The extension of the Smart Expert partnership to the Scandinavian region is an important step for CircuitByte GmbH, which raises the successful partnership to a new international level. „As a Smart Expert Partner, we had already reached the highest possible level of sales cooperation with Siemens in the Germany region. From now on, we are pleased to be able to distribute the Valor product board paired with the BOM Connector Enterprise developed by us as an end-to-end Supply Chain 4.0 solution in Scandinavia,“ says Kevin Decker-Weiss, Sales Director of CircuitByte.

The Valor Process Preparation Tool allows the central preparation of data for high-mix, high-value or low-, mid-, large-volume production programs and therefore forms an optimal „bridge“ between the areas of development and production. In the process, a „digital twin“ accelerates all subsequent processes and also forms the basis for the modern strategy of batch size 1. „The digitalization of workflows, processes and machine times allows targeted cost calculation in advance and is therefore a „must“ for every EMS manufacturer,“ Decker-Weiss emphasizes.

BOM Connector Enterprise, on the other hand, handles the often time-consuming and at the same time extremely diverse range of procurement tasks, whereby the program can also be integrated into an existing MES system. The software covers the material and process cost calculation of all manufacturing areas including SMT and THT assembly, test field and other processes. In addition, the system allows quick and easy access from different locations. Furthermore, the „Production Cost Calculators“ (PCC) module can be used to create fully comprehensive cost estimates, taking into account all location-, personnel- and machine-related factors. The BOM Connector Enterprise can import and standardize bills of materials in a wide variety of formats, query internal and external sources of supply throughout the market within a very short time, and develop variants and revisions of workflow management processes. In addition, the tool can access databases to retrieve comprehensive data on the Obsolescence, SCIP, RoHS and REACH directives, for example.

The Valor product range will be gradually rolled out by our sales team in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Baltic States in Q2 2022. Customers will receive an end-to-end Supply Chain 4.0 solution and will also benefit from optimal consulting from us,“ adds Decker-Weiss.

Darmstadt/Poing, Germany – March 08, 2021 – CircuitByte has added “DistiDirect” support for the Avnet group in the latest release of its popular BOM Connector^TM price calculation and purchasing tool.

BOM Connector^TM from CircuitByte lets users increase the efficiency of their part sourcing and purchasing process by better digitalizing price inquiries.   One of the most innovative features, known as “DistiDirect”, provides a direct real-time connection between customer and component supplier, thereby drastically decreasing the time and effort required to check pricing and availability of a wide range of components.  Using API technology, DistiDirect can quickly show pricing, stock levels, packaging options and lead-times for all parts in one of more bill-of-materials (BOMs).  Now this functionality is available for customers of all Avnet “Speedboats”, including Abacus, EBV and Silica.

According to Kevin Decker-Weiss, Sales Director of CircuitByte: “our Avnet API connection is the result of a close and highly successful technical cooperation between our development teams.  Working together, they have created a very fast, highly reliable connection that provides all the information customers need.  In addition to price and availability, the system will provide ECCN and obsolescence information and even a ROHs status. The fact that we were able to connect all the Avnet Speedboats at once represents a major increase in functionality for DistiDirect in our new 8.16 release and will be highly appreciated by our BOM Connector user base.  We are very excited about our relationship with a top company like Avnet and look forward to adding new features to meet customer demand.”

Brian Wilken, Vice President Digital at Avnet EMEA, commented: “API has been on our roadmap for a while, and we offered to some selected customers a standard-API, based on our e-commerce platform. Now, with CircuitByte and BOM Connector, we entered a new phase of connecting to customers automatically through a proven platform. We are pleased that CircuitByte sees us as a real differentiator on information breadth and quality. We look forward to working with them on the next phase.”

The pricing and delivery information provided through the DistiDirect connection to Avnet are then used by the configurable “BestPrice” function which quickly shows the optimum purchasing/packaging scenario taking account factors specific to the project such as delivery dates, production levels and “surplus” purchasing.   The results are stored into a powerful SQL backend database and can easily be reused for similar projects or by other users in the company.  The result are drastically reduced quoting times.

As an MES integrator, CircuitByte utilizes the Valor line of manufacturing tools from Siemens to build a holistic solution which generates the data needed to sustain an IoM/Industry 4.0 strategy throughout the entire process.