CAPS™ Connect™ - Desktop Electronic Components Data Tool

BoM Cleansing and Management at its Finest!

The CAPS™ Connect tool is the most powerful desktop-based BoMs (Bills of Materials) cleansing and management tool available.

· Single view of all relevant component data.
· Microsoft Excel integration makes it easy to import and export your BoMs and parts lists.
· Use the custom export and reporting features to quickly share product and project details with coworkers, suppliers, and partners.

A customized tool that can be used to watch cleansed parts in one or more BoM files and ODBC Databases for changes found by comparing data from select data sources.  The user can select what subjects are watched and can customize other alert features (manufacturer status, lifecycle risk, lifecycle status, PCN, EOL, RoHs, last order dates, last ship dates, etc).

The Connect tool provides BOM-level risk and obsolescence management by providing direct access to part lifecycle analysis, end of life (EOL) data (including last time buy and ship dates), and part replacement suggestions by type (direct replacement, upgrade, downgrade, or similar).

Combine and view data from multiple sources through the Connect tool without complex IT integrations or expensive specialized hardware. Data integration includes the CAPS™ database, manufacturers’ websites, internal ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), and other online sources.

Use the Connect tool's powerful custom reporting to view or create:
· Custom Query views
· Custom status definitions
· Web and specification views
· Customized row filtering
· Match confidence percentage
· Powerful and robust sorting abilities
· PDFs and URLs from the Connect interface
· Customized Save and Export functions
· Custom MPN (manufacturer part number) trimming algorithms to find the closest matches