IHS COMET™
Advanced Bill of Material Management Tool with Integrated Component,
Supplier and Compliance Database
Manufacturers today face increasing pressure to improve
product designs and sustainability while reducing costs and
accelerating development schedules. These initiatives are taking
place in a competitive environment where products are more
complex, new technology is introduced at a faster rate and
critical suppliers are facing a severe economic climate.
Managing components and suppliers is more critical than ever as obsolescence,
counterfeit, and non-compliance risks continue to grow. An effective product
information management system enables organizations to increase the pace of
new product introductions, avoid costly production interruptions or product redesigns,
and improve sustainability over extended service lives.
IHS COMET manages product content and suppliers with the tools to:
• Actively monitor component obsolescence & compliance status
• Avoid shortages of critical components to meet production and revenue targets
• Identify at-risk components and technology
• Identify technology advances that can affect designs, sources, or margins
• Manage suppliers and reduce counterfeit part risks
• Eliminate redundant components, suppliers and excess inventories.
Effectively manage configurations, components
and suppliers
COMET automates product management by linking
information, people and processes to identify obsolescence
issues by actively monitoring component status changes,
lifecycle forecasts, manufacturer’s notices, GIDEP alerts,
and environmental compliance updates.
Identify potential impacts earlier
• Receive daily updates for PCN and EOL notices,
pricing and availability data from 10 major distributors
and counterfeit, substandard and at-risk part alerts
• Monitor life cycle and hazardous material health scores
based on the years to end of life forecast, number of
active suppliers, RoHS compliance,
lead-free status, and hazardous material attributes
• Compile Where-Used and Commonality reports based
on part number, technical characteristic, alert notice
or manufacturer
• Generate 2-4-8 year availability forecasts at the
assembly and part level.
• Access EU-RoHS, China-RoHS, REACH and Full
Material Disclosure (FMD) data and documents
• Determine the presence of hazardous substances
from the REACH SVHC lists and Aerospace & Defense
industry’s PDSL (Priority Declarable Substance List).
Automate bill of material management
and reporting processes
• Organize and manage BOMs in a single,
secure environment
• Automate part number and manufacturer
name cleansing
• Build a knowledge database of reconciled supplier
and part exceptions
• Track new, reviewed, and under investigation alerts
• Summarize exceptions and obsolescence impacts
• Access manufacturer‘s datasheets and environmental
compliance and material disclosure documents
• Identify alternate parts (FFF equivalent, upgrade
or downgrade)
• Run standard reports to view alerts or predicted life
cycle status for all matched parts
• Identify alternate sources, active generic manufacturers
and potential sourcing issues for parts without
alternate sources
• Import custom attributes; label and view in the
application and reports.
Integrated with IHS Parts Universe
COMET includes IHS Parts Universe, the leading
electronic component database with attribute data and
documentation from more than 1000 manufacturers.
Users can easily research components by part number,
Get control of product
development processes
with up-to date supplier
notifications, accurate
product configurations, and
comprehensive obsolescence
and compliance risk reports.
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manufacturer or attributes and quickly compare
parts side-by-side to improve technical, design and
sourcing decisions.