What is BOM Connector?

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 ERP Connection
 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
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Examples of ERP Systems Connected
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BC-Exchange
Direct BOM Load from ERP
“It used to take us on average 3 phone calls to get
the latest BOM for production.”
Hermann Kraus, Siemens A&D
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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
Completed BOMs Upload to ERP
“A complex BOM can easily take two to three days to
get into our system”
Michael Høgh, Flextronics DK
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BC-Exchange
BOM Load to ERP
 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
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BC-IN/OUT
„e pluribus unum“
“Thanks to BOM Connector we can now get all our
BOMs into one standardized format.”
Joachim Hört, SMT & Hybrid
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BC-IN/OUT
„e pluribus unum“
 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
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BC Check
Content and Revision Compare
“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
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BC Check
Content and Revision Compare
 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
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BC-Prep
Preparing/Editting Customer BOMs
“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
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BC Prep
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
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BC-CAD
Integrated Design Viewer
“The ability to combine CAD information with BOM
information is a great added feature.”
John Conneyworth, TTE Electronics
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BC-CAD
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.
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BC-Quote
Quoting – Faster and More Accurate
“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
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BC-Quote
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
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BC-Quote
AVL/AML Features
“Varying suppliers, changing prices and uncertain
availability are among our biggest challenges… and
account for most of our headaches.”
Gerhard Frisch, Zollner AG
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BC-Quote
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
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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
(at site)
Unlimited
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For any questions, please feel free to contact us:
Rheinstrasse 40-42; D-64283 Darmstadt; Germany
Phone: +49 6151 599070, Fax: +49 6151 5990715
www.routersolutions.de [email protected]
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