Printed Circuit : Recent Episodes
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Welcome to The Printed Circuit, a Siemens Podcast. Hosted by Stephen Chavez, each episode discussed how the pandemic caused huge disruptions around the globe in supply chain, and now, organizations and their silos are making it increasingly harder to adapt. Starting from the knowledge phase on the road to resilience, to intelligence and optimization.
A big challenge that PCB designers face is the lack of organization of the data on which they need to make critical decisions. Sometimes, the data will be available but in a different unusable format, and other times, they simply can’t get it despite knowing their organization has it. That is why it is important to develop a standardized way of naming, formatting, and storing PCB-related data.
I’m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I’m glad to be joined by Andre Mosley, Marketing Development Specialist with Siemens. Today, he’ll help us understand what the industry is doing to simplify access to critical design data.
In this episode, you’ll learn about the challenges that PCB designers face when it comes to the library and design data management. You’ll also hear why Siemens is advocating for design data management standards. Additionally, you’ll find out the roadblocks that are hindering best practices such as standardization.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- Challenges that come with library and design data management (02:40)
- The solution PCB designers should implement to solve the library problem (05:49)
- How we can solve the data management problem (10:15)
- Roadblocks stopping the use of best practices in design data management (15:54)
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ECAD/MCAD collaboration is important for companies that need to create powerful products fast and efficiently. However, challenges such as their siloed nature and different data formats make it difficult for the two to work together seamlessly. This leads to a loss of time and resources as the company is forced to undertake multiple respins necessitated by avoidable errors.
I’m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I’m glad to be joined by Alex Grange, Technical Marketing Engineer for the Electronic Board Division at Siemens, focusing on electromechanical collaboration, and is currently the leader of the ECAD/MCAD Implementer Forum developing the IDX standard. He’ll help us understand what is being done to improve ECAD/MCAD collaboration.
In this episode, you’ll learn about the challenges that ECAD/MCAD collaboration faces and how it impacts companies. You’ll also hear about the impact of the IDX standard on the industry’s ability to collaborate. Additionally, you’ll hear about PCB design best practices and how IDX fits in with them.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- What doesn’t work today when it comes to ECAD/MCAD co-design collaboration (01:02)
- The challenges presented by older data formats in ECAD/MCAD collaboration (04:16)
- How IDX format benefits electromechanical exchange today (06:14)
- Best practices that PCB designers should implement (08:25)
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For the last 25 years, costs have been the driver for most businesses. As the supply chain was a stable space, choosing a supplier was about reducing costs and picking a product based on the design already created. However, geopolitical reasons and the COVID-19 pandemic redesigned the supply chain landscape; it transformed it into a brittle, flaky, and very unstable terrain.
I'm your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I'm glad to be joined by Matt Bromley, Vice President of Product Strategy and Technology with Siemens. Today, he'll help us understand Siemens' approach to optimization in the supply chain and how that applies to designing for supply chain resilience.
In this episode, you'll hear about how to deal with supply chain instability, why engineering, procurement, and NPI, are no longer operating in silos, and the new way of looking at single components trust. Additionally, you'll learn about what's being done in the components authenticity realm and what is being done to identify threats in the supply chain.
What You'll Learn in this Episode:
- What has changed in the supply chain, how that affects the market, and how it operates (2:06)
- How to evaluate if we are having a data resiliency problem (5:51)
- How does a trusted supply chain affect optimization (8:51)
- What is the value of knowing where a component is used (14:41)
- How's the Root of Trust principle being applied to components' authenticity (15:31)
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For the industry to continue being profitable and innovative, they have to create resilient supply chains. The high cost of redesigning parts and the delays in delivery due to unreasonable lead times are not sustainable. One of the ways of solving this problem is arming the design teams with supply chain intelligence.
I’m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I’m glad to be joined by Andre Mosley, Marketing Development Specialist with Siemens. Today, he’ll help us understand how arming designers with supply chain intelligence can help create a resilient supply chain.
In this episode, you’ll learn what has caused supply chain problems in the printed circuit board industry. You’ll also hear about how manufacturers are responding to supply chain problems. Additionally, you’ll hear about some of the strategies that can help in building a resilient supply chain.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- How intelligence enables supply chain resilience at the point of design (01:13)
- How the supply chain challenges have evolved over time (03:58)
- The impact that supply chain issues are having on manufacturers (07:30)
- What the industry needs to do to create supply chain resilience (12:29)
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For manufacturers to maximize profits from new products, they need to shorten their time to market. This requires production systems to be ready as soon as the design gets its final approval. For most companies, this has been made impossible by supply chain disruptions which have increased the lead time for most components.
I’m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I’m glad to be joined by Matt Walsh, a Product Marketing Manager with Siemens EDA. He is responsible for all of their cloud solutions. Today, he’ll help us understand what manufacturers must do to build resilient supply chains.
In this episode, you’ll learn about the supply chain challenges brought on by siloed systems. You’ll also learn how empowering engineers with sourcing intelligence can help them create viable designs faster, and you'll find out what is needed to create resilient supply chain systems.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- The capabilities of a fully integrated supply chain solution (02:03)
- The advantages of a fully integrated supply chain solution (04:19)
- The key components that will help in building a resilient supply chain (07:52)
- The impact of supply chain disruption (12:07)
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The changes in the last three years have made companies rethink how they design and manufacture their products. While the remote working problem has been solved, the supply chain problem is getting bigger. To survive this new reality, businesses need to build resilient supply chains and empower their design engineers with supply chain intelligence.
I’m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I’m glad to be joined by Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer with Supplyframe – a company that leads the Design-to-Source Intelligence platform for the global electronics value chain, with solutions that interpret billions of intent, demand, supply, and risk signals to deliver insights through the design-to-market product lifecycle. Today, he’ll help us understand the trends, challenges, and opportunities across the printed circuit engineering industry.
In this episode, you’ll hear about the challenges that OEMs are facing as they digitalize their processes. You’ll also find out why companies need to empower design engineers with supply chain knowledge. Additionally, you’ll learn about the impact that parts supply lead time increases on manufacturers.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- How existing organizational infrastructure is limiting the industry (00:41)
- The impact of eliminating silos without a tested alternative (06:47)
- Why engineers need to be empowered with supply chain knowledge (11:01)
- How increased materials lead times are affecting manufacturers (20:03)
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COVID might have slowed down, but its impact on the engineering field is still being felt through continued supply chain challenges. Organizations, big and small, have been forced to redesign, delay, and sometimes cancel profitable projects simply because they couldn’t find the necessary materials. Many companies are now overhauling their entire sourcing systems to create more resilient systems.
I’m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I’m glad to be joined by Chad Jackson, Chief Analyst and CEO of Lifecycle Insights, a company delivering research and thought leadership guidance to engineering executives. Chad leads the company’s research and thought leadership programs, attends and speaks at industry events, and reviews emerging technology solutions.
In this episode, you’ll hear about the factors that have contributed to the disruption of supply chain systems over the last few years. You’ll also hear about what engineering teams are doing to navigate the new reality. Additionally, you’ll learn about the impact that supply chain problems are having on both small and big companies.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- Factors that are causing supply chain problems (02:39)
- The negative impact of siloed initiatives within the same organization (04:15)
- How supply chain challenges are impacting design processes (07:33)
- Why the smaller companies suffer more due to supply chain problems (11:57)
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