Documentation Control Handbook
Documentation Control Handbook
Documentation Control Handbook
DOCUMENTATION
CONTROL HANDBOOK
CONFIGURATION
MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCT
LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
FOURTH EDITION
FRANK B. WATTS
1. Introduction 1
What is Configuration Management 4
Between Engineering and Manufacturing 5
Configuration Management Ladder 7
Configuration Management Discipline 8
Configuration Management System 8
History of Configuration Management 9
Organization of Configuration Management 10
Document Control Function Responsibilities 12
Configuration Management Function Responsibilities 12
Distributed Configuration Management 14
Manager's Job . 14
Manager of Configuration Management 14
Organization Within Configuration Management 16
Configuration Management—What is It? 16
Summary r 19
2. Product Documentation 21
Document Formats and Standards 21
Body of a Part Drawing 27
Body of the Assembly Drawing 30
Controlled Engineering Parts List / 35
Units of Measure 35
Specification Control and Source Control Drawings 36
AML - QVL - AVL 36
General Specifications 39
Process Design Specifications 43
Document Groups and Control 44
Distributed Document Control/CM 47
Files, Master Docs, and Revision Control 48
3. Identification Numbers 51
Product Numbers and Model Numbers 52
Part Number Cycle 52
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Version Numbers 54
Traceability 55
Serial Numbers 55
Part Numbers 56
Classification Coding 57
Naming Convention 58
Preferred and Alternate Parts 58
Significant vs Non-Significant Part Number 58
Recommended Part Number 59
Sketch Numbers 61
Part Number Assignment 62
Changing the Part Numbering System 63
Revision Numbers and Letters 64
Revision Levels 66
Page Revision Levels 67
Change Identification Number 67
What Gets a Part Number 68
Item Marking 69
Labels and Stickers 70
5. Bill of Material 93
BOM Data Responsibility 94
Data Dictionary 95
Item Master File 96
Design Engineering Data 96
Parent-Component Relationship 98
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