SMT Today: TekPulse Launches BOM Risk Intelligence Platform

Coverage in SMT Today — TekPulse launches a browser-based BOM Risk Intelligence platform for European electronics and EMS teams, with EU dual-use and US tariff flagging.

TekPulse has launched a browser-based BOM Risk Intelligence platform that helps procurement managers, EMS providers, and hardware engineering teams find supply-chain, compliance, and tariff risks in a bill of materials before they reach the production floor.

For EMS and assembly operations in particular, the platform addresses a familiar pain: compliance and lifecycle flags that arrive in spreadsheets weeks after sourcing decisions are locked, often after stencils are cut and lines are scheduled. TekPulse scores every line of an uploaded BOM the moment it is uploaded.

The platform requires no installation and runs entirely in the browser. BOMs are uploaded as CSV or Excel files; a column-mapping wizard handles any format. Within seconds, procurement managers and hardware engineers receive a structured risk report with actionable recommendations per component.

Key capabilities

• Automated five-dimension risk scoring per component — Regulatory, Market, Technical, Geopolitical, and Environmental — rolled up into a single 0–100 composite score per line and per BOM
• EU dual-use and US BIS Entity List flagging for scrutinised manufacturers
• US Section 301 tariff calculation (up to 145%) per component and source country, with landed-cost modelling for China-origin electronics
• Three-tier supply-chain concentration analysis (Corporate HQ / Wafer Fabrication / Assembly & Test)
• Automated EOL and NRND lifecycle detection via authorized-distributor APIs
• Exportable PDF and Excel risk reports
• Slack and email alerts, and an Enterprise REST API

Regulatory and lifecycle coverage

On the regulatory dimension, TekPulse verifies RoHS 2 and REACH SVHC status per component. On the technical dimension, it detects manufacturing lifecycle changes such as EOL (End of Life), NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs), and LTB (Last Time Buy), cross-referenced against authorized-distributor inventory feeds and manufacturer product change notices across more than 1,800 tracked manufacturers.

Availability and pricing

TekPulse is available now at tekpulse.org. A free plan supports 100-component BOMs on the Regulatory dimension with no credit card required; paid plans start at €199/month. Professional and Enterprise plans add the full five-dimension model and are built for mid-to-large hardware engineering teams, OEMs, and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) organisations.

All data is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and held under EU data residency, in line with GDPR.

<strong>About TekPulse:</strong> TekPulse is a BOM Risk Intelligence platform that helps electronics companies analyse their component supply chains for regulatory compliance, market risk, and geopolitical exposure.