Collaboration Lessons from a Hardware Design CEO
Oct 27, 2026 9:00am PDT
A Part You Cannot Source
Is a Product You Cannot Ship
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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What Teams Say About Staying
Ahead of the Supply Chain
"We are in the middle of designing several revolutionary products. Knowing what components are readily available in the market, and also knowing what's at risk in the market, is a very big deal."
"The biggest challenges with procurement is supply chain and availability. Inventory, especially as of late, is just fluctuating pretty heavily. Getting a heads-up before we send these files off to the fab and assembly shop, we can actually get insight into what is available right now."
"We now have the feature to check which component is in which product, and we can even see with ActiveBOM which components are end-of-life or obsolete... it's possible for the purchasers that they check now inside Altium 365 which components are used where."
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Anchor the Enterprise on One Governed BOM
One governed BOM carries the product definition through engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. Approving a release delivers the released BOM into your PLM as the controlled record, so the enterprise works from what engineering actually approved instead of a re-keyed spreadsheet.
Maintain a Stable, Lifecycle Managed Component Set
A governed component library standardizes parts with lifecycle states, compliance signals, risk profiles, and stability data. Engineers choose components with pricing, alternates, and forecasts, preventing redesigns and obsolete picks.
Deliver Up-to-Date Supply Chain Intelligence Inside Design
Live pricing, stock, alternates, lifecycle forecasts, and risk signals surface inside design. Automated checks enforce sourcing, cost, and compliance on every commit, so sourcing problems surface during design rather than after release.
Execute Strategic Sourcing with Connected Intelligence
Transform your BOM into immediate negotiation leverage. Connect up-to-date market data to automated RFQs and bid evaluations, giving procurement full spend visibility while engineering locks in commercially viable parts from day one.
Enforce Sourcing Governance Across the Enterprise
Standardize your category strategies and supplier mandates across all divisions. Automated controls and proactive cost checks ensure margin targets, compliance standards, and resilience objectives are met on every project without slowing down design teams.
Maximize Global Purchasing Leverage
Move from manual quoting to intelligent spend management. By centralizing your category data and standardizing your sourcing workflows, you automate the entire RFQ process across the organization. Procurement teams can instantly compare supplier bids, calculate the lowest Total Cost of Ownership, and maximize negotiating power on every contract.
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Connected context from intent through release with an intelligent, governed, extensible platform.
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Every industry has its own definition of supply chain risk
What Teams Say About Staying
Ahead of the Supply Chain
"We are in the middle of designing several revolutionary products. Knowing what components are readily available in the market, and also knowing what's at risk in the market, is a very big deal."
"The biggest challenges with procurement is supply chain and availability. Inventory, especially as of late, is just fluctuating pretty heavily. Getting a heads-up before we send these files off to the fab and assembly shop, we can actually get insight into what is available right now."
"We now have the feature to check which component is in which product, and we can even see with ActiveBOM which components are end-of-life or obsolete... it's possible for the purchasers that they check now inside Altium 365 which components are used where."
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