• Set default Part's datasheet and thumbnail through Documents
• Move several inventory items individually from a storage location to another ones
• When manually creating a new part, check for similar parts (e.g. same Manufacturer PN but different Manufacturer) before proceeding so the user can confirm it's not a duplicate
• A lot can now be created when importing a purchase order in the received state
• BOM: filter out items that have nothing to match when suggesting parts
• [fix] Create inventory on-order when an purchase order is imported on ordered state
• [fix] Sort by on Stock, Stock On-order, Stock On-hand, and Value (only in BOMs) fields
• Several small UI improvements

Thumbnails and Datasheets​

By default BOMIST uses thumbnails and a default datasheet from data it gets through Octopart. From now on, you can also override or set those through Documents added to a Part.

Organizing Unallocated Inventory​

For several reasons you might end up with unallocated inventory (i.e. inventory without a storage location assigned). Through the table on Storage > Parts, you could select multiple inventory items and move them in bulk to another single location. However, it might be also useful to individually pick a location for each one of the selected inventories. This way you can tell where you want each of these items to be moved to, whether to a storage location where it already exists or to a new one.

Avoiding Part Duplicates​

BOMIST checks for parts equality through their own Manufacturer PN and Manufacturer. However, sometimes the Manufacturer name can have some variants (e.g. "Analog Devices", or "Analog Devices Inc."). For this reason, whenever manually adding Parts, the app will check for similar parts (i.e. parts with the same part number but different manufacturer) and, in case it finds some, it will ask you to confirm if you still want to add it, thus preventing a duplicate.

• [new feature] Generic parts
• Alternate parts: order can be set from highest to lowest priority
• Purchase orders: ordered/received on can now be edited
• Stock in-house renamed to on-hand
• Stock columns: in several tables you now have three columns for displaying stock quantities (Stock - for combined on-order and on-hand, Stock On-hand and Stock On-order)
• Part details: indication of how many documents and if notes are present is now displayed on the tabs
• Projects table: Part column link removed, use popover instead
• Delete shortcut removed
• [fix] Barcode scanning when caps-lock is active
• [fix] API not starting

Generic Parts​

You can now create and use generic parts.

A generic part is not a physical part but it represents, or groups, parts that can be used interchangeably - this is specially useful for resistors and capacitors for which you might not be concerned about their manufacturer as long as they have the same or equivalent specs.

They can also be used to postpone the decision of which part to use. For example, you might assign a generic part to a BOM item but decide which real part to use later on during production.

The parts that can be used in place of a generic part are listed through Part Alternates.

In project builds, when picking inventory to reserve/assemble, the Sources column will display which parts were used:

• Inventory value report restricted to given storage locations
• Part dialog: when using the auto-completer, omit the Ω character from the value (if present)
• BOM: DNP items have a striped background for easier visual identification
• BOM: table content aligned to top
• BOM: ignore parts already assigned when suggesting new ones to assign
• BOM: when marking an item as DNP, part is automatically unassigned
• [fix] Export BOM into PDF

Inventory Value Report Restrictions​

The inventory value report can now be generated for specific storage locations. Similarly to inventory restrictions on Projects, the inventory to be included in the inventory value report can also be restricted.

• [fix] Assigning a Part when the BOM item's value has no unit (e.g. 10k)
• [fix] macOS-only Shortcuts use ⌘ key instead of Ctrl

• Part info: whenever hovering a Manufacturer PN on every table (except the main one) show additional info about that part
• BOM: double-click row to assign part
• BOM: confirmation dialog when assigning a part with a different value or package
• Purchase Lists: Multiple field deprecated (a new PL should be created whenever necessary)
• [fix] Purchase Orders: sorting/grouping by Supplier
• [fix] Purchase Lists: show multiple issues for the same row
• [fix] Inventory restrictions

Part Details Everywhere​

To avoid going back and forth in between different tabs, you can now see additional info about a part and to easily access its datasheet simply by hovering its Manufacturer PN. As with every tooltip, wait around a second while hovering the field until the tooltip finally shows up.

