Life cycle management is critical for your embedded computing architecture. Unexpected end-of-life situations can jeopardize product functionality, software compatibility and even regulatory compliance. No manufacturer can be environmentally compliant without knowing what is in your products. That is where the bom scrub comes in. It is designed to identify all the substances in your products that are restricted or prohibited by one of the environmental regulations.

BOM scrubbing is a key service that guarantees ordered part accuracy. BOM accuracy impacts many parts of an enterprise. You need a fast, automated approach to scrubbing BOMs that also gives you deep component and sourcing data. Companies are also in a reactive paradigm with respect to component obsolescence; not an acceptable situation. Quality data means lower risk. Not knowing what is in your products increases your risk for noncompliance. Not being able to demonstrate that your products are compliant will cause you to lose market share, particularly as environmental regulations (and enforcement) become more stringent. A BOM Scrub helps you to identify the environmental regulations that apply to your industry and products along with running an analysis on your bills of materials. It also flags substances in your products which are ROHS, WEEE or REACH. It helps you to identify the compliance of your products and whether the product is compliant for all or some of these regulations. It finally helps you to set priorities to collecting data and phasing out the non compliant products. This can cut costs enormously, avoiding the need to build parts from scratch.