Control of engineering documentation, sometimes called Configuration Management (CM) especially in the defense industries, is critical to world-class manufacturing survival.

Engineering Documentation Control Handbook is one of the best blueprints for constructive, efficient EDC/CM ever published.

Use the Engineering Documentation Control Handbook to get on track right away and make the release of new products and their documentation flow smoothly and easily.

Engineering Documentation Control Handbook is packed with specific methods that can be applied quickly and accurately to almost any industry and any product to control documentation, request changes to the product, make those changes and develop bills of material.

The result is a powerful communications bridge between engineering and "the rest of the world" that makes rapid changes in products and documentation possible.

With the help of the simple techniques in the handbook, companies can gain and hold their competitive advantages in a world that demands flexibility and quick reflexes—and has no sympathy for delays.

Engineering Documentation Control Handbook, Second Edition contains substantial additions worked into the book and several new chapters.

Contents:

1. Introduction
   • What is CM
   • History of Configuration Management
   • Document Control Functions
   • CM Functions
   • Distributed CM
   • The Manager's Job

2. Product Documentation
   • Document Formats and Standards
   • Document Signatures
   • On Line Signatures
   • Body of the Assembly Drawing
   • Assembly Parts List
   • Engineering Parts List
   • Specification Control and Source Control Drawings
   • Item Specifications
   • Design of Process Specifications

3. Identification Numbers
   • Product and Model Number
   • Part Number Cycle
   • Traceability
   • Serial Numbers
   • Part Number
   • Classification Coding
   • Changing the Part Numbering System
   • Change Identification Number
   • Item Marking and Labels

4. Interchangeability
   • Interchangeable—Which Items
   • Spare Parts and Assemblies
   • Interchangeability Test
   • Part Number Change Logic
   • PCB Interchangeability/"Bug Fixes"

5. Bill of Material
   • Design Engineering Data
   • Marked Up Parts List
   • Data Element Criteria
   • Purchasing a System
   • Bills of Material (BOM)
   • Structuring the Bill of Material
   • Pictorial Assembly Drawings
   • Multiple Plant Build
   • Ship Between Buildings/JIT/DFT
   • Firmware/Application Software
   • Modular Design
   • Modular BOM Benefits

6. Potpourri
   • Cross Functional Teams
   • Team Make Up
   • Design Responsibility
   • Cognizant Engineer List
   • Change Control Boards
   • Fabricated Part Processing
   • Process Document Control
   • Push/Pull Document Distribution
   • ISO/QS/AS 9000

7. Product and Document Release
   • Life Cycle Phases
   • Documents Tied to Release Phase
   • The Revision Block
   • CM and the Release Process
   • Management of the Release Process
   • Closing the Gap in Pilot
   • Release Process Tasks
   • Visibility

8. Change Requests
   • Field Failures
   • Reliability and Other Test Data
   • Material Review Boards (MRB)
   • Production Problems
   • Can Anyone Originate a Change?
   • The Request Flow
   • Request Process Measurement

9. Change Cost
   • Costing a Change
   • Who Should Estimate Change Cost
   • Cost Policy
   • Cost Payback
   • Dollar Approvals
   • Charge Back of Costs

10. Change Control
    • Deviations, Waivers, Off Specs, Etc.
    • Urgency
    • What Makes up a Change
    • What Goes into the ECO Package
    • Revision Drafting and Daisy Chaining
    • Queuing Changes
    • ADCN
    • Customer Review and Approval
    • The Effectivity Pipeline
    • Disposition of Old Design Parts
    • Sequencing Changes
    • Status Accounting (Traceability)
    • Change Modeling and Testing

11. Fast Change
    • Why Process Speed Is Important
    • Points to Measure
    • Measure Volume/Reduce Backlog
    • Fast Change Work Flow
    • Work Flow Diagram
    • Engineering Flow
    • Configuration/Management Flow
    • Manufacturing/Implementation Flow
    • A Case Study

12. Process Standards and Audits
    • CM Policy
    • Typical Standard
    • Subjects to Standardize
    • Training
    • Auditing the CM Processes
    • BOM Process Audit
    • Change Process Audit

13. Benchmarking
    • Benchmarking Pitfall
    • How to Benchmark
    • Survey-Questionnaire Example
    • Automotive Suppliers—Summary Results

14. CM in the Future/Summary
    • System Standards
    • Part Numbers
    • Interchangeability
    • Clear and Crisp Release Process
    • Automation
    • The Government
    • ISO and Copycats
    • Industry in General

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