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Learning Hub Webinars How BOM Portal supports R&D and Procurement with DFM & DFC analysis throughout the entire product lifecycle

How BOM Portal supports R&D and Procurement with DFM & DFC analysis throughout the entire product lifecycle

In today’s world, supply chain disruptions can impact not only your already designed products in manufacturing, but also influence product design decisions for your next-generation products and early prototypes.

Join us for a hands-on walkthrough of how R&D teams can benefit from shared BOM projects to mitigate supply chain risks, from the initial phase of product design throughout the entire product lifecycle. Learn how procurement teams are enabled with enriched component information in a collaborative BOM project to support R&D throughout the entire product lifecycle and share sourcing insights with management to mitigate risks.

What You'll Learn

BOM Project Creation: 
Create BOM Projects of already designed legacy products based on Spreadsheet Information or create managed BOM projects based on new released prototype projects in your collaborative Workspace.
Supply Chain Intelligence:
Use available resources to enrich your projects with component lifecycle, compliance, pricing, and stock data, and resolve missing manufacturer part numbers — all in one interface.
Impact Analysis & Risk Mitigation: 
Use automated issue detection to find obsolete parts, source confident alternates, and optimize your BOM for the fewest number of suppliers to simplify ordering and reduce cost.
Simplify Component Sourcing:
Define your favorite supplier and adjust part choices based on current availability to allow efficient prototype & production sourcing.
Production Planning:
Identify upcoming sourcing risk with YTEOL & factory lead time. Stay ahead of supply chain disruptions across your BOM projects or consolidated BOM projects to streamline your overall component decisions in your company.
Lifecycle Management: 
Update your BOM projects over the complete product lifecycles and release your milestones from the first prototype stage to manufacturing and track changes along the way for all collaborators during product development.

Why Attend?

Discover how automated data enrichment eliminates hours of manual component research to identify obsolete components & direct replacements
Understand how R&D Engineers can benefit from collaborative BOM projects shared with their procurement team along their development
Learn how procurement teams are enabled to influence component decisions from prototypes to manufacturing and share their insights with management
Get an understanding about your company’s sourcing situation of your overall products
Ask questions directly to experts during the live Q&A session

Who Should Attend?

PCB Designers & Electronics Engineers looking to accelerate the path from design release to working prototype without manual BOM cleanup.
Procurement Specialists & Buyers seeking a streamlined, data-enriched BOM workflow that reduces supplier research and ordering overhead.
NPI & Prototype Engineers responsible for getting first articles built quickly and accurately.
Engineering Managers & Team Leads wanting to reduce the time and rework between design completion and prototype validation.
Any hardware team that has experienced delays, BOM errors, or supply chain disruptions going from prototype phase to production or beyond

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How BOM Portal supports R&D and Procurement with DFM & DFC analysis throughout the entire product lifecycle

Created: May 18, 2026

At a Glance

Explore how shared BOM projects help R&D and procurement teams collaborate more effectively.

Go Deeper with AI:

5 videos

Hosted by Konstantin Arnold - Field Application Engineer

00:34:09 • Jun 3, 2026

Hosted by Konstantin Arnold - Field Application Engineer

00:34:09 • Jun 3, 2026

Explore how shared BOM projects help R&D and procurement teams collaborate more effectively.
Présenté par Majdi Thouabtia - Field Application Engineer

00:51:14 • Jun 3, 2026

Présenté par Majdi Thouabtia - Field Application Engineer

00:51:14 • Jun 3, 2026

Participez à notre atelier pratique et découvrez la façon dont les équipes R&D exploitent les projets BOM collaboratifs pour anticiper et réduire les risques d'approvisionnement.
Präsentiert von Konstantin Arnold - Field Application Engineer

00:37:12 • Jun 3, 2026

Präsentiert von Konstantin Arnold - Field Application Engineer

00:37:12 • Jun 3, 2026

Nehmen Sie an unserer praxisorientierten Präsentation teil und erfahren Sie, wie F&E-Teams von gemeinsamen Stücklistenprojekten profitieren können.
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Presentato da Francesco Cecchetti - Field Application Engineer

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Unisciti a noi per una dimostrazione pratica su come i team di ricerca e sviluppo possano trarre vantaggio dai progetti di distinta base condivisa per ridurre i rischi.
Presentado por Natalia Coria Perez - Field Application Engineer

00:36:52 • Jun 3, 2026

Presentado por Natalia Coria Perez - Field Application Engineer

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Acompáñanos en esta sesión práctica sobre cómo los equipos de I+D pueden beneficiarse de proyectos BOM.

