Best Tools for Collaborative BOM and Parts Management for 5-8 Engineer Teams

Hello, I am wondering what tools are used by all the people out there for BOM and parts management.

I am trying to setup some software that will help a team of about 5 to 8 engineers that will be developing boards. It would be nice if the libraries for the parts can be created once and referenced by everyone. This means that everyone is using a common name for the parts in the library. While excel is a good enough starting point, the file gets corrupted very easily just with 5 people. There is also no way to do good BOM management in excel.

What other tools are in use for this application?

Hi Gaurav,

I would strongly recommend the use of PCBWeb Designer. It is easy to use schematic and layout tool that is free. PCBWeb features an integrated bill of materials (BOM) manager and an optional web publishing feature that allows for design-sharing within a browser format. Although the application is still solely windows based, I think its worth to try.

I hope this helps,
Kevin