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Stoke

How Stoke Space Streamlined Logistics with Cofactr

A Practical Guide to BOMs for Electronic Hardware

Ever feel like everyone’s talking in acronyms, like EBOM, CBOM, MBOM, while you’re just trying to get a product built? You’re not alone. Somehow the subject of Bill of Materials (BOMs) is full of jargon, and a lot of it obscures a simple but important truth: EBOMs and MBOMs aren’t actually different BOMs. They’re reports. The understanding that BOMs and BOM Reports as separate things isn’t the industry norm, but it should be. And adopting this mindset can eliminate confusion, cut errors, and streamline how your team works.

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Procurement as a Service: A New Model for Hardware Teams

Hardware teams turn to Procurement as a Service to get expert sourcing without adding headcount. See how PaaS reduces costs and accelerates builds for electronics manufacturers.

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Smart Engineers Don’t Source BOMs – They Source Process

You don’t need a big procurement team. You need an expert one, on demand.

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Cofactr Launches Complete Procure-to-Ship Automation—With No Upfront Costs

Our AI-powered platform now handles your entire component supply chain, from sourcing through delivery

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Procurement and Engineering Collaboration: 10 Proven Ways

Fewer redesigns, faster builds, better margins. Here are 10 structured ways procurement and engineering teams can work together in electronics manufacturing.

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Routine Tasks Quietly Kill Supply Chain Execution

You might be doing everything right in procurement — and still losing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year

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What Does a HMLV BOM Look Like?

A well-structured HMLV BOM isn’t just a parts list; it’s a data model designed to feed procurement accurate, standardized, and flexible information. The payoff is fewer fragmented buy actions, lower unit cost through aggregation, and less time wasted on part management.

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BOM Management for PCBAs

A BOM seems simple: just a list of part numbers and the quantities needed to build a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). But in practice, no single team uses the BOM in the same way. Engineers care about tolerances and footprints. Buyers care about approved vendors and lead times. Manufacturing cares about packaging and no-stuff designators.

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Why Generic Procurement Software Fails Electronic Hardware Teams

Coupa, SAP Ariba, and similar platforms weren't built for component-level procurement. Here's what electronic hardware teams actually need—and what generic tools always miss.

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The Surprising Reason Bad Data Kills Productivity

Manufacturers know their data is messy. But they don’t realize it is costing them 30% of their operating budget, and they don’t understand the reason why.

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How to Buy Electronic Components

New to buying electronic components? Here’s a no-nonsense guide to the basics at every stage from hobbyist to full production.

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Selecting Procurement Software for Electronics Manufacturing

Choosing the wrong procurement software creates costly blind spots. Learn the three critical factors for selecting a system built for electronics manufacturing.

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Case Studies & Articles

Stoke

A Practical Guide to BOMs for Electronic Hardware

Procurement as a Service: A New Model for Hardware Teams

Smart Engineers Don’t Source BOMs – They Source Process

Cofactr Launches Complete Procure-to-Ship Automation—With No Upfront Costs

Procurement and Engineering Collaboration: 10 Proven Ways

Routine Tasks Quietly Kill Supply Chain Execution

What Does a HMLV BOM Look Like?

BOM Management for PCBAs

Why Generic Procurement Software Fails Electronic Hardware Teams

The Surprising Reason Bad Data Kills Productivity

How to Buy Electronic Components

Selecting Procurement Software for Electronics Manufacturing

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