PCN INTELLIGENCE

Proactive Product Change Notification & Electronic Component Management

Real-Time Visibility Into Component Change & Obsolescence

Proactively tackle potential disruptions and reduce supply chain risks through real-time monitoring of changes in your electronic components. Accuris PCN Intelligence delivers timely alerts and critical information on Product Change Notifications (PCNs), Product Discontinuation Notices (PDNs), and End-of-Life (EOL).

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Why Leading Electronic Manufacturers Choose PCN Intelligence

Timely Alerts for Critical Updates

Stay informed with real-time notifications, even for electronic components and manufacturers not included in our library, ensuring no critical product change goes unnoticed.

Streamlined Component Management

Simplify workflows by reducing manual tasks and accelerating design cycles, allowing your teams to focus on innovation and process improvement.

Lifecycle Insights for Strategic Planning

Gain a clear understanding of component lifecycles to make informed decisions and align with long-term business objectives, ensuring quality and efficiency.

Agility in Dynamic Market Conditions

Quickly adapt to supply chain changes and respond effectively to minimize disruptions while maintaining operational continuity.

Optimize Manufacturing Process with Accuris PCN Intelligence's Technology-Driven Insights

PCN Intelligence leverages advanced fuzzy logic algorithms to pinpoint affected components with unmatched accuracy, even when part numbers are incomplete or outdated. Backed by a continuously updated library of over 2 billion electronic components, it provides precise, actionable updates directly to your desktop—empowering you to stay ahead of product change notifications, reduce risks, and make confident decisions to address potential impacts.

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Configure Your Approved Vendor List (AVL)

Easily submit your AVL to enable continuous, real-time monitoring of product change notifications for critical component data, ensuring you’re always equipped with up-to-date insights on your supply chain.

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Receive Tailored Notifications

Stay informed with daily, customized alerts featuring essential details such as buy dates, affected part numbers, and confidence levels—empowering faster, more accurate decision-making.

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Evaluate & Prioritize

Quickly assess change notices from manufacturers and their potential impacts. Focus on what matters most by prioritizing actions based on urgency and alignment with your business objectives.

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Take Proactive Action

Respond swiftly to major changes by initiating resolution workflows and effectively communicating updates across the organization to protect your production process and ensure time buys are strategically planned.

Key Features of PCN Intelligence

Time-Saving Monitoring

Stay ahead of supply chain risks with advanced monitoring capabilities to extract essential data from Product Change Notifications (PCNs), Product Discontinuance Notices (PDNs), and End-of-Life (EOL) updates, streamlining your workflow and eliminating manual searches across multi-format documentation.

Configureable Alerts

Create alerts with customizable combinations of users, sites, and projects to streamline the PCN notification process. Ensure the right teams are notified of updates on critical product changes, reducing noise and enabling quicker responses to risks that impact your electronic components and production processes.

Daily Notifications

Get concise daily summaries that bundle key updates into one actionable format. These notifications highlight important insights, such as affected part numbers, with color-coded confidence indicators, helping companies allocate resources and address critical risks effectively.

Fuzzy Logic Matching

Use advanced fuzzy logic algorithms to improve match rates for identifying affected components. Even with incomplete or inconsistent part numbers, the system analyzes your Approved Vendor List (AVL) to minimize the risk of missing critical updates from manufacturers, ensuring proactive lifecycle management and high-quality outcomes.

Easy-to-Use Interface

Streamline component ad product change notification workflows with an intuitive dashboard that enhances clarity and productivity. Quickly assess changes, manage updates, address risks, and prioritize actions based on urgency and business goals. The user-friendly design allows both technical and non-technical team members to navigate and respond effectively.

Build a Resilient Supply Chain: How Our Customers Benefit

Engineering

Identify supply chain risks early in the design phase using predictive analytics to analyze data from multiple sources, enabling proactive adjustments and minimizing costly delays. Create contingency plans for critical parts to improve product development efficiency and reduce carrying costs.

