SELF STUDY OBJECTIVES

Course Objectives:
· Understand the critical nature & strategic significance of the EDC/CM discipline
· Learn ways to tear down the wall between Design Engineering and the rest of the company
· Acquire detailed knowledge of the best of the best practices in CM
· