Parts Information

Information solutions from IHS provide immediate access to critical data needed to make strategic engineering, purchasing, maintenance and quality assurance decisions that directly impact costs, time-to-market, product quality and process efficiencies.

IHS offers a complete parts research solution to assist you at every phase of the product's life cycle.

What do you need to do today?

• Identify an alternative source of supply?
• Find who makes a part and you only have a partial part number?
• Identify a manufacturer of an electronic component by a logo?
• Request quotes for "build-to-order" parts based on your CAD design files?

The following IHS parts information services can help you answer these questions and more.

CatalogXpress
CatalogXpress® delivers the world's most valuable and comprehensive collection of manufacturer's catalogs to your desktop with speed, accuracy and reliability.

Fasteners eCatalog
The IHS Fasteners eCatalog uniquely offers part and parametric searching for standard fasteners (bolts, screws, nuts, washers, rivets, etc.).

HAYSTACK
A comprehensive and powerful parts and logistics management system; providing fast, flexible access to information on over 100 million items in the U.S. Federal Supply Catalog.

IHS Parts Management Solutions

• Direct Parts Management (DPM) — IHS Direct Parts Management software tools and services are designed to help companies optimize their direct parts data. DPM enables successful management of part reuse, promotes proactive management of obsolescence, allows users to find parts quickly, and helps an organization improve their ability to meet Hazmat compliance requirements.

  In addition, Aberdeen Group has published The Design for Compliance Benchmark Report, sponsored by IHS. The report explores the need for compliance with regulatory, environmental and operational (e.g. parts reuse, Six Sigma and design for supply) mandates. It also highlights the critical role compliance management must play in product development and lifecycle management initiatives, and identifies strategies, governance structures and systems infrastructures that have proven more effective for managing product compliance.

• Indirect Parts Management (IPM) — IHS Intermat Solutions offers best-in-class indirect parts management software tools and services. Our IPM solution focuses on cleansing, standardizing, and enhancing unstructured maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) parts data using industry-proven templates.

• Engineering Content Management (ECM) — IHS ECM solutions are customized to meet your requirements and designed specifically to provide efficient mechanisms for the creation, capture, management and distribution of information.

4DOnline Parts Universe
Instantly access all aspects of product critical component information with Parts Universe, including component alternates, part status, manufacturer documentation, datasheets, application notes, timing diagrams, and PCNs. With direct access to analytical predictive lifecycle information and alert part notifications, users can proactively identify and quickly minimize lifecycle management challenges, accelerating ROI.

TACTRAC
The TACTRAC obsolescence management solution enables effective component selection, predictive lifecycle analysis, and design sustainment tools. by allowing users to proactively identify obsolete components early in the design cycle.

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