listConflicts flagged,never merged
24documents processed at once
100%of merges shown in a report
0conflicting statuses merged

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