
Engineering Documentation Control Handbook
Configuration Management and Product Lifecycle Management
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Key Features
- Solid, pragmatic ideas for real product and process cost reduction. According to one reviewer: ‘most books focus on the basics without examining all facets of each process area or functional area. This may be good for quickly learning, but it will only take the reader so far. Mr. Watts imparts the same information, but invites the reader to think and to consider strengths and weaknesses of processes and procedures. The copious examples, illustrations and breadth of topics covered make this book "the" reference on EDC and CM.’
- Strategic emphasis shows how processes may be integrated and tears down the ‘wall’ between Engineering and Operations
- Thorough description of Product Lifecycle Management software tools
Readership
Product Manufacturing Engineers: Managers, project leaders, chief engineers, and other engineering and management personnel, Quality Management/Assurance professionals, consultants
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Product Documentation
3. Identification Numbers
4. Interchangeability and Service Parts
5. Bill of Material
6. Teams and Other Foundation Blocks
7. Document Release and Product Lifecycle
8. Change Requests
9. Change Lifecycle Cost
10. Change Management
11. Fast Change
12. Process Improvement/Work Flow Diagrams
13. Process Standards and Audits
14. EDC and the Supply Chain
15. Benchmarking
16. Product Manufacturing Software
Product details
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Copyright: © William Andrew 2011
- Published: October 11, 2011
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Hardcover ISBN: 9781455778607
- eBook ISBN: 9781455778614
About the Author
Frank B. Watts
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.
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