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BOM Editor

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Altium’s independent BOM Editor tool overcomes the procurement hurdles of fragmented and outdated component data, any supply chain disruptions, and inaccurate cost estimates. It handles compliance concerns for standards like RoHS/REACH, and even offers seamless collaboration between the Procurement and Design team. Moreover, any existing BOM can be analyzed and updated using the BOM editor app. Using Altium’s Professional workspaces intelligent supply chain of IHS/Octopart can be leveraged.

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Read Documentation
Preparing a BOM in the Report Manager Preparing a BOM in the Report Manager

The Bill of Materials, or BOM, is a key ingredient of the data set generated from a board design project. This report-type document provides a listing of all components required to build the product, including the bare board, which is essentially the base 'component' upon which all other parts are assembled. The BOM acts as a guide for what needs to be procured to build the product as designed…

Read Documentation
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Read Documentation
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Read Documentation
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