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When design meets manufacturing: Why the digital thread and digital twin are leadership imperatives

December 22, 2025

When design and manufacturing operate without a cohesive digital twin, the consequences ripple across the enterprise.

By Stephen V. Chavez
4 MIN READ
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Optimizing multi-domain collaboration: turning engineering complexity into competitive advantage

December 8, 2025

Multi-domain collaboration is no longer a technical nice-to-have. It is a business imperative.

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ
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Top 5 benefits of Xpedition Standard

November 21, 2025

Xpedition Standard brings enterprise-level PCB design power into a flexible, approachable environment that evolves alongside your business.

By David Haboud
4 MIN READ

Latest posts

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What’s new in HyperLynx release VX.2.12

September 19, 2022

The new VX.2.12 release of HyperLynx delivers state of the art simulation capabilities to mainstream designers by combining advanced modeling…

By Todd Westerhoff
3 MIN READ
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Make informed decisions with real-time electronic component sourcing data

September 16, 2022

An integral part of a PCB design engineer’s job is part selection. A lot of research and consideration goes into…

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ
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Meeting rigid-flex pcb design challenges with Xpedition

September 15, 2022

Apart from the typical challenges of PCB design, flex and rigid-flex PCB designers encounter a whole set of unique obstacles….

By David Wiens
4 MIN READ
Z-planner Enterprise PCB stackup tool

What’s New in Z-planner V2022.1

September 13, 2022

Creating the correct PCB stackup using the proper materials and then transferring that information to your fabricator is extremely important in the success of your PCB design.  Being able to “left-shift” this stage of your design process can add huge cost and quality savings into your entire design.

By Don Kost
4 MIN READ
PCBflow Live Event 2022

The rapidly changing PCB DFM landscape – Live Annual Event

September 13, 2022

Live online event – September 20, 2022 – 2 sessions available. PCB design for manufacturing (DFM) is moving to the…

By Susan Kayesar
2 MIN READ
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What is the PCB Design Process?

September 6, 2022

The PCB design process can be different depending on your company, but the fundamental aspects are all the same –…

By Don Kost
3 MIN READ
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Can you accelerate the selection of alternate components?

September 2, 2022

This blog was written by Chad Jackson, Chief Analyst & CEO at Lifecycle Insights, and comments have been provided throughout…

By Chad Jackson
7 MIN READ
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The engineer and the electronic component sourcing process – how to streamline that today and streamline BOM verification

August 31, 2022

This blog was written by Chad Jackson, Chief Analyst & CEO at Lifecycle Insights, and comments have been provided throughout…

By Chad Jackson
6 MIN READ
IESF 2022

Check out the new PCB track at IESF 2022

August 30, 2022

IESF Automotive is organized by Siemens Digital Industries Software and has been a must-attend event for automotive E/E design professionals…

By Julie Weber
2 MIN READ