Introduction ix Questions and Answers xiii Part I Company EDC/CM Policy 1 1 Policy Statement 3 EDC/CM Manager Job Description 7 Part II Basic Standards 9 2 Writing CM Standards 11 3 CM Requirements for Drafting Standards 15 4 Technical Document Groups 17 5 Teams for All CM Processes 21 6 Cognizant Engineers 25 7 Part Numbers 27 8 Quantity and Units of Measure 33 9 Bills of Material 35 10 Approved Manufacturers List (AML) 37 11 Deviations 39 12 Spares List 43 13 Prints/Point of Use/Paperless 45 14 Signatures 47 15 Class Coding/Naming Conventions/Group Technology 49 16 Tabulated Documents 53 17 Nameplate and Serial Number 55 Part III Product and Document Release Process 57 18 Release Policy 59 19 Team in Release 63 20 Phase Release 65 Part IV Change Request Process 69 21 Change Request Policy 71 22 Team in Request 75 23 Request Form 77 Part V Change Control Process 81 24 Change Control Policy 83 25 Team in Change 89 26 Change Form 91 27 Interchangeability 99 28 Part Number & Revision Level Changes 101 29 Change Classification 103 30 Mark Up of Design Documents 105 31 Effectivity 109 32 Effectivity Management 111 33 Disposition of Old Design Parts 115 34 Impacted/Affected by a Change 117 35 Product Improvements 119 36 Change Design Complete 121 37 Actual Effectivity Tracking 125 38 Line-Down Change 129 39 Closing a Change 131 40 Tracing Changes 133 Part VI Changing Product shipped - Field Changes 135 41 Change of Field Units 137 42 Field Change Policy 139 43 Field Change Order Form 141 Part VII Odds and Ends 143 44 Costing Design Changes 145 45 Data Dictionary 151 46 System Measurements 153 47 Users Guide/CM Plan 157 48 Acronyms and Definitions 163 Author Biogaphy 173.