Engineering Documentation Control Handbook
Configuration Management for Industry
- 2nd Edition - March 1, 2000
- Author: Frank B. Watts
- Language: English
Control of engineering documentation, sometimes called Configuration Management (CM) especially in the defense industries, is critical to world-class manufacturing survival. This… Read more
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Control of engineering documentation, sometimes called Configuration Management (CM) especially in the defense industries, is critical to world-class manufacturing survival. This new Second Edition of a highly successful engineering documentation 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. The book 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 reflexesùand has no sympathy for delays.
The new edition contains substantial additions worked into the book and several new chapters. However, the thrust of the book retains the same focus on basics, rules and reasons. The author emphasizes that EDC or CM must be recognized as a key business strategy, and the days of ""throwing it over the wall"" are gone forever.
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. The book 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 reflexesùand has no sympathy for delays.
The new edition contains substantial additions worked into the book and several new chapters. However, the thrust of the book retains the same focus on basics, rules and reasons. The author emphasizes that EDC or CM must be recognized as a key business strategy, and the days of ""throwing it over the wall"" are gone forever.
Managers, project leaders, chief engineers, and other engineering and management personnel. Can be used in many industries, often in conjunction with Total Quality Management, Cross-Functional Teams, and other world class corporate manufacturing strategies.
Introduction
What is CM
History of Configuration Management
Document Control Functions
CM Functions
Distributed CM
The Manager's Job
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
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
Interchangeability
InterchangeableùWhich Items
Spare Parts and Assemblies
Interchangeability Test
Part Number Change Logic
PCB Interchangeability/""Bug Fixes""
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
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
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
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
Change Cost
Costing a Change
Who Should Estimate Change Cost
Cost Policy
Cost Payback
Dollar Approvals
Charge Back of Costs
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
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
Process Standards and Audits
CM Policy
Typical Standard
Subjects to Standardize
Training
Auditing the CM Processes
BOM Process Audit
Change Process Audit
Benchmarking
Benchmarking Pitfall
How to Benchmark
Survey-Questionnaire Example
Automotive SuppliersùSummary Results
CM in the Future/Summary
System Standards
Part Numbers
Interchangeability
Clear and Crisp Release Process
Automation
The Government
ISO and Copycats
Industry in General
Reference and Recommended Reading List
Books
Software Applications List
Web Sites
Articles
What is CM
History of Configuration Management
Document Control Functions
CM Functions
Distributed CM
The Manager's Job
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
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
Interchangeability
InterchangeableùWhich Items
Spare Parts and Assemblies
Interchangeability Test
Part Number Change Logic
PCB Interchangeability/""Bug Fixes""
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
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
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
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
Change Cost
Costing a Change
Who Should Estimate Change Cost
Cost Policy
Cost Payback
Dollar Approvals
Charge Back of Costs
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
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
Process Standards and Audits
CM Policy
Typical Standard
Subjects to Standardize
Training
Auditing the CM Processes
BOM Process Audit
Change Process Audit
Benchmarking
Benchmarking Pitfall
How to Benchmark
Survey-Questionnaire Example
Automotive SuppliersùSummary Results
CM in the Future/Summary
System Standards
Part Numbers
Interchangeability
Clear and Crisp Release Process
Automation
The Government
ISO and Copycats
Industry in General
Reference and Recommended Reading List
Books
Software Applications List
Web Sites
Articles
- Edition: 2
- Published: March 1, 2000
- Language: English
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Frank B. Watts
Frank Watts has over forty-eight years of industrial and consultation experience as a design engineer, industrial engineer, manufacturing engineer, systems analyst, project manager, and in management. He founded his own specialist configuration management company to provide specific expertise in product release, change control, bills of material and other engineering documentation control issues.
Formally a director of engineering services, a director of operations and a director of manufacturing engineering, Watts has worked for Caterpillar, Collins Radio, Control Data, Storage Technology, UFE and Archive. He has guided the development of engineering change control processes at numerous companies and made significant contributions towards improving new product release processes, installing MRP/ERP systems and new numbering systems, as well as helping companies attain a single BOM database and guided reengineering of CM processes. He is an NDIA Certified Configuration and Data Manager, author of several magazine articles and author of the Engineering Documentation Control Handbook and CM Metrics.
Affiliations and expertise
NDIA Certified Configuration and Data Manager, author of several magazine articles and author of the Engineering Documentation Control Handbook and CM Metrics.