Collaboration Lessons from a Hardware Design CEO

Oct 27, 2026 9:00am PDT

Supply Chain Management

A Part You Cannot Source 
Is a Product You Cannot Ship

Up-to-date availability, pricing, lifecycle, and risk, built into every stage of design

Supply Chain Management for Companies 
of Any Industry and Any Size

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Choose Parts You Can Actually Source

Manufacturer Part Search brings lifecycle status, supplier availability, and pricing into Altium Designer. Compare parts and suppliers before placing a component, so sourcing becomes part of the design decision.

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See BOM Risk While the Design Can Still Change

ActiveBOM turns the BOM into an active design document in Altium Designer. Map components to manufacturer parts, and review pricing, availability, and sourcing risk before the board ships.

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Bring the BOM Into the Browser When It Helps

BOM Portal brings the BOM into the browser, with checks for invalid, deprecated, low-stock, and noncompliant parts. Share it for review, or consolidate BOMs across multiple boards or projects.

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See Supplier and Manufacturer Data in One View

Octopart brings supplier stock, pricing, and availability, while Accuris adds manufacturer, lifecycle, and regulatory data. Both are available in the Manufacturer Part Search panel, ActiveBOM, and BOM Portal, right where part decisions get made.

Explore Part Intelligence

Add Deeper Part Risk Intelligence When Needed

Optional integrations with SiliconExpert and Z2Data add obsolescence forecasts, lifecycle and compliance data, alternative-part recommendations, and risk indicators giving deeper analysis for projects that need it.

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Design, Share, and Stay in Sync.

Altium Develop helps individual engineers and small groups get started fast, design without friction, and share work when it matters. No heavy setup required.

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Put Engineering and Procurement on the Same BOM

The BOM Portal gives both teams one BOM in the cloud, with up-to-date pricing, stock, and lifecycle. Procurement raises substitutions where the line item lives, not over email.

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Everyone Picks From the Same Approved, Lifecycle-Managed Components

Managed components carry a lifecycle state, so designers pull from one approved set. New parts follow a request step before they reach a board.

Explore Library Management

See BOM and Library Risk Across Every Project the Team Runs

The Library Health Dashboard surfaces obsolete and at-risk parts across the workspace. Standardized templates keep new components consistent as the team grows.

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Sync Components With Cloud PLM, Publish BOMs to It

Bidirectional component sync keeps parts aligned with Duro or Arena PLM. Release and publish workflows push BOMs and project records to the PLM in one step.

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Up-to-Date Stock, Pricing, and Lifecycle, Built Into the Design Tool

Manufacturer Part Search and ActiveBOM bring distributor stock, pricing, and lifecycle into Altium Designer. Optional Z2Data and SiliconExpert add deeper risk scoring.

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Speed at Scale. Structured Repeatability. Secure Flexibility.

Structured collaboration for multidisciplinary electronics teams and development that keeps people and data aligned without sacrificing speed.

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Anchor your Product Lifecycle on One Governed BOM

One governed BOM anchors your entire product lifecycle, keeping engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and your ERP/PLM systems aligned on the same definition. With live supply-chain intelligence at the moment of design, you avoid costly redesigns and can build on time, on cost, and at scale.

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Maintain a Stable, Lifecycle Managed Component Set

A governed component library keeps approved parts in one place, each tagged with lifecycle status, compliance, and supply risk. Engineers see pricing, alternates, and forecasts at the moment they choose a part, so obsolete picks and redesigns are caught before the design is locked.

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See Supply-Chain Data Where Design Decisions Are Made

Live pricing, stock, alternates, lifecycle forecasts, and risk signals appear inside the design environment. Automated checks for sourcing, cost, and compliance run on every commit, so problems surface in design instead of in a late review.

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Turn Your BOM into Negotiating Leverage

Connect your BOM to current market data, automated RFQs, and bid evaluations. Procurement gets full spend visibility, and engineering commits to commercially viable parts from day one.

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Apply the Same Sourcing Rules to Every Program

Define sourcing, compliance, and supplier policies once and apply them across all divisions. Automated checks keep cost and compliance targets on track without adding manual review steps for design teams.

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Enterprise-Wide Procurement

Standardize quoting across the organization and bring spend data together in one view. Combined demand across programs gives you clearer visibility into total spend and stronger negotiating power.

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Digital Thread at Scale

Connected context from intent through release with an intelligent, governed, extensible platform.

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Find the right solution for where 
your team is today

Each solution is a different stage, not just a different feature set

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For the designer who is also the IT department.

Cloud-connected version control and a centralized library without a server to manage.

  • Git-based version control with visual diffs
  • Centralized cloud component library
  • Design reuse blocks
  • Live DRC and high-speed routing
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For teams where the next wrong-version build is one commit away.

Conflict prevention, lifecycle states, and design review inside the platform.

  • Change conflict prevention before commit
  • Configurable lifecycle states and release
  • In-platform design review
  • Where-used tracking across all projects
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For regulated organizations where data must connect to enterprise systems.

Granular permissions, enterprise PLM, and flexible deployment.

  • Role-based access and IP separation
  • Windchill, Teamcenter, Aras, Oracle PLM sync
  • Customizable data structures
  • Cloud, on-premise, or single-tenant