Procurement

Optimize sourcing and demand planning strategies with accurate, up-to-date data. Find cost-effective suppliers, minimize stockouts, and reduce delays. Improve supplier management for timely delivery of critical components.

Supply Chain

Ensure continuity and gain a competitive edge by improving supply chain performance through real-time visibility and risk analysis into natural disasters, geopolitical events, and supply chain disruptions. Use tools to conduct what-if analysis and maintain optimal inventory levels for uninterrupted production.

Build a Resilient Supply Chain: How Our Customers Benefit

Engineering

Stay ahead of risks with proactive tracking of Product Change Notification (PCNs) for electronic components. Minimize costly redesigns, improve product reliability, and accelerate time-to-market by addressing component obsolescence and part changes early.

Procurement

Make informed decisions and manage electronic components effectively with tailored summaries and daily updates on product changes. Gain timely visibility into part lifecycles and availability, empowering you to optimize sourcing strategies and address challenges proactively.

Supply Chain

Improve visibility into component obsolescence and potential shortages. Minimize manual monitoring efforts, ensure continuous production, and maintain supply chain stability with actionable insights.

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Explore how Accuris PCN Intelligence helps you stay ahead of product changes, reduce supply chain risks, and streamline the management of electronic components across engineering, procurement, and production processes. Book a free parts assessment today and see why leading manufacturers rely on Accuris for proactive product change tracking and supply chain resilience.

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Explore the Electronic Parts Solutions Ecosystem

Accelerate innovation, streamline operations, and enhance strategic foresight with Accuris Electronic Parts Solutions—an ecosystem of powerful tools designed to complement each other. Deliver exceptional value across your enterprise by combining PCN Intelligence with the following solutions.

Parts API Integration

Seamless Data Access

Simplify workflows by leveraging a database of over 1.2 billion parts. Integrate accurate and up-to-date part data into your PLM, PDM, ERP, and other enterprise systems to streamline design and sourcing decisions, ensuring efficient compliance monitoring and risk mitigation.

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BOM Intelligence

Data-Driven BOM Management

Simplify your Bill of Materials (BOM) with timely insights on the project level, advanced reporting, and the industry’s largest electronic component library. Optimize costs, ensure regulatory compliance, and proactively mitigate risks to accelerate time to market.

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Parts Content Services

Enriched Data for Better Decisions

Access the right content to power new and existing workflows. Ensure compliance, expedite development cycles, and minimize supply chain disruptions with expertly sourced and enriched data that integrates seamlessly into BOM Intelligence and other enterprise applications.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is PCN Intelligence, and How Does It Support Product Change Processes?

PCN Intelligence is a comprehensive product management tool designed to monitor and track product change notifications (PCNs), Product Discontinuation Notices (PDNs), and End-of-Life (EOL) updates for electronic components. It delivers critical information to help companies proactively manage risks, ensuring seamless production amidst evolving supplier changes and preventing disruptions during limited time windows for corrective actions.

How does PCN Intelligence minimize risks for organizations?

With real-time monitoring, PCN Intelligence helps address potential impacts from component obsolescence, shortages, and supplier changes. Timely alerts, coupled with configurable filter options, reduce the likelihood of costly redesigns, production halts, and non-compliance, safeguarding your organization’s processes and quality standards.

How does PCN Intelligence differentiate itself from competitors?

Unlike other tools, PCN Intelligence leverages advanced fuzzy logic algorithms to identify affected components even with incomplete or inconsistent data. Its vast library of over 2 billion components ensures unmatched accuracy. Additionally, its user-friendly interface streamlines workflows for both technical and non-technical users.

What kind of notifications will my organization receive?

You’ll receive daily summaries highlighting major product changes, affected part numbers, and other critical information with color-coded confidence indicators. These alerts provide actionable details to help you prioritize resources and address risks proactively.

How does PCN Intelligence improve collaboration across teams?

With configurable alerts, PCN Intelligence ensures that the right stakeholders across engineering, procurement, and supply chain teams are notified of relevant updates. Its intuitive platform enables efficient communication and documentation, helping your teams take action and reduce manual processes.