Luminovo vs BOM Connector

Comparison in detail: Luminovo vs BOM Connector

Parts

Finding and matching the right parts to your BOM is one of the most important and also time consuming tasks in the process of configure-price-quote (CPQ). Luminovo offers a wide range of solutions to make your work easier, more efficient and more successful.

Find millions of parts from over 10,000 manufactures, get manufacturing-approved part alternatives, check the material compliance (REACH, RoHS, Prop 65, AECQ and many more) of single parts, get in-app or email notifications on changes to available stocks in the market, create manual entries for custom parts, connect the ERP system to get transparency on part inventory and compare parts based on individual parameters.

BOM management

The BOM is one of the most important documents in the electronics supply chain, which is why Luminovo attaches great importance to the BOM Management solutions.

Our AI-BOM Importer is best in class and processes any messy BOM, matches the MPN’s and even recognise detailled specifications form patterns. But that’s not all Luminovo can handle multi-level BOM’s, spot inconsistencies, errors or gaps, automatically extract technical parameters and suggest partially matching MPN’s of your BOM to complete data. Get Alerts for assembly changes, go back to old BOM Versions with our BOM Logbook and monitor your compliance, availability and lifecycle issues in one BOM Health Dashboard. While Luminovo helps you with automations and AI-Supported features BOM Connector requires more manual steps to handle your BOM like a template based BOM Importer. Find the detailed RFQ Management criterias between BOM Connector and Luminovo in our comparison table above. Get ahead of your competition and control your BOM with Luminovo.

Sourcing

The procurement process in the electronics supply chain can be very manual and complex. Luminovo’s Sourcing Module supports procurement departments with finding the best parts, prices and sources all in one tool.

With Luminovo you gain access to real-time list prices, lead times and stock level data from more than 1000 distributors and manufacturers.

Set your Supplier & Manufacturer preferences, get contract prices via API, submit and track quote workflows, automatically consider leader and attrition scrap, scan and extract data from quotes, set and analyse sourcing scenarios, consider multi-site inventories and order parts directly in the tool.

PCB

The PCB is an important component of the BOM and needs to be examined and priced in the same way as the other BOM parts. Luminovo is compared to other competitors one of the only tools that offers a sophisticated PCB Analysis incl. live-rendering & paneling options.

Luminovo includes an AI-based data extractor from Gerber, X2, Excellom, Eagle, KiCad, ODB++ & PDF files that creates a digital twin of the PCB to review the post-manufacturing PCB appearance, inspect the drill holes, stackups and auto-generate PCB panels optimized for assembly machines. Get instant PCB pricing with real-time-quotes and lead times from suppliers, extract design file data for pricing and production and check PCB’s against suppliers’ manufacturing capabilities. While Luminovo considers the PCB as part of an uniform picture on your BOM and an important part in making the supply chain a success, BOM Connector only offers limited features in this field. Find more about BOM Connector’s PCB features in the comparison table,

Manufacturing

Including Manufacturing information is part of a comprehensive view on the electronics supply chain. Calculating Resources and the costs associated with it is necessary to bring electronics to life.

Luminovo offers a broad view on Manufacturing information including Resource Management, Overhead calculation and manufacturing scenarios. Oversee all production and cost-relevant parameters on machines and employees, calculate activity-based costs, automatically determine cost driver values like BGA, component count and BOM data, group one-time costs and activity formulas to templates for instant assembly cost calculations and upload files for an automatic extraction of manufacturing cost-related pick and placement data.

Customer collaboration

The electronics supply chain includes different players that have to communicate and collaborate to make projects a success. Luminovo brings this collaboration in one place and helps to avoid bottlenecks and miscommunication along the way.

With Luminovo you can indicate the files needed for customer requests, enable the freezing of an uploaded customer BOM to initiate the internal quote process, offer an instant PCBA price-view to customers, display your add-on services right in the portal and link it to your manufacturing and overhead calculation, facilitate placing and tracking orders, enable direct communication and tailor the user interface with your logo and design. BOM Connector on the other side does not list any of the mentioned features.

Integrations

Luminovo integrates seamlessly with any ERP System, making it easy to connect your part inventory, clean your ERP data in our advanced part library, streamline your key data such as IPNs, historical prices and customer information and import all your suppliers and internal supplier numbers and contacts right into Luminovo.

Use our supplier API integration with 40+ distributors and 10+ PCB distributors for your real-time contract & market prices on parts and PCB’s and to check availability and other data points right where you need them.