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Contents Introduction ..................................................................................3 What Is a Database-Driven Component Library? ...............3 What a Database-Driven Library Makes Possible ..... 4 Why This Matters for Supply Chain Resilience .......... 4 1. Know What Your Library Is Actually Telling Designers ..... ..........................................................................................................5 Conduct a Library Audit Before Implementing Changes ................................................................................................. 5 2. Build a Schema That Supports Supply Chain Decisions . ..........................................................................................................5 Required Supply Chain Fields ......................................... 6 Schema Design Principles ............................................... 6 Customizable Tables and Views ..................................... 6 3. Control What Designers Can See and Select ................... 7 Conditional Display Rules ................................................ 7 Managing the Transition from an Unfiltered Library 7 4. Manage Lifecycle Risk, Not Just Lifecycle Status ......... 7 What to Assess Beyond Status ......................................8 Encoding Lifecycle Risk in the Library .........................8 5. Build Multi-Sourcing Into the Library by Default........... 8 Qualified Alternates vs. Suggested Alternates.......... 9 6. Leverage Known-Good Components and Remove the Junk ..........................................................................................................9 Approaches to Library Cleanup ..................................... 9 7. Govern the New Part Introduction Process....................10 Standard NPI Process ..................................................... 10 Ideal Verification Before Part Approval ..................... 10 Keeping Designers Unblocked During Review.......... 11 Reducing Data Entry Errors ........................................... 11 8. Enable Data-Driven Part Selection .................................. 12 What Good Part Selection Looks Like ........................ 12 The Data-Driven Decision Problem ............................ 13 Integrated Access to Distributor Data ....................... 13 9. Integrate Supply Chain Resilience Into Part Assessment ........................................................................................................13 Part Status and Lifecycle .............................................. 13 Part Availability ................................................................. 14 Compliance Data .............................................................. 14 Counterfeit Risk ................................................................ 14 Overall Component Risk ................................................. 14 10. Keep the Library Current: Active Management, Not Passive Maintenance ...............................................................................15 Automated Updates ........................................................ 15 Monitoring for Supply Chain Events ........................... 15 11. Govern Access Without Creating Bottlenecks .............15 Role-Based Access ......................................................... 16 Distributing Workload Without Distributing Risk ..... 16 Required Fields as a Governance Mechanism ......... 16 History and Revision Tracking ...................................... 16 12. Connect the Library to the BOM ......................................16 Zero Touch BOM Generation ..........................................17 PLM and; ERP Integration ...............................................17 Library Health Checklist ..........................................................18 Schema and Data Completeness ................................ 18 CAD Model Quality ........................................................... 18 Access and Governance ................................................ 19 Display and Part Selection ............................................ 19 Active Management ........................................................ 19 BOM and Downstream Integration .............................. 19 Closing: The Library as a Supply Chain Asset ................... 20 2 www.cadence.com Managing Your Component Library for Supply Chain Resilience

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