Product Feature
A single 0 to 100 rating for every component, built from six weighted risk dimensions so procurement and engineering work from the same numbers.
Overview
Part Risk and Part Score is the scoring engine inside Z2 Part Risk Manager. It evaluates every component against six risk dimensions, obsolescence, compliance, market availability, technology generation, multi-sourcing, and supplier health, then aggregates them into one score from 0 to 100. Instead of spreadsheets that go stale the moment you save them, your team prioritizes the same parts from the same maintained data across 1B+ tracked components.
Every Part Score rolls up six assessments into one number. Obsolescence Risk weighs lifecycle status, years to end of life, and supplier behavior. Compliance Risk reflects RoHS, REACH, and China RoHS. Market Availability Risk reads distributor inventory, shortages, and lead times. Technology Risk flags legacy parts and newer generations. Multi-Sourcing Risk measures cross-compatibility across suppliers. Supplier Risk analyzes financial health, litigation, tenure, and workforce. Reducing six dimensions to one number does not hide detail, it sequences attention: the composite tells you which parts deserve a closer look first.
The dimensions are not averaged blindly. Weights reflect what disrupts a build, so lifecycle stage and sourcing concentration carry the most influence. A compliant, well-stocked part that is end-of-life with a single source scores worse than its green flags suggest, because that is the part that stops a line. The drill-down view exposes the math: open any Part Score and you see each dimension's contribution, so an engineer can confirm why a part landed where it did and a buyer can defend the prioritization.
A spreadsheet risk score is accurate the day you build it and degrading after. Part Score recalculates automatically whenever an underlying signal changes: a new PCN, a lifecycle status change, a compliance update, a shift in inventory, or a change in supplier health. Z2 ingests 10,000+ product change notices a year from 3,200+ manufacturers, so the inputs move as the market moves. The rank order of risk in your BOM is never frozen to the last manual refresh, and the parts at the top of the list reflect this quarter's reality, not last year's analysis.
Part Risk and Part Score is the rating layer the rest of Part Risk Manager builds on. The same 0 to 100 score that ranks a component rolls up into BOM-level risk views, feeds alternate-part and cross-reference workflows, and connects to the lifecycle forecast Z2 maintains on CALCE methodology validated at 90%+ accuracy. Procurement, engineering, sourcing, and compliance all read from one rating instead of separate spreadsheets.
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Part Risk & Part Score is one capability inside Z2 Part Risk Manager, the industry's largest component intelligence platform. Search and score 1B+ parts across obsolescence, compliance, sourcing, and supplier risk, all in one view.
Common Questions
A Part Score is a composite risk rating from 0 to 100 combining six dimensions: obsolescence, compliance, market availability, technology generation, multi-sourcing, and supplier health. It tells you how risky a component is to design in or keep sourcing, in one comparable number, and the drill-down view shows each dimension's contribution.
They are weighted by procurement impact, not averaged equally. Lifecycle stage and sourcing concentration carry the most weight because they are most likely to halt a build, which is why an end-of-life, single-source part can score worse than its compliance and inventory status suggest.
No. Part Score recalculates automatically whenever an underlying signal changes, such as a new PCN, a lifecycle update, a compliance change, or a shift in distributor inventory. It replaces manual spreadsheet scoring, which goes stale as soon as it is saved, with a rating that tracks the market in near real time.
