Configuration Management for Senior Managers

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” and “t” indicate figures and tables, respectively.

A

Administrative signatures, 52

Approved manufacturers list, 31, 42–43

Average release time, 80, 81f

B

Bill of material (BOM) process, 3

content, 93–95

data entries, 90–92, 91f

design data, 87, 88f

engineering-friendly parts list, 93

evolution, 95–97, 96f

features and options, 98

just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, 97

metrics, 100–102, 100f–101f

new product, 88

operations data, 92

PLM and ERP, 89–90

product cost, 89

significant attributes, 98–99

standards, 100

structuring, 95

structuring firmware and software, 97–98

work flow, 99

Board meetings, 58–59

C

Cannibalization, 14

Change Control Board (CCB), 59–60

Change process, 57

Change request (CR) process, 3

cost reduction and improvements, ...