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How BOM Connector Can Improve Your Manufacturing Flow
Introduction and Overview
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Agenda
1. What is BOM Connector?
2. How it Works
3. The BOM Connector Modules Explained
4. How it fits into the MSS flow
5. “Live” Demonstration
6. Q&A
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The BOM Challenge
Preparing incoming customer BOMs for quoting, part sourcing and production is a serious time-resource cost for EMS providers.
Getting current prices is very time-consuming
A small error in a BOM can create massive headaches in production. Therefore, the quicker and earlier such problems are identified the better.
Simply put, working with BOM data is probably the single most time-consuming task in today’s electronics manufacturing world.
Getting the ERP system tightly integrated into the MSS flow will improve overall system performance
Creating a proper “Golden” BOM normally requires data from several sources – design, ERP, supplier and manufacturing dept. BOM Connector lets you easily combine this data.
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What is BOM Connector?
BOM Connector from Router Solutions greatly eases the tasks of loading, preparing, editing, formatting, checking and comparing of BOM data for PCB assemblies or system design. Handling, Editieren, Formatieren, Verwalten und Laden von BOM Daten
BOM Connector helps you create more accurate quotes much quicker
BOM Connector adds a vital missing piece to the Valor MSS suite of tools from Mentor Graphics
All manufacturers, EMS and OEM, can profit greatly from BOM Connector.
The Router Solutions GmbH development team provides first-class integration and usage support, timely updates and in-house training.
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Overview
Movex
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The BOM Connector Modules
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BC-LINK
The backbone of the entire system
Uses existing, proven technology
Direct ERP connection via (depending on ERP system) SQL statements, Oracle “Views”, OLEDB, ODBC
SAP Interface via RFC/BAPIs
No extra ERP costs incurred
Automatic, scheduled or triggered task
The ERP Connection
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Examples of ERP Systems Connected
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BC-Exchange
“It used to take us on average 3 phone calls to get the latest BOM for production.”
Hermann Kraus, Siemens A&D
Direct BOM Load from ERP
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BC-Exchange
Direct link to ERP-stored BOMs
Easy-to-use - Simply type in the project number and view all available revisions and variants
Supports a wide variety of ERP systems, including SAP
No intermediate file stored
Support for standard SAP BAPIs
Direct “push” into Valor MSS
Export of a MSS-XML BOM
Guarantees the latest BOM is always in use on the shop floor
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BC-Exchange
“A complex BOM can easily take two to three days to get into our system”
Michael Høgh, Flextronics DK
Completed BOMs Upload to ERP
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Load complete BOMs into the ERP system
Hierarchies and non-electrical parts support
Support for complete system design or individual PCB assemblies
BOM
Comp Info
BOM Load to ERP
BC-Exchange
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BC-IN/OUT
“Thanks to BOM Connector we can now get all our BOMs into one standardized format.”
Joachim Hört, SMT & Hybrid
„e pluribus unum“
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BC-IN/OUT
Read in wide variety of external BOM formats (.XLS. CSV, .TXT etc.)
Reader graphically recognizes patterns and variations
Proper handling of manufacturer partnumbers (MPNs)
Automatic generation of an internal code for BOMs without customer partnumbers (CPN)
Export a standard desired format using easy-to-create templates
„e pluribus unum“
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BC Check
“A BOM can change at any stage – so its only a matter of time before there‘s a discrepancy between ERP and Production.”
Friedrich Pernegger, Fronius
Content and Revision Compare
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BC Check
Check BOM for mistakes (Qty mismatch, part mismatch, etc.)
BOM / PCB Check
BOM to BOM compare for revisions
ERP – external BOM compare
ERP – MSS compare and sync
Content and Revision Compare
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BC-Prep
“Properly matching customer part numbers to our internal partnumbers is without doubt the most time-consuming repetitive task for us as an EMS provider.”
Beat Holenstein, ECR AG
Preparing/Editting Customer BOMs
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Preparing/Editing Customer BOMs Read in any customer BOM and
bring into a common format “SmartSearch” compares
selected fields in the BOM with defined fields in the ERP system
Highly intelligent “fuzzy-logic” search mechanism
Pyramid display shows the best possible matches in the ERP database to customer parts
“ERP Viewer” feature allows easy exchange of component data between EMS supplier and customer
All entries stored for future use
Customer BOM
ERP System
BC Prep
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BC-CAD
“The ability to combine CAD information with BOM information is a great added feature.”
John Conneyworth, TTE Electronics
Integrated Design Viewer
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Built-In Design Viewer
Direct “grab” of the layout data from within MSS Process Preparation
Extract CAD attributes such as side and technology from design and insert into “Golden BOM”
Cross-link between BOM and design
Viewer can search for comps, nets, pins, etc.
BC-CAD
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BC-Quote
“Since we send out over a dozen quotes for each order, any reduction in time here makes a huge impact on our bottom line.”
Thomas Markofsky, MSC GmbH
Quoting – Faster and More Accurate
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Quoting – Faster and More Accurate
Quote times drastically reduced Purchase quantities and bulk pricing calculated based on production quantities Link company’s internal pricing catalog (AVNET, SILICA, etc.) “Best Price” function searches multiple sources (i.e. ERP, internal distributor catalogs,
online portals such as Octopart) Color-coded price display for quick identification of best price Support for consignment parts and multiple currencies Save pricing independent of customer for quick re-quoting
BC-Quote
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BC-Quote
“Varying suppliers, changing prices and uncertain availability are among our biggest challenges… and account for most of our headaches.”
Gerhard Frisch, Zollner AG
AVL/AML Features
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AVL/AML Features
Full AVL/AML support
Vendor information taken from ERP or external sources such as Octopart
Supplier information can also be handled directly within BOM Connector
AML compare between ERP and customer
Preferred, alternative and blocked supplier support.
Manage suppliers and distributors within BOM Connector
Automatically create a Distributor Request for pricing and delivery data and email it to preferred suppliers
BC-Quote
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How BOM Connector Fits into MSS Process Prep Flow
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Library and BOM Link to MSS Process Prep Flow
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Pricing – Standard Configurations
Unilimited Unlimited (at site)
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For any questions, please feel free to contact us:
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Phone: +49 6151 599070, Fax: +49 6151 5990715 www.routersolutions.de [email protected]