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What is Bid / no-bid in electronics sourcing?

The decision of whether to quote a given RFQ at all, weighing cost, availability, lifecycle risk, inventory fit, and margin. Disciplined bid/no-bid focuses effort on the opportunities most likely to win at an acceptable margin.

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Every part on your BOM, resolved automatically.

O2 reads a bill of materials end to end: it normalizes part numbers, checks lifecycle and compliance on every line, finds alternates, and drafts the quote.