Working smarter is all about discovering new efficiencies — the kind of efficiencies that streamline complex mundane tasks, offer process improvements, and conserve valuable resources. Regardless of the end product, every business is in a race against time — hard at work identifying new ways to create more product while actually using less time.
This served as the business context and challenge that led to the development of the all-new intelligent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) Management Tool from Mouser Electronics.
Mouser’s global headquarters and distribution center spans over 492,000 square feet.
Mouser — a subsidiary of TTI and part of the esteemed collection of Berkshire Hathaway companies — is a leading worldwide electronics distributor focused on design/prototype creation and development. The company’s chief mission is helping design engineers and buyers engineer a speed-to-market advantage by supplying the newest semiconductors and components for product design, combined with any number of Mouser’s value-added services.
Engineers and buyers can learn more about Mouser’s new intelligent BOM tool on Mouser.com/bomtool.
Mouser’s new BOM Management Tool is available to anyone with a My Mouser Account, enabling users to import a new BOM or view BOMs saved in their account. In visiting with Hayne Shumate, Vice President of Mouser Internet Business, we were able to learn more about this timesaving business tool, easily accessible at www.mouser.com/bomtool/.
Hayne Shumate, Vice President of Mouser Internet Business, heads the company’s BOM tool development team.
“Our goal was to build the most intelligent BOM tool for our industry, making the materials management process less burdensome for engineers and buyers,” shared Shumate. “It remembers not just your preferences, but the layout of your spreadsheets, your naming conventions and the product selections made previously. No part number, no problem. Instead of only matching exact manufacturer’s part numbers, it can analyze partial part numbers and descriptions using a relevancy engine so that the best options can be offered. Currently, other industry BOM tools come up short by showing… no results found.”
Unlike other distributors’ BOM tools, engineers and buyers can choose what product data they want in which columns and export everything into their original spreadsheet with their own custom formatting intact. Currency, formatting, RoHS options, and other individual preferences are remembered — allowing each user to create a truly personalized experience. If a customer does not have a spreadsheet, they can easily paste data directly into the tool. Overall, Mouser’s BOM tool is designed to work around individual users, rather than demanding that individual users conform to a set process determined by the distributor. Ultimately, this benefits customers by allowing them to spend less time reformatting data and resetting preferences. The tool is as unique as each customer that visits mouser.com and uses it.
Overall, Mouser’s new and improved BOM Management Tool gives engineers and buyers what they demand most — time to design the next technological wonder. For more information, visit www.mouser.com/bomtool. ■
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