Electronics Manufacturing / PCB Engineering
Automated Engineering BOM & ERP Integration
100% Elimination of Manual BOM Transcription
Replacing slow, error-prone paper-to-Excel transcription with a desktop automation bot that extracts multi-page PCB stackup data and enriches it live via ERP lookups.
The Challenge
PCB engineers and procurement teams were bogged down by manual data entry, hand-transcribing item codes, quantities, and critical metadata from multi-page stackup PDF documents into individual Excel spreadsheets. Once transcribed, staff had to manually cross-reference each item code inside the company's ERP system to fetch and verify descriptions. This repetitive process was highly error-prone, distracted skilled engineering talent with low-value administrative work, and scaled poorly as the volume of stackup design revisions grew.
The Solution
CurveFore deployed a localized desktop automation framework that seamlessly bridges technical documentation with corporate data infrastructure.
Intelligent PDF Parsing: Automatically scans complex PCB stackup drawings to instantly isolate and extract vital structural metadata, including item codes, quantities, ink types, panel sizes, stack names, and revision IDs.
Live ERP Enrichment Engine: Programmed a data-matching loop that searches the ERP live for every extracted item code, automatically appending the most up-to-date description directly to the record.
Automated Revision Output: Generates perfectly structured Excel files (one per document) on a single click, completely automated and dynamically named using the correct MP Code and Revision syntax for ironclad version control.
The Measurable Results
Metric Checked | Before CurveFore | With CurveFore | Business Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
Version Control Naming | Human-entered / Variable | Automated by MP Code & Rev | Enforces strict, automated revision history audit trails |
ERP Data Matching | Manual, line-by-line lookups | Single-Click Live Enrichment | Guarantees parts match current master inventory data |
Processing Time | High (Minutes per document) | Instantaneous (Seconds) | Radical acceleration of procurement readiness |
BOM Transcription | 100% Manual Typing | 0% (100% Automated) | Eliminated human transcription and copy-paste errors |