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What You'll Learn

BOM Project Creation: 
Create BOM Projects of already designed legacy products based on Spreadsheet Information or create managed BOM projects based on new released prototype projects in your collaborative Workspace.
Supply Chain Intelligence:
Use available resources to enrich your projects with component lifecycle, compliance, pricing, and stock data, and resolve missing manufacturer part numbers — all in one interface.
Impact Analysis & Risk Mitigation: 
Use automated issue detection to find obsolete parts, source confident alternates, and optimize your BOM for the fewest number of suppliers to simplify ordering and reduce cost.
Simplify Component Sourcing:
Define your favorite supplier and adjust part choices based on current availability to allow efficient prototype & production sourcing.
Production Planning:
Identify upcoming sourcing risk with YTEOL & factory lead time. Stay ahead of supply chain disruptions across your BOM projects or consolidated BOM projects to streamline your overall component decisions in your company.
Lifecycle Management: 
Update your BOM projects over the complete product lifecycles and release your milestones from the first prototype stage to manufacturing and track changes along the way for all collaborators during product development.

Why Attend?

Discover how automated data enrichment eliminates hours of manual component research to identify obsolete components & direct replacements
Understand how R&D Engineers can benefit from collaborative BOM projects shared with their procurement team along their development
Learn how procurement teams are enabled to influence component decisions from prototypes to manufacturing and share their insights with management
Get an understanding about your company’s sourcing situation of your overall products
Ask questions directly to experts during the live Q&A session

Who Should Attend?

PCB Designers & Electronics Engineers looking to accelerate the path from design release to working prototype without manual BOM cleanup.
Procurement Specialists & Buyers seeking a streamlined, data-enriched BOM workflow that reduces supplier research and ordering overhead.
NPI & Prototype Engineers responsible for getting first articles built quickly and accurately.
Engineering Managers & Team Leads wanting to reduce the time and rework between design completion and prototype validation.
Any hardware team that has experienced delays, BOM errors, or supply chain disruptions going from prototype phase to production or beyond

Author

Majdi Thouabtia’s background is in electrical engineering, with several years of experience in hardware development and technical project management. He has worked across the full hardware lifecycle, from EMC-compliant circuit design and PCB layout to prototyping, testing, and production. Throughout my career, Altium Designer has been a key tool in his daily work, so he is especially proud to now be part of the team behind it.

Before joining Altium, he contributed to projects in the EV charging and IoT sectors, leading development efforts and collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Author

Konstantin is a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) at Altium and holds a B.Eng.(EE) and a M.Sc.(SEEM) in electronics and is based in Soest, Germany. He is a technical enthusiast with a passion for Electrical and Electronic Design with 10+ years industry experience in R&D, NPI, Product Definition for semiconductors, embedded systems, power electronics, Inverter, SMPS and industrial measurement systems. As an Altium user from the beginning of his career, he appreciates a lean PCB design workflow for High Speed Designs, MCAD/FEM Integration and Supply Chain handling to accelerate design cycle times with outstanding quality at the same time. He is always passionate about innovative technical problems that challenge the status quo, can classify them within the project/company framework and strive for practical & customer-oriented solutions that offer added value for society.

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Francesco holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from EPFL, Switzerland. He is currently part of the Field Applications Engineering team at Altium. During his studies, his primary focus was on bioelectronics and the microfabrication of biomedical implants. After graduating, Francesco transitioned into a technical sales role with a global supplier and manufacturer of custom magnetics, where he was responsible for both technical and sales discussions, serving as the liaison between design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and customers.

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Natalia holds a Master’s in Electronic Design and brings nearly 15 years of experience in hardware design, testing, and field applications engineering. Her expertise includes high-level hardware architecture, schematic capture, board bring-up, and debugging. Comfortable in the lab and in customer-facing roles, Natalia has spent the last three years providing technical guidance in PCB and 3D design for Additive Manufactured Electronics (AME). Her role includes pre and post sales support, along with onboarding training for new users.