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opportunities, and risk tracking, as well as market and community benchmarking data to enable data- driven negotiations.
l Executive IQ: A summary view of
BOMs, spend, savings, and risk by product, business unit or across the enterprise — a prioritized view of BOMs with highest savings and risk.
EMS RFQ and Risk Management The platform allows PCBA sup-
pliers to generate quotes in minutes, while proactively managing parts risks. l
cal and commercial overview of any part, with used information and im- pact to all customers due to risk.
l BOM IQ: Provides BOM cost and Part IQ: Offers an in-depth techni-
ing procurement, quoting and engi- neering. The company’s platform provides real-time visibility to risks, such as compliance and availability along with mitigation recommenda- tions. It also can uncover cost savings opportunities at the component, BOM and business levels. The company’s quote team can
generate a quote for a PCBA BOM in minutes that gives insights into risks and cost savings opportunities. Fi- nally, the engineering team can get cost and risks on a prototype BOM and provide visibility on existing components used within a customer’s company. Palasagaram concludes, “Part
risks along with mitigations in min- utes, identifying cost savings opportu- nities through alternates for cus- tomers, as well as real-time monitor- ing of risks and savings opportunities.
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nent leaves the automated storage system, the system starts the clock on that component, while recording the exit time, internal humidity and external humidity. When the part re- turns to the system, the clock is stopped on that part and the remain- ing eligibility time is recorded for the component. While it is out of the storage
system, warnings will be sent as the component approaches expiration and can be escalated as the expira-
tion time approaches. If the part is baked to restore its eligibility, a su- pervisor can enter their code and cer- tify the restored eligibility. When an audit occurs, one has
only to enter the component part number and unique ID, and the sys- tem can print out the life history of that component from receipt until all were used. No clipboards or manual entries are needed. The internal tracking system for MSD is also able to share data with any exterior soft- ware system, such as MES, to update the status of the MSD components.
Floor Space One of the additional advan-
tages of automated storage systems is the savings of floor space as a re- sult of the density inside the sys- tems. For space savings, the case- based systems have an advantage, based on higher internal densities than the bare reel systems. A 3,600- reel, case-based system can save about 70 percent of the floor space needed by traditional shelving. When comparing different auto-
mated storage systems prior to pur- chase, the purchaser should be guid- ed by the principle of cost per reel (or tray), not the cost per storage unit. Why is this method important? It is because of the wide differences in ca- pacity between storage systems. A higher cost system may actu-
ally be by far the best value, because its large capacity results in a far low- er cost per reel stored. So if a unit holds 964 reels and costs $47,500, then the cost per reel is about $50. On the other hand, if a unit holds 3,602 reels, costs $93,300, then the cost per reel is around $26, and holds nearly four times as many reels.
UltraFlex One popular case-based unit,
the UltraFlex, has another distinct advantage. To understand the Ultra-
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