PartsBox Electronic Parts Inventory, BOM & Production

PartsBox is an electronic parts inventory and production management service based in Warsaw, Poland, operated by its founder Jan Rychter, a hardware and software developer. Describing itself as profitable, independent and without venture funding, it serves companies that design and build electronics, including product companies, design firms, contract manufacturers, regulated manufacturers and labs, which struggle to track components, BOM costs and build shortages in spreadsheets.

The cloud application stores parts with datasheets, CAD models and custom fields, tracks stock by piece, length, weight or area, and manages approved substitutes at part and BOM-line level. BOMs imported from KiCad, Altium, EAGLE or CSV are priced against distributor offers using price breaks, MOQs and currencies, and purchase lists are grouped by vendor. Production features show shortages before a build, print pick lists, add attrition and run multi-stage builds with serial numbers, while lot control traces devices back to their component lots. Barcode labels, Zebra printing, a public API and role-based access support daily operations.

• Parts inventory: search by part number, manufacturer, footprint or custom field, with datasheets and CAD models.
• Substitutes: meta-parts, approved substitutes and per-line BOM alternates.
• BOM pricing: import from KiCad, Altium, EAGLE or CSV and compare distributor offers.
• Production builds: shortage checks, pick lists, attrition and multi-stage builds with serial numbers.
• Lot control and traceability: per-lot cost and source, quarantine and device-to-lot tracing.
• Labels and API: unique ID codes, Zebra label printing, barcode scanning, public API and JSON export.

A Vietnamese IoT device maker can manage component stock, BOM costs and small production runs in one system. An EMS provider can track customer-supplied parts by lot and print labels for kitting. A university or R&D lab can organise its electronic parts store and share it across research groups.

Electronics makers see component shortages before a build starts, instead of discovering them on the line. BOM pricing across distributors with price breaks and MOQs helps cut purchasing cost. Lot control, serial numbers, audit trail and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 support on the Compliance plan help regulated manufacturers with traceability. Plans start free for one user and from 49 EUR per month for teams, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Volatile component prices and lead times since the chip shortage have pushed small and mid-sized electronics makers to manage inventory, substitutes and BOM costs more carefully, and traceability requirements are rising in medical, automotive and aerospace electronics. Vietnam's growing base of electronics product companies, EMS providers and R&D labs needs affordable tools for these tasks.

PartsBox is operated by Jan Rychter from Warsaw, Poland (EU VAT PL5211017744), under Polish law. It describes itself as profitable and independent with no venture capital. It acquired ecDB.net in 2018 and is rated 4.9/5 on Capterra, according to its website.