Engineering Documentation Control / Configuration Management Standards Manual

Chapter 48Acronyms and Definitions

Purpose

• To define the terms and acronyms used in this Standards Manual.

Applicability

• This Standard applies to all CM policies, procedures, SOP, flow diagrams, forms and form instructions.

Policy/Practice

• Sources are stated, or are the author’s definitions, or the author’s modification of other’s definitions.

Assembly

Any make item with a parts list or purchased item with a supplier parts list.

Benchmark

A fixed point of reference or a standard for comparison. An outstanding example that is appropriate for use as a model.

Block Diagram

An illustration in which essential units of any system are drawn in the form of blocks and their relationship(s) to each other are indicated by appropriate interconnecting lines. Appropriate for dog and pony shows. Not a work flow diagram.

BOM – Bill of Material

A compilation of the parts lists for an assembly or a product. May be displayed in a variety of formats.

DoD terms:

As Designed BOM	A DoD term that means different things to different people.
As Planned BOM	A DoD term that means different things to different people.
As Built BOM	A DoD term that means different things to different people.
As Shipped BOM	A DoD term that means different things to different people.
As Maintained BOM	A DoD term that means different things to different people.

See DoD specs for their stated meanings. Realize that one might be talking about a BOM for each unit of product or a BOM for each order of product, ...