Configuration Management for Senior Managers

Chapter Fourteen

Take It to the Bank

Abstract

Benefits of best-in-class CM. Items critical to success. Any process invented by man can be improved by man.

Keywords

Best-in-class CM; World-class CM

You will recall that we identified the basic “raw materials” of product manufacturing—the very essence of the requirements for every product manufacturing operation—as follows:

Money—for start-up and from profits to prosper

Tools—building, machine, mold, software, etc.

People—and the policy/practices they choose

Product—embodied in design drawings, code, and specs

These four elements must be present and robust in any successful product manufacturing company.

We hopefully have established that the management of the design documents is a critical company discipline. ...