Engineering Documentation Control / Configuration Management Standards Manual

Frank Watts graduated in engineering from the University of Illinois engineering and has more than 48 years of industrial and consultation experience. He is an NDIA Certified Configuration and Data Manager. He founded his own company to specialize in configuration management and has presented seminars on the subject to over 4,000 product manufacturing people. He is the author of the best-selling Engineering Documentation Control Handbook which is now in its 4th edition. Frank has guided the development of the engineering change control process at many companies and made significant contributions toward improving the new product release process, installed ERP systems, new numbering systems, helped companies attain a single BOM database and guided reengineering of the CM processes. His industrial experience includes Caterpillar, Collins Radio, Control Data, Storage Technology, UFE and Archive.

• Introduction ixQuestions and Answers xiiiPart I Company EDC/CM Policy 11 Policy Statement 3EDC/CM Manager Job Description 7Part II Basic Standards 92 Writing CM Standards 113 CM Requirements for Drafting Standards 154 Technical Document Groups 175 Teams for All CM Processes 216 Cognizant Engineers 257 Part Numbers 278 Quantity and Units of Measure 339 Bills of Material 3510 Approved Manufacturers List (AML) 3711 Deviations 3912 Spares List 4313 Prints/Point of Use/Paperless 4514 Signatures 4715 Class Coding/Naming Conventions/Group Technology 4916 Tabulated Documents 5317 Nameplate and Serial Number 55Part III Product and Document Release Process 5718 Release Policy 5919 Team in Release 6320 Phase Release 65Part IV Change Request Process 6921 Change Request Policy 7122 Team in Request 7523 Request Form 77Part V Change Control Process 8124 Change Control Policy 8325 Team in Change 8926 Change Form 9127 Interchangeability 9928 Part Number & Revision Level Changes 10129 Change Classification 10330 Mark Up of Design Documents 10531 Effectivity 10932 Effectivity Management 11133 Disposition of Old Design Parts 11534 Impacted/Affected by a Change 11735 Product Improvements 11936 Change Design Complete 12137 Actual Effectivity Tracking 12538 Line-Down Change 12939 Closing a Change 13140 Tracing Changes 133Part VI Changing Product shipped - Field Changes 13541 Change of Field Units 13742 Field Change Policy 13943 Field Change Order Form 141Part VII Odds and Ends 14344 Costing Design Changes 14545 Data Dictionary 15146 System Measurements 15347 Users Guide/CM Plan 15748 Acronyms and Definitions 163Author Biogaphy 173