Hardware BOM Organizer Assistant

Problem Addressed

In hardware projects, a raw BOM exported by PCB engineers is often just a stack of designators and part numbers: names are inconsistent, company part numbers are missing, metal/plastic/CNC/consumables are mixed together, and mold-requiring parts are not explicitly flagged. Passing that directly to procurement or suppliers can cause part-number mismatch, warehouse rejection, or component confusion during pilot production.

Core Workflow

Hardware BOM Organizer Assistant converts raw BOMs into structured data that is easier to collaborate on, share, and feed into downstream pricing.

• Naming normalization: it first asks for and confirms the company's part-number rule, then encodes items using [Category]-[Type]-[Serial] or ERP rules instead of silently using defaults.
• Material categorization: it groups parts into electronics, hardware, plastic, CNC, consumables, and packaging, marking uncertain items as To Confirm.
• Desensitized output: it can generate an Excel full version, an Excel desensitized version, or a Feishu bitable; the desensitized version maps suppliers to A/B/C and converts prices into ranges.
• Downstream handoff: full mode keeps a 13-field mold-parts extension table aligned with injection mold pricing inputs, so the next step can read it automatically.

Boundaries and Notes

It does not estimate cost, recommend suppliers, parse schematics or PCB netlists, or process PDF, SCH, PCB, or purely descriptive text. Missing fields should be marked To Be Filled rather than invented; keep each run under 500 items when possible, and split larger BOMs by subsystem.