Z2 gives automotive OEMs and Tier 1 electronics suppliers complete visibility across component lifecycles, battery sub-tiers, and regulatory obligations, from PPAP timing to UFLPA enforcement, before a disruption halts a production line.
The Challenge
20-year model runs outlast 10-year chip lifecycles. Z2 forecasts discontinuation years out, with PPAP timelines built in, so teams act before runway closes.
The EV transition adds sub-tier dependencies in lithium, cobalt, and graphite, with UFLPA exposure throughout. Z2 maps origins past Tier 1 and monitors enforcement risk continuously.
IMDS, ELV, RoHS, REACH, PFAS, UFLPA, and conflict minerals, plus OEM-specific rules on top. Z2 screens your full BOM and generates the declarations customers require.
Disruption Intelligence Real-time alerts on EV battery supply chain disruptions, tariff changes, and allocation shortages, mapped directly to your BOM part numbers and open production positions.
IMDS & Substance Compliance Screen every BOM against IMDS, ELV, RoHS, REACH, PFAS, and conflict minerals requirements, and generate customer-ready Full Material Declarations and Certificates of Compliance for your PPAP packages.
PPAP & Obsolescence Lifecycle forecasting on 1B+ components. Component discontinuation projections, last-time-buy windows, and alternate part recommendations, all timed to PPAP requalification windows across 20-year model runs.
Supplier Risk Assess supplier financial health, M&A activity, AEC-Q qualification status, and geopolitical exposure. Build resilient supplier bases for high-volume production programs.
Built for automotive enterprises that need unified risk coverage across parts, suppliers, compliance, and battery materials, with a single integration point and shared workflow.
PPAP & Obsolescence
The PPAP timing trap: an end-of-life notice arrives with 12 months of runway, but PPAP requalification takes 6 to 18 months. Teams that detect component discontinuations late have no viable path to a qualified alternate before supply runs out, and no way to avoid a production line stoppage or costly emergency redesign.
Capabilities
Proactive component discontinuation management with lifecycle forecasting, end-of-life projections, and last-time-buy windows aligned to PPAP requalification timelines, before runway runs out.
Full supply chain transparency from Tier 1 through battery cell manufacturers, cathode suppliers, and raw material extraction, with UFLPA screening for lithium, cobalt, and graphite origins.
BOM-level screening against IMDS, REACH SVHC, RoHS, and ELV requirements generates the Full Material Declarations and Certificates of Compliance your PPAP packages need in hours instead of weeks.
Real-time tracking of U.S. tariff changes, UFLPA enforcement actions, and country-of-origin dependencies, mapped to your specific BOMs and EV battery supply chain before CBP enforcement.
Aggregate product change notifications from 1,200+ manufacturers in one place to catch form/fit/function changes before they trigger PPAP requalification crises at model launch.
Continuous financial health scoring, M&A monitoring, and AEC-Q qualification tracking for your critical Tier 1 and Tier 2 electronics suppliers, with early warning on at-risk relationships.
PPAP Intelligence
Z2's Part Risk Manager monitors every automotive-grade and commercial component in your BOM, surfacing PPAP alerts the moment last-time-buy windows open. Program offices get a single risk number. Component engineers get AEC-Q qualified alternates. Procurement gets lead times mapped to model-year timing.
Part Risk Manager
Battery Supply Chain Risk
UFLPA enforcement on battery materials is accelerating. Xinjiang linkages in cobalt, graphite, and lithium supply chains are triggering CBP detentions that halt production lines without warning. China tariff exposure at 145% is reshaping EV powertrain sourcing economics, and most automotive teams don't know where their sub-tier exposure sits until after an enforcement action.
Compliance & Regulatory
Automotive compliance requirements keep expanding. IMDS (International Material Data System), ELV, RoHS, REACH, PFAS, conflict minerals, and OEM-specific substance bans all require accurate, up-to-date BOM data. Z2 Compliance Manager continuously screens your BOM and generates the Full Material Declarations and Certificates of Compliance your OEM customers and regulatory auditors require.
Compliance Manager
Use Cases
See lifecycle status, end-of-life projections, and qualified alternates during NPI, before parts are locked into a vehicle platform with no substitution path and a PPAP timeline measured in months.
Manage battery material lead times, EV allocation shortages, and last-time-buy windows simultaneously. Know which components to buffer before a shortage forces a line stoppage or spot market buy.
Screen BOMs against IMDS, REACH, RoHS, and conflict minerals requirements and generate the Full Material Declarations and Certificates of Compliance your PPAP packages need, with supplier declaration version history for OEM and regulatory audits.
Map UFLPA exposure in battery material supply chains (lithium, cobalt, graphite) and identify Xinjiang linkages before an enforcement action halts your EV powertrain production.
Z2 has been a valuable tool allowing our organization to avoid supply driven product redesigns and, alternatively, massive inventory over-purchasing. Manually gathering and analyzing market data is incredibly labor intensive. Z2 has allowed our team to react quickly and regularly to early warning signs.
Common Questions
Z2 Part Risk Manager forecasts lifecycle status across the full BOM and surfaces the 30% of end-of-life events that generate no supplier PCN (Z2 research, 2023). Because PPAP requalification can take 6 to 18 months, early lifecycle visibility gives engineering and sourcing teams time to qualify an alternate before supply runs out.
Z2 Compliance Manager tracks SVHC and substance status at the component level and generates the Full Material Declarations and certificates that feed IMDS submission workflows and PPAP packages. It ingests supplier data in IPC-1752A/B and ChemSherpa formats and normalizes it into the material data your team enters into IMDS, with declarations ready for you to submit.
Z2 Responsible Minerals manages CMRT and EMRT collection across large supplier networks, tracks response rates, and escalates non-responders, covering tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold, and cobalt. It replaces email-based collection that produces high non-response rates, generating the Form SD CMRT for your team to file.
Yes. Z2 Sub-Tier Intelligence maps battery material origins from Tier 1 cell integrator through cathode supplier to raw extraction, flagging UFLPA entity-list exposure and China-concentration risk. With part-level country-of-origin and HTS data, teams can also see which BOM lines carry tariff exposure when rates change.
Z2 surfaces AEC-Q qualification context for alternate-part decisions and tracks PFAS at the component and material level, including the coatings, seals, gaskets, and wire insulation where PFAS hides. With France and Denmark restrictions effective 2026, Z2 runs supplier outreach to characterize undeclared PFAS before a redesign is forced.
