IHS CAPS+4D Connect

Streamline the decision-making process

Want to ensure compliance across BOMs? Want to avoid obsolescence with no alternatives?

CAPS+4D Connect is a powerful, desktop-based bill of materials (BOMs) cleansing and management tool. Combine parts research and BOM management with an ability to cross reference data, ensuring a correct choice every time. Automatically cleanse Bills of Materials (BOMs) and Approved Vendor Lists (AVLs). Using CAPSConnect+4D ensures you can:

Access and organize in one location
Simplify parts procurement
Consolidate work across the enterprise
Assure customers of quality products
Maintain production schedules
Eliminate complex IT integration
Benefit from automatic EOL and PCN alerts

What’s Included

Capabilities

Comprehensive BOM management
BOM cleansing
Lifecycle analysis
Risk assessment
Custom reports

Component Search

Part number and manufacturer name
BOM-level loading and matching
Document search
Manufacturer
Keyword
Parametric
Query-by-example parametric
Picture-to-parametric (connectors and electro-mechanical only)

Cross Referencing

Direct, upgrade, downgrade, similar and manufacturer-suggested replacements (semiconductors)
Direct replacements (passives, connectors and electro-mechanical)
Similar replacements (passives, connectors and electro-mechanical)
Mating connectors (connectors and electro-mechanical)

Component and Supplier Risk Mitigation

BOM Watch

Monitor cleansed parts in one or more BOM files or ODBC Databases for changes and alerts such as manufacturer status, lifecycle risk, lifecycle status, PCN, EOL, RoHS, last order dates, last ship dates, etc.

Custom Reporting

Query views
Status definitions
Web and specification views
Row filtering
Match confidence percentage
Sorting
PDFs and URLs from the CAPS+4D Connect interface
Save and export
Part number trimming algorithms to find closest matches

Industry Success Stories

L3 WESCAM leverages world-class media solutions to reach aerospace and defense decision makers

L3 WESCAM designs and manufactures industry-leading multi-spectral and multi-sensor EO IR imaging and targeting sensor systems. In this video, L3 Wescam Vice President, Government Sales and Business Development, Paul Jennison, explains what it is about media solutions from Jane’s by IHS Markit that he especially values and how Jane’s helps him to reach key decision makers.

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ADTRAN, Inc. Makes Successful Transition to RoHS Compliant Products for European Market

This worldwide provider of networking/communications equipment achieved a 90%+ success rate for validating compliance with European environmental regulations while remaining on schedule for all deliveries and establishing infrastructure to ensure compliance in the other international markets it serves.

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Media Technology Provider Supports Product Quality by Helping Employees AND Suppliers Meet Standards

One of the world’s largest cable TV, high-speed internet and telephone providers, with billions of dollars in annual revenues, meets increased customer expectations and accelerates time to market for new products and services with automated distribution of standards information to 70+ suppliers and approximately 1000 employees worldwide.

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e2v Meets Urgent Customer Need and Protects Business by Enabling Conflict Mineral Compliance

This global technology provider helped a customer comply with conflict-mineral regulations related to 548 electronic components from 60 companies in the supply chain -- securing a £1 million contract renewal, avoiding a roadblock to future orders and preventing the loss of 2 months’ work by a key employee.

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