• Inventory restrictions: you can now allow/disallow unallocated inventory and to set storage locations as inclusive or exclusive
• [fix] CSV export (empty values being filtered out)

Unallocated Inventory and Inclusive/Exclusive Restrictions​

Through the Inventory Restrictions menu you can now also allow or disallow unallocated inventory to be used and also to set storage locations restrictions as inclusive or exclusive. Inclusive restrictions meaning you can only pick inventory from selected storage locations and exclusive meaning you can pick inventory from all storage locations except from the selected ones.

• [new feature] Inventory restrictions
• Inventory sorting when selecting inventory sources (to reserve/assemble)
• Update unit cost of in-house part when a project build is finished
• Automatic backups notifications
• [fix] Filter out expired lots when selecting inventory sources
• Other small fixes and UI improvements

Inventory Restrictions​

You can now define inventory restrictions. This allows you to tell that for a given project you are only allowed to source inventory from selected storage locations or that only inventory that as a Lot assigned can be used. This setting applies to the whole Project. Errors and warnings reflecting "insufficient inventory" will take these restrictions into consideration. Also, on project builds, inventory that has been previously assigned (reserved or picked for assembly) without inventory restrictions will ignore them (i.e. you won't get any errors or warnings for those).

This feature is available on professional plans.

Default Sorting when Picking Inventory​

When selecting inventory sources on a project build (to reserve or assemble), you can now set a default sorting order. This setting applies to the whole workspace. There are 5 sorting options available:

• Smallest Quantity: inventory with the smallest quantity shows up first
• Largest Quantity: inventory with the largest quantity shows up first
• FIFO: inventory created first shows up first
• LIFO: inventory created most recently shows up first
• Recently Used: most recently used (created/updated) inventory shows up first

• New part type: Assets
• [fix] Export BOM table into CSV (invalid column's data)
• [fix] TEAM Show sync spinner also for pushed changes

New Part Type: Assets​

This goes a bit beyond the scope of the app, but it wouldn't make sense to use another software to keep track of assets that aren't necessarily electronic parts or items for which you don't necessarily want to assign a Manufacturer PN and Manufacturer pair. For this reason you can now create Asset parts. These can be keyboards, chairs or whatever items it might make sense for your use-case.

Something worth mentioning is the current lack of Units of Measure, which would be useful for Assets too. This way you could keep track of fractional quantities such as length (for cables) or volume (for liquids), for example. This will be implemented later on.

• [fix] trial plans only Unable to sign-in (cannot read plan of undefined)

• Available quotes: show all quotes (ignore MOQ and availability)
• Set alternate/equivalent parts through similar parts
• BOM designators can now have different prefixes
• Enabling/disabling attrition rate from Purchase Lists removed
• [fix] Allow to edit name of in-house Part
• [fix] Supply chain: prevent caching empty or invalid results (e.g. quotes)
• [fix] Revert inventory with lot
• [fix] macOS-only Select all rows in a table using ⌘+A

Showing All Available Quotes​

Until now, the Available Quotes would filter out all invalid quotes. A quote would be considered invalid if the minimum order quantity would be greater that the order quantity or if the supplier didn't have enough stock (i.e. no availability). From now on, and depending on the case, the MOQ and availability can be ignored so those quotes are still shown and might be selected.

When using the Projects > Pricing & Availability to estimate the production costs of a project, both MOQ and availability are ignored and all quotes can be selected. This makes it easier to ensure all items in a BOM have a quote assigned so an estimate of production costs (even if a rough one) can be calculated.

On the other hand, when viewing a Purchase List, quotes with insufficient stock (i.e. available stock on supplier is lower than order quantity) will still be filtered out but the ones with MOQ, even if invalid, are shown. Also, even though you can see quotes with MOQ greater than the order quantity, in order to create a Purchase Order all selected quotes must be valid. This means in order to create a PO you might have to increase the order quantity so it meets the MOQ. Invalid quotes can be easily identified by their dark grey background (instead of purple).

Alternate and Equivalent Parts​

From now one you can define Equivalent parts. Two parts are considered equivalent when both are alternates of each other. An alternate part is not necessarily equivalent to another one (e.g. a "100nF 20V 0603" capacitor might be used in place of a "100nF 6.3V 0603" one, but not the other way around).

An info column was also added to the Alternate and Similar Parts tables so additional info about each part can be easily accessed making it easier to decide which parts should be considered as alternates and/or equivalent.