PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – June 2001
BOM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SPEEDS UP THE FRONT END OF
BOARD ASSEMBLY PROCESSING
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
announces the release of its CheckPoint B.O.M. (Bill Of Materials)
Manager for processing data at the front end of the printed circuit
board (PCB) assembly process. CheckPoint imports, parses, analyzes, and
archives BOMs and approved vendor lists under electronic revision
control. The software eliminates the arduous tasks of manually cleaning,
and controlling BOMs, processes that
virtually halt new product introduction until completed.
CheckPoint imports customer BOM data from a variety of sources, such as
collimated ASCII files, CIM project files, Microsoft Excel®
spreadsheets, and ODBC databases. The software operates on Access® or
SQL Server® to provide enterprise-wide PCB information control.
CheckPoint assists contractors in developing a single internal part
number database correlated against thousands of customer part number
databases. Once received, CheckPoint maps customer part numbers to the
assembler’s equivalent numbers using intelligent description field
matching. CheckPoint provides the operator with a list of possible
matches based on content of the description fields. Possible matches are
ranked by degree of probability, and then operators can select and
confirm the correct component. The task of bringing customer part
numbers into the factory is highly efficient and reliable.
CheckPoint also offers an array of useful reports for least-cost
analysis, BOM version comparisons, BOM listing, CAD/BOM analysis, vendor
lists, and manufacturer lists.
CheckPoint becomes an especially powerful tool when combined with
computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) software, providing document
control and BOM/CAD comparisons.
AEGIS’ complete CircuitCAM / CheckPoint / FUSION solution offers
scalable CAD/CAM documentation and machine programming, BOM and revision
control, browser-based approval processes, browser-based paperless
documentation and quality management, customer and supplier integration,
and more. These benefits are provided via one seamless, collaborative
system. AEGIS systems in the enterprise bring centralized information,
rapid and controlled product introductions and changes, and superior
information visibility and management.
For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 714.828.9730