PCN Manager collects every product change notice, dedupes the noise, and flags the parts and BOMs each one affects, so EOL and major changes never slip past your last-time-buy window.
The Challenge
Every supplier sends change notices in its own format on its own schedule. By the time a critical change reaches the right engineer, the window to act has often already closed.
The Data Layer
Every PCN is matched against the same component and supplier data that powers the rest of the Z2 platform, so impact is real, not guessed.
Deduplication
Z2 collects change notices from suppliers, distributors, and our own monitoring, then dedupes and classifies them automatically. One change reported five ways becomes a single PCN with every source attached, so your team reviews each change once.
Prioritization
Not every PCN matters equally. Z2 ranks end-of-life and major changes ahead of minor documentation updates, so the changes that threaten your builds reach the top of the queue. Form-fit-function changes are flagged distinctly from administrative ones.
Documentation
Each change keeps its source document, notification and effective dates, affected part numbers, and a plain description of what changed. When an auditor or a customer asks why a part was swapped, the full record is one click away.
Workflow
Route each PCN to the right owner, set a priority, and track it to resolution. When a disposition is final, push the change straight to your PLM or ERP so engineering, sourcing, and compliance all work from the same record.
Supplier view
Roll PCNs up by supplier to see who is driving the most change and where your risk concentrates. A supplier pushing a wave of EOLs is a sourcing signal long before it becomes a shortage.
How it works
PCN Manager runs the path from raw notice to resolved change so your team works decisions, not inboxes.
Who it's for
PCN Manager gives each team the slice of change intelligence it needs to act early.
Every material and process change arrives with its source document and effective dates, so compliance status stays current and defensible when an auditor or customer asks.
Deduplicated PCNs land already matched to affected parts and BOMs, so reviews start with impact instead of a stack of overlapping notices to sort through.
Early end-of-life and major-change signals reach you in time to plan a last-time-buy or qualify an alternate, not after the part is already locked into the design.
Common Questions
A PCN (product change notification) is a supplier’s formal notice that a component is changing: a process change, a material change, end-of-life, or similar. PCN Manager collects these notices in one place, removes duplicates, and shows which of your parts and BOMs each one affects.
From supplier portals, distributor feeds, direct manufacturer notifications, and Z2’s own change monitoring across 500+ data sources. You do not have to chase each supplier’s format or schedule yourself.
The same change is often reported through several channels in different formats. Z2 matches these to a single PCN and attaches every source, so your team reviews each real change once instead of triaging the same notice repeatedly.
Yes. End-of-life and major changes are prioritized above routine updates and routed to the right owner as soon as they are collected, giving you time to plan a last-time-buy or qualify an alternate before the window closes.
PCN Manager fits an existing workflow. You can assign and track each change to resolution and push final dispositions to your PLM or ERP so engineering, sourcing, and compliance stay aligned on the same record.
