Altium 365 BOM Portal Update - New Features!

We’re thrilled to inform you about the latest updates to the Altium 365 BOM Portal, which includes the ability to manage and optimize multiple BOMs, visibility into parts usage, and autofill of alternate parts. These new features and improvements are designed to make your BOM management even more efficient, helping you streamline purchasing, reduce costs, and mitigate supply chain risks.

New Features

Consolidated BOM (Open Beta)

Combine multiple BOMs, adjust quantities, and optimize part selection. This feature allows you to consolidate similar parts manually, reducing the number of unique components, and potentially lowering costs with bulk ordering. Octopart users can export their optimized BOM or order parts directly from Octocart. Automated part consolidation suggestions are coming in the future!

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​​Used Parts (Open Beta)

Gain a comprehensive overview of all components used across your projects. Monitor and optimize your parts usage, track part lifecycle, availability, and compliance, and streamline your supply chain management. This feature allows for manual optimization by identifying opportunities to consolidate similar components.

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​Autofill Alternates

Accelerate the process of adding alternates to your BOM with the new Autofill Alternates action. This feature works with both library-added alternates and those suggested by approved parts data providers (IHS, SE, Z2Data). The alternates from your library part choice list will be added by default.

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​Other Improvements

• Compare existing BOMs with new BOMs or any BOM in your workspace
• Specify your country/region in BOM settings to receive accurate SKU offers tailored to your location.
• App-level settings for BOM Portal:
  • Assign users to the BOM Portal App and 
  • Define default settings for currency, country, favorite suppliers, and BOM checks
• BOM Portal UI adjustments:
  • Increased height of the lines,
  • Component preview,
  • Freeze column action,
  • Extra quantity support to add spare parts, and
  • Item % column to show the percentage of BOM cost per line.
• Alternates are shown now in BOM comparisons
• Enhanced BOM Checks:
  • Mismatch alerts between part number and BOM Item descriptions,
  • Potential incompatibility of used alternates and
  • Missing Part Number in PCL (part choice list)
• Improved MPN Resolution Logic:
  • The system now uses the Name and Description columns to find and map the MPN if it’s not provided.
• Enhanced Revision ID Component Linking:
  • Both Revision and Revision ID columns can now be used as Internal Part Numbers (IPN).