Hardware procurement · Built for Europe

Your BOM is a map of your operational risk.
Most hardware teams use it as a shopping list.

Kitflow starts by turning that shopping list into an automated procurement workflow - and builds from there.

kitflow — BOM analysis · flight-controller-v4.csv · 47 line items
Sourcing recommendations · 44 matched · 3 need review
Ready to order
MPN Description Qty Best source Unit price Lead time Status
STM32H743ZIT6 MCU ARM Cortex-M7 12 TME €8.24 In stock Confirmed
GRM188R71H104KA93D Cap MLCC 100nF 50V X7R 200 Farnell €0.04 In stock Confirmed
ICM-42688-P 6-axis IMU SPI/I2C 12 Mouser €4.61 3 days Confirmed
SN65HVD230DR CAN bus transceiver 24 RS €1.18 In stock Confirmed
PESD3V3L1BSF ESD protection diode SOD882 48 TME €0.07 In stock Alt suggested
TPS62933PFBR Buck converter 3A 17V 12 Mouser €1.44 14 days Long lead
W25Q128JVSIQ Flash memory 128Mb SPI 12 — — — No stock EU
Total estimate €1,847.20
Distributors 4
Orders 4 POs · ready to place

The problem

Before every build, someone loses two days to this.

4×
Distributor tabs open
Farnell. RS. TME. Mouser. Each one searched separately, priced separately, ordered separately.
47
Line items, each checked by hand
Stock status. Lead time. Price breaks. Alternatives when something's out. Every line, every time.
1–2
Engineer-days per build cycle
At the exact moment you need your engineers building product, they're doing logistics.

How it works

From BOM to purchase orders in minutes.

01
Upload your BOM
CSV from Altium, Onshape, or a spreadsheet. Any format. No template required.
→
02
All distributors, at once
Every line item queried across Farnell, RS, TME, and Mouser simultaneously. Stock, price, lead time.
→
03
Review and approve
Sourcing recommendations per line. Alternatives flagged where stock is short. You decide, not the algorithm.
→
04
Orders placed and tracked
Consolidated POs generated and placed per distributor via API. Delivery tracked in one dashboard — alerts when anything slips.

Where this goes

Procurement automation is where Kitflow starts. The compounding value is what happens when your supply chain history becomes intelligence — flagging component risk at design time, not order time.

As your BOM history accumulates, Kitflow learns which components create supply chain problems before you've committed to them. Which parts have single-source exposure. Which have drifted toward EOL. Which alternatives actually work at volume versus on paper.

That's not a procurement tool. That's a design intelligence layer — and it gets sharper with every build.

Beyond automation

Don't just move faster — source smarter.

Kitflow doesn't just replace browser tabs. Seeing all distributors simultaneously means you find the best price every time — and seeing alternatives means you stop depending on a single source for critical components.

Lower costs
Best price, automatically
When you can see Farnell, RS, TME, and Mouser side by side on every line item, you stop overpaying. Price comparison that used to take hours happens in seconds.
Diversified supply
Never single-source by accident
Kitflow surfaces qualified alternatives for every component — so you can spread risk across distributors and manufacturers before a shortage stops your production.
Full visibility
From order to delivery
Track every open order across every distributor in one place. Lead time slips and backorders surface immediately — not when your CM calls to say parts are missing.

Integrations

Built around the tools your team already uses.

Not a US tool retrofitted for Europe. Native integrations with European distributors that stock, ship, and invoice in euros — and with the ERP systems running European manufacturing floors.

Distributors

Farnell
EU · API + ordering
RS Components
EU · API + ordering
TME
EU · API + ordering
Mouser
EU warehouse · API
Distrelec
Coming soon

ERP

Odoo
Purchase orders · inventory · receipts
Arena PLM
Coming soon
SAP
Coming soon

Kitflow pushes purchase orders into your ERP and pulls confirmed receipts back — so your books stay accurate without double entry.

We're onboarding a small number of European hardware teams.

The first hardware teams that use Kitflow shape what it becomes. Every build cycle makes the platform's lead time intelligence sharper, its component risk signals more accurate, its alternative sourcing recommendations more reliable — without your BOM data ever leaving your account.

No pitch.
A 20 min conversation about your
build workflow and what breaks in it.