PCN operations for hardware teams

Turn supplier PCNs into BOM-specific actions

Forward or upload a supplier notice. PCNshark extracts affected parts and critical dates, matches them against your monitored BOMs, and shows your team exactly which products require review.

Starter and Team are free for 14 days. Card required. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid being charged.

Unlimited
PCN uploads
Every BOM
auto-matched
Reviewable
AI analysis
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Built to process PCNs from
component manufacturers
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§ 00 · The problem

Collecting PCNs is the easy part. Knowing what they hit is the hard part.

Supplier PCNs arrive through email, distributor portals, and manufacturer websites. The hard part isn’t collecting them — it’s knowing whether a notice touches any part on your active BOMs, which products are exposed, and who needs to take action.

01

PCNs are scattered across inboxes, portals, and PDFs

02

One notice can affect hundreds or thousands of MPNs

03

Teams manually check BOMs against every supplier notice

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Missed PCNs create lifecycle, quality, and supply-continuity risk

§ 01 · The workflow

From PCN intake to BOM impact, in one workflow.

step 01auto

Upload your BOMs

Drop a CSV or XLSX. PCNshark normalizes the manufacturer part numbers into the monitored MPNs it watches — across aliases, suffixes, and packaging variants.

supported formats
.csv · .xlsx · Altium / KiCad / Eagle exports
step 02auto

Forward or upload every PCN

Send notices to your dedicated inbound address or upload PDFs — unlimited on every plan. PCNshark stores each one, then AI extracts affected MPNs, dates, change type, and supplier details.

your dedicated address
pcn@your-company.pcnshark.com
step 03auto

See BOM impact and take action

Each notice is matched against your monitored BOMs. Your team reviews impact, assigns owners, exports reports, and tracks follow-up — one thread per affected part, not a queue of PDFs.

matched against
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Sentinel-V3.158 positions
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§ 02 · What it does

Unlimited PCN intake in — BOM impact and action out.

CoreBOM intelligence

Match every PCN against your BOMs and MPNs.

PCNshark matches supplier notices against the monitored manufacturer part numbers across your BOMs and programs — normalizing MPNs (aliases, suffixes, packaging variants) so a notice for ATSAMD21G18A-AU also catches your -MU and -MUT lines.

TPS62840DLCRTI · qty 1EOL
STM32F407VGT6ST · qty 1active
GRM188R71H104KMurata · qty 26rev F→G
CRCW040210K0FKVishay · qty 84active
MK20DX256VLH7NXP · qty 1EOL
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Unlimited PCN intake

Upload or forward every supplier notice your team receives — uncapped on all paid plans. PCNshark keeps the archive organized so notices don't get buried in inboxes.

03

AI-enriched PCN analysis

Extract affected parts, effective dates, last-time-buy dates, change categories, and supplier details from PCN PDFs — every extraction reviewable against the source.

04

Workflow & audit trail

Track review status, team notes, owner assignments, and exports — every decision linked to the original PDF and extracted data, defensible to QA.

05

Security foundations

Tenant-isolated data model, access-controlled storage, and SOC 2-aligned controls in progress. Security reviews available on request.

A missed effective date or last-time-buy deadline can leave engineering and supply chain with fewer response options.

PCNshark helps teams identify affected BOMs, assign ownership, and preserve a reviewable record of the response.

Identify
Which BOMs and products a notice affects
Assign
Ownership for review and sign-off
Track
Effective and last-time-buy dates
Document
A reviewable record of the response
§ 03 · Pricing

Choose the plan that fits your PCN workflow

Starter

$149/ month
14-day free trial

For small hardware teams establishing a reliable PCN review process.

  • 1 seat included
  • 3 BOMs
  • 500 monitored MPNs
  • 1 program
  • 500 external source scans / month
  • 100 AI-enriched PCNs / month
  • Unlimited PCN uploads
  • Unlimited email-forwarded PCNs
  • Unlimited internal PCN-to-BOM matching
  • Unlimited impact PDF exports
  • Team Notes — not included
  • Custom PCN email address — not included

Upgrade to Team when you need shared review, team notes, and a custom PCN email address.

Start 14-day free trial
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Team

$499/ month
14-day free trial

For cross-functional teams managing multiple products, BOMs, and PCN owners.

