Z2 scores obsolescence, single-source, and compliance risk on every line of your BOM — cheap to fix at design, monitored continuously through production. One 1B+ component database, no reconciliation.
The Challenge
Hundreds of thousands of parts go obsolete every year. Many carry no formal PCN — your team finds out when stock runs dry, not when the decision was made.
By then the cheap fixes are gone. A last-time buy ties up cash, an emergency redesign runs $46,000+ per board spin, and qualifying a form-fit-function alternate takes weeks you don’t have.
~150,000 components reach end-of-life every year. When you learn of it after the fact, there’s no time to qualify a replacement before stockout — only expensive options left.
A part sourced from one supplier at one site looks fine until that site goes down. Sourcing dependency codes flag SSS and SSM parts before a disruption forces the issue.
Pricing, part data, compliance, and risk live in separate tools, reconciled by hand. Z2 reads them off one database, so every BOM line carries lifecycle, sourcing, and compliance in a single view.
Each covers a different layer of part and BOM risk, all built on the same data.
Component-to-site Map every MPN to its fabs, assembly, and test sites across Tier 1 and sub-tier. Connect a component disruption to the finished products it threatens and see the revenue at risk.
Part-level compliance Roll RoHS, REACH, PFAS, and conflict minerals up from MPN to BOM. FMD and CoC evidence with 70–80% out-of-the-box coverage on 100+ regulations.
BOM Health Score Lifecycle status and 90%-accurate forecasting on every component, scored 0–100 across six risk dimensions. A/B/C form-fit-function alternates ready the moment a part goes NRND.
Supplier financial risk Financial health and bankruptcy-risk scores across 8 categories, feeding the supplier-risk dimension of every part. Sub-tier relationships, sanctions, and ESG included.
Built for enterprises that need unified risk coverage across parts, suppliers, compliance, and minerals — with a single integration point and shared workflow.
Deep Dive
The BOM Health Score grades every line 0–100 across six dimensions: obsolescence, compliance, market availability, technology, multi-sourcing, and supplier risk. Upload a BOM in any format — auto column-mapping populates it in seconds, and version history compares risk across revisions so you see whether the last spin made the board more resilient or less.
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Capabilities
90% historical forecast accuracy on component lifecycles, built on the Sandborn/CALCE methodology from the University of Maryland and refined by Z2. See NRND and end-of-life coming while alternates are still cheap.
Many end-of-life events never get a formal PCN. Z2 captured 82,221 lifecycle changes in a single year that arrived with no notice at all — deduped, prioritized P0–P7, and tied to a mitigation path.
A/B/C form-fit-function cross-references sit ready on every part. When a component discontinues, the qualified alternate is already there — no weeks of manual searching.
Every part is tagged MMM, SSS, or SSM, so single-supplier and single-site exposure is visible on the BOM before a disruption makes it visible the hard way.
Pricing and availability from 10,000+ distributors, attached to each MPN. Check stock and lead times against your alternates without leaving the BOM.
For every at-risk part, Z2 surfaces the play — bridge buy, last-time buy, or cross-reference — with the inventory and pricing data to act on it now.
Deep Dive
Component-to-site mapping traces every MPN to its manufacturing locations, then scores each site 0–100 for resilience. When a disruption hits a site, Z2 follows the part through to the finished products that depend on it and quantifies the revenue at risk — so you triage by business exposure, not by gut feel.
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Use Cases
See lifecycle status, forecast, and qualified alternates during NPI — before a part is locked into a multi-year build with no easy substitute.
Pre-mapped A/B/C crosses, distributor pricing, and country-of-origin for tariff exposure — so alternate qualification isn’t a fire drill.
Continuous BOM monitoring flags degrading parts months ahead, so you respond to a signal instead of an empty bin and a stopped line.
RoHS, REACH, PFAS, and conflict minerals roll up from MPN to BOM with FMD and CoC evidence — declarations built from the same data, not reassembled by hand.
Why Z2
The cost of an obsolescence problem climbs the longer it hides. Caught during design, an alternate is a line-item swap. Caught in production, it’s a $46,000+ redesign spin or a stalled line. Z2 moves the catch upstream and keeps watching every BOM after launch.
There are many pitfalls in supply chains now; you can run into a discontinued component and regularly see delays. Z2Data fills a critical gap for our purchasing, helping us build a more robust supply chain model on the inflow side, so we don’t end up with stoppages.
Upload a BOM in any format and get a free risk report — health scores, obsolescence flags, and alternates across every line.
