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Articles on PCB costing, quoting automation, DFM, BOM management, and design-file intelligence from the Boardera team.
The Step Before the Quote: Why Electronics Manufacturers Are Automating PCB Design File Analysis
Why OEMs, EMS teams, and fabricators are automating PCB design-file analysis before the quote, and what it changes about costing and DFM.
Understanding the Basics of PCB Solutions
A primer on printed circuit board manufacturing solutions: fabrication, assembly, and the software that connects them.
Connect Engineering Logic with Quoting Efficiency: Automate Custom Labor Costing and Pricing
How EMS teams encode their own engineering logic into automated labor costing and pricing formulas.
BOM Management Software: The Key to Fast & Accurate PCBA Quotes
Why BOM scrubbing, sourcing data, and lifecycle checks are the difference between a fast PCBA quote and an accurate one.
Navigating PCB and Component Tariffs in 2025: How to Manage the Costs and Complexity
Practical approaches for managing tariff-driven cost and sourcing complexity across PCB fabrication and assembly.
Bridging the Gap: The Shift Left Movement in PCB Manufacturing
How shifting manufacturing insight earlier into PCB design shortens iterations and lowers cost.
10 Advantages of a Customer Portal
Ten ways a self-serve customer portal improves quoting, ordering, and communication for electronics manufacturers.
We Understand B2B
What B2B electronics manufacturing buyers actually need from their software vendors.
The Vital Role of XYRS and Pick & Place Files in Your PCB Design Package for Contract Manufacturing
Why XYRS / pick-and-place files matter in a PCB design package, and how missing ones slow down contract manufacturing.
Unleashing the Power of IPC-2581: Advantages of the New PCB File Standard
The advantages of the IPC-2581 PCB data standard over fragmented legacy file formats.
Demystifying the ODB++ File Format for PCBs
What the ODB++ PCB manufacturing data format contains and why it beats loose Gerber packages.
Online Ordering Increases Profit
How online ordering and self-serve quoting increase margins for PCB fabricators and assemblers.