Quoting three new programmes without inheriting lifecycle risk
An EMS provider ran three customer BOMs through 1Data before committing to a quote, and priced the risk in instead of discovering it later.
Illustrative
- 5 → 2 daysquote turnaroundBasis: vs. the team's previous median
- ~140lines flagged at riskBasis: of about 2,000 lines
- ~60%with a drop-in alternateBasis: of the flagged lines
At a glance
- Segment
- EMS provider
- Industry
- Industrial electronics
- Region
- Western Europe
- Scope
- 3 customer BOMs, about 2,000 lines
- Duration
- 2-week pilot
- Period
- Q2 2026
- Products
The challenge
Three new OEM programmes had to be quoted in a week. The BOMs came without lifecycle or sourcing data, so end-of-life and single-source exposure only surfaced after the price was committed, when it was the EMS provider's margin that absorbed it.
What we did
The team uploaded the three BOMs to 1Data. Every line was checked for lifecycle status, single-source exposure and lead time against independent market data, and each flagged line came back with form-fit alternates and a benchmark price.
The result
The quotes went out with the at-risk lines identified and alternates proposed, so the risk was priced in rather than absorbed. The quoting team now runs every new BOM through the same check before pricing.
We stopped finding out about EOL parts after we had signed the quote.