{"id":6599,"date":"2023-02-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:09:47","slug":"pcb-design-best-practices-library-and-design-data-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/printed-circuit\/pcb-design-best-practices-library-and-design-data-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving design data management | Episode 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=TLFIE3489376388\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. I\u2019m glad to be joined by Andre Mosley, Marketing Development Specialist with Siemens. Today, he\u2019ll help us understand what the industry is doing to simplify access to critical design data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, you\u2019ll learn about the challenges that PCB designers face when it comes to the library and design data management. You\u2019ll also hear why Siemens is advocating for design data management standards. Additionally, you\u2019ll find out the roadblocks that are hindering best practices such as standardization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you\u2019ll learn in this episode:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Challenges that come with library and design data management (02:40)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The solution PCB designers should implement to solve the library problem (05:49)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How we can solve the data management problem (10:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roadblocks stopping the use of best practices in design data management&nbsp; (15:54)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/12\/Andre-Mosley-Webinars_173.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Mosely\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Andre Mosely<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Marketing Development Specialist, Siemens<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andre-mosley-data-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Andre on LinkedIn <\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/11\/steph_chavez300-small.jpg\" alt=\"Steph Chavez\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Steph Chavez<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Senior Product Marketing Manager, Siemens<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephen-v-chavez-59985012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Steph on LinkedIn <\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want more PCB design best practices?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn PCB design best practices from an industry expert with over 30 years of experience, broken down into five pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eda.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/pcb\/digitally-integrated-and-optimized\/library-design-data-management\/?ref=EBS_blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digitally integrated and optimized<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eda.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/pcb\/engineering-productivity-and-efficiency\/advanced-design\/?ref=EBS_blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engineering productivity and efficiency<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a 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