1. A method of automatically auditing an electronic component design process comprising a plurality of design steps, the method comprising: obtaining at least one design file comprising electronic component design information generated by one or more electronic design automation (EDA) tools; extracting a plurality of non-error data types from the at least one design file; producing one or more summary files using the extracted plurality of non-error data types; and determining whether an audit failure exists in a current design step of the plurality of design steps based on a comparison of the one or more summary files with one or more stored failure indicators, the one or more stored failure indicators comprising a plurality of non-error triggers associated with later failures, wherein the method is executed using a computer processor.