Upload a BOM. Get a computed manufacturing route.
UploadBOM is the matching engine behind the Texas Manufacturing Network. Submit a BOM, Gerbers, CAD files, drawings, forecasts, and required certifications — the platform determines which fabricator, EMS provider, machine shop, and certified test facility can fulfill each stage, then sequences them into the fastest available production path.
- 1 upload
- replaces dozens of individual RFQ emails
- 72 hours
- BOM to finished prototype — near-term target
- 7 days
- BOM to 1,000 production units — scaling target
Today, a manufacturing path is assembled by email.
A U.S. hardware team waits weeks between design freeze and first article — not because the capacity doesn't exist, but because finding it is manual. Every stage is a separate search, a separate quote, and a separate negotiation, with no shared view of who is actually free next week.
- Component sourcing runs 1–12 weeks; PCB fabrication 5–15 days; assembly 5–20 days; machining 10–30 days — mostly queue time, not work time.
- Quotes arrive in inconsistent formats, days apart, and expire before the full path is priced.
- Capacity is invisible: a shop 90 minutes away may be idle while your job sits in a queue.
- Certification and traceability requirements are handled late, forcing requalification.
Submit the design package
BOM, Gerbers, CAD, drawings, specifications, forecast volumes, and required certifications — in one upload, in the formats your team already produces.
The engine computes routes
Parts are normalized and matched to component availability and alternates, then each manufacturing stage is matched to qualified Texas capacity with live lead times.
Choose speed, cost, or certification
You get ranked production routes with landed cost, total calendar time, and certification coverage — then AIM executes the route end to end.
What UploadBOM delivers
BOM normalization
Messy spreadsheets become structured, manufacturable part records with lifecycle and compliance flags.
Alternate part resolution
Form-fit-function alternates surfaced automatically when a line item is long-lead or obsolete.
Capacity matching
Live routing to PCB fab, SMT/PCBA, cable, box-build, molding, machining, and test capacity across the Triangle.
Route optimization
Stages sequenced to minimize total calendar time, including same-region logistics between steps.
Certification-aware routing
IPC class, AS9100, ITAR, and serialization requirements filter the supplier pool before quoting, not after.
Design-for-network feedback
Flags the parts and processes that push a build off the fast path, with substitutions that keep it on.
BOM intake, normalization, and alternate resolution running behind the AIM sourcing desk.
Supplier capacity onboarding through AIM Access; automated multi-stage quoting.
Self-serve computed routes with instant pricing and one-click production release.
Get in early on UploadBOM.
Early participants shape the network: category coverage, certification scope, and which suppliers get onboarded first. Our sourcing desk is already live if you need parts quoted today.
See the 90-day pilot