Most teams discover non-compliant or obsolete components two weeks from launch. By then, the cost is not a line item, it is a delayed product, a missed window, and an engineering team in firefighting mode.
A Bill of Materials is the complete list of every component, part, and material in a product. Before anything moves to manufacturing, every item on that list has to be confirmed — still available, not discontinued, compliant with regulations in every market the product will sell in.
Today that check is mostly manual. Engineers go line by line through supplier data, regulatory databases, and internal records. It is slow. It misses things. And when a gap surfaces late, everyone pays: engineers scramble to redesign, procurement hunts for scarce alternatives, quality prepares for tougher questions, and leaders watch timelines slip.
One non-compliant component under RoHS or REACH can block an EU shipment or force a market withdrawal.
A missing UDI field or outdated declaration triggers documentation rework just as a notified body review falls due.
Under revised Annex 1, weak linkages between components and supplier records become deviations or batch holds.
The agent sits inside your design and change management process, before a Change Order is approved and routed to production. It connects PLM, ERP, and QMS into one view, so engineers are not hunting across systems to understand a part’s current status. Every check, fix, and approval is traceable back to the item, the BOM, and the change, so releases are audit-ready by default, not by last-minute scramble.
No more redesigns two weeks from launch. Issues surface at the point of work, when a fix takes hours, not weeks.
Compliant, available alternatives are confirmed at the design stage. Sourcing decisions are faster and not made under pressure.
Every check is documented, role-based, and time-stamped. Audits have one-click access to evidence.
Fewer reschedules. Fewer rework loops. Manufacturing receives a BOM that has already been validated.
Launch timelines hold. Regulatory fines and market access restrictions become avoidable rather than reactive. Engineering and procurement spend time building, not firefighting.
The agent connects PLM as the product record, ERP and SCM for supplier data and lead times, QMS for audit evidence, and MES for manufacturing effectivity. Compliance rules are tailored by region and industry, including UDI fields, Annex 1 evidence links, and sourcing policies specific to your organisation.
Talk to us about embedding Smart BOM Validation into your design and change process.
