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Simplifying BOM Management with Intelligent Platforms

OnTrack · 11 Nov 2025 · 53m · Episode 324

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Nemanja Jokanovic, VP and General Manager at Breadboard, explains how his platform automates Bill of Materials (BOM) management to bridge the gap between design engineers and procurement professionals. He details features including automated quoting, integration with Octopart and distributors like Digi-Key and TTI, and machine learning for extracting data from cable assembly PDFs. The discussion highlights how Breadboard replaces manual spreadsheets with a cloud-based system that handles attrition calculations, approved vendor lists, and RFQ automation to reduce costly respins and speed up production.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

Sourcing & supply chainBreadboardscrubbing within 15 seconds

Breadboard uses an internal machine learning algorithm to extract bill of material tables from PDF cable assembly drawings, enabling users to import component data into the platform for scrubbing within 15 seconds.

“we developed a machine learning algorithm that can effectively read pages of PDFs. … we have the capability to extract the bill of material, uh, from such PDFs, uh, enable our users, our buyers, right, our quoting sourcing managers who use breadborne on a daily basis, to select a bill of material. And then import it into breadboard for scrubbing within 15 seconds.”

Speaker 2 · Hear it at 13:32

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Altium, Digi-Key, Mouser, Newark, TTI, Sager
Products
Breadboard, Octopart, Arduino
Chips
STM32

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