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Upload the BOM and the PCB specification. Luminovo matches every line to a manufacturer part number and pulls live prices and lead times from 1,000+ distributors.
Pick a manufacturing template for the lines and regions you want to compare. Luminovo adds placement, test, overhead, and margin to the material cost and shows the should-cost per board.
Put each supplier quote next to the should-cost, see which block holds the gap, and take the numbers into the negotiation or the next design review.
Show a supplier where its quote sits above the should-cost, block by block, instead of arguing about the total.
Material cost comes from real-time prices and lead times for every BOM line, not from last year’s price list.
Engineers see the cost impact of a part or board change while the design is still open. Up to 80% of a product’s lifecycle cost is set during design.
costdata® reference data for processes, machine rates, and regional labor works inside Luminovo, so assembly and overhead rest on benchmarks.
Compare regions and manufacturing options before you move production. Leuze found 17% lower production cost for a sensor project and brought its production back to Germany.
The should-cost runs on the BOM your buyers source from, so the estimate and the later purchase use the same parts and prices.
“Once you get the configuration done, the BOM import, the scrubbing, the scrap calculation, the auto-sourcing — it is so easy that you feel like you're doing something wrong.”
Matthew GrabanskiSupply Chain Manager, Nova Engineering“Luminovo has cut out hours and hours of work from my team so they can focus on other things.”
Hassan MalakVP Sales, Omega EMS“Luminovo has been a transformative force at Datalink. It has streamlined our quotation process and enhanced our response to market needs with speed and precision.”
Aran SharmaBusiness Development Director, Datalink“Luminovo helped us close a gap and strengthen our full-service offering. Without it, Rapid Sample wouldn't be viable at this scale.”
Dr. Siegfried SeidlProgram Manager Rapid Sample, Zollner Elektronik“We identified components that were either unavailable in Europe or restricted to a single source. After the analysis, we found alternatives that were more cost-effective and offered better availability. This allowed us to bring production back to Germany.”
Dimitri SkoricProject Procurement, LeuzeExplore all the most frequently asked questions.
Should-costing estimates what a part or an assembly should cost from its materials, processes, labor, overhead, and margin, instead of taking a supplier’s price as given. For a PCBA, that covers the price of every BOM line, the bare board, assembly, and test.
Luminovo prices every BOM line with live distributor data, adds the PCB price from the board’s specification, and calculates assembly and test from the manufacturing template you choose. Overhead and margin complete the estimate, so you see the cost per board and per block.
Part prices and lead times come from Luminovo’s distributor integrations in real time. For processes, machine rates, and regional labor, Luminovo works with costdata® reference data.
Import or collect the quotes in Luminovo, and they appear next to the should-cost, split into the same blocks. Open-book quotes are normalized, so you compare like with like and see which block holds the gap.
In the concept phase. Up to 80% of a product’s lifecycle cost is set during design, and Leuze now has its electronics cost within 24 hours instead of weeks, before the design is final.
Cost and value engineers, strategic buyers, category managers, and hardware engineers. Procurement negotiates with the should-cost; engineering uses it to choose parts and board options in design reviews.
In a 30-minute demo, we’ll run one of your own BOMs and show you prices, lead times, and risk on your parts.
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