  • 5 seats included
  • 50 BOMs
  • 10,000 monitored MPNs
  • 10 programs
  • 2,500 external source scans / month
  • 1,000 AI-enriched PCNs / month
  • Unlimited PCN uploads
  • Unlimited email ingests
  • Unlimited internal PCN-to-BOM matching
  • Unlimited impact PDF exports
  • Team Notes
  • Custom PCN email address

Upgrade to Scale when you outgrow BOM, program, or matching caps.

Start 14-day free trial

Scale

$999/ month
Paid access starts immediately

For larger hardware organizations requiring higher matching capacity, more users, and advanced workflow support.

  • 15 seats included
  • Unlimited BOMs
  • 50,000 monitored MPNs
  • Unlimited programs
  • 10,000 external source scans / month
  • 5,000 AI-enriched PCNs / month
  • Unlimited PCN uploads
  • Unlimited email ingests
  • Unlimited internal PCN-to-BOM matching
  • Unlimited impact PDF exports
  • Everything in Team

Upgrade to Enterprise for private PCNs, SSO, audit logs, and custom contractual limits.

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Enterprise

Customannual
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For complex organizations requiring custom implementation, integrations, permissions, security review, contractual terms, or multi-business-unit support.

Work with us on integrations, security review, retention, and deployment.

  • Custom seat count
  • Custom monitored MPN volume
  • Custom external source scan volume
  • Custom AI-enriched PCN volume
  • Unlimited PCN uploads
  • Unlimited email ingests
  • Unlimited internal PCN-to-BOM matching
  • Everything in Scale, plus Private uploads
  • Visibility selector
  • SSO / SAML (planned)
  • Enterprise onboarding · security review
  • API & webhooks (on request)
  • Dedicated Slack channel
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Unlimited PCN uploads on every paid plan. Plans scale by monitored MPNs, external source scans, AI-enriched analysis, seats, and workflow features — not by how many notices you send us.

How the trial works

Start with the plan that fits your team

Try Starter or Team free for 14 days

Choose Starter or Team and use the selected plan free for 14 days. A payment method is required when you sign up. You will not be charged during the trial. Unless you cancel beforehand, your paid subscription begins automatically when the trial ends.

  1. 1Choose Starter or TeamSelect your plan and add a payment method.
  2. 2Use PCNshark free for 14 daysUpload your BOMs, process supplier notices, and validate the workflow.
  3. 3Continue or cancelContinue with the paid subscription or cancel before the trial ends to avoid being charged.
No lock-in

Upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time as your needs change — your data and history carry over.

Start your 14-day free trial

Need more capacity from day one?

Scale is available through self-service checkout without a free trial. Select Scale, complete payment, and begin using the plan immediately.

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Founder-assisted onboarding

Get your first PCN workflow running

Starter and Team customers can receive founder-assisted onboarding during their 14-day trial. Scale and Enterprise customers can receive founder-assisted implementation support once their plan is active.

§ 04 · FAQ

Questions, answered.

Anything not covered? Mail us at hello@pcnshark.com — we read every message.

01What is a PCN?
A Product Change Notice — what a component manufacturer sends when something about a part changes: end-of-life, revision, NRND, or full discontinuation. Missing a notice can reduce the time available to evaluate lifecycle, quality, sourcing, or design options.
02What does PCNshark do?
PCNshark helps hardware teams process supplier product change notices, extract affected part numbers and dates, match those parts against monitored BOMs, assign ownership, and document the response.
03Is PCNshark a component database?
No. PCNshark is a PCN operations and BOM-impact workflow. It helps teams process supplier notices, identify affected BOMs, assign ownership, and document the response.
04Does PCNshark replace our PLM or ERP?
No. PCNshark complements PLM and ERP systems by handling the workflow between receiving a supplier notice and completing the BOM-level impact review.
05Does AI make the final engineering decision?
No. PCNshark uses AI to help extract and organize notice information. The source document remains available for verification, and your team remains responsible for the final engineering, quality, sourcing, or lifecycle decision.
06Which manufacturers do you support?
Any manufacturer that publishes PCNs by email or PDF. Built-in normalization for the majors (TI, ADI, ST, NXP, Microchip, Infineon, ON, Renesas, Vishay, Murata, TDK, Panasonic, Molex, TE, Amphenol, Samsung); the long tail is handled automatically by the extractor.

Know which products are affected before the notice gets buried

Upload your BOM, forward your first supplier notice, and turn PCN review into a consistent, traceable workflow.

Starter and Team are free for 14 days. Card required. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid being charged. Scale begins as a paid subscription immediately and does not include a free trial.