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

Samsung Saves $77 Million and Increases Market Share with Goldfire®

This electronics industry leader strengthened its position in the DVD market by designing a breakthrough solution that achieved a 38% cost reduction in components, increased reliability by 33%, increased manufacturing productivity by 38%, and expanded its intellectual property portfolio with 13 new patents.

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Trimble Ensures Regulatory Compliance and Adequate Supplies for Tens of Thousands of Components

This provider of location-based technologies ensures compliance with complex EHS regulations as well as avoiding disruptions to its supply chain. Managers instantly find data on thousands of parts each quarter versus manually looking up each one, reducing delivery time of RoHS and REACH documentation from weeks to under 2 days – an 86% increase in efficiency.

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Sanmina-SCI Corporation Enjoys Immediate Access to Standards 6,600 Times a Year

Many premier electronics brands rely on this global manufacturer -- with its 37,000 employees and 60+ plants across 4 continents -- to ensure that their products meet applicable quality standards and customer expectations. Its employees access standards data from their desktops 6,600 times per year, saving time and boosting efficiency.

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Texas Instruments Enhances Customer Service by Expanding its Competitive Cross Reference Capability

One of the world’s premier semiconductor companies increased the number of cross references in its parts database from 100,000 to nearly 2 million. In doing so, the company boosted results of its parts with the lowest searches by 52 percent and helped its customers find alternatives for obsolete parts so they can avoid the need to redesign products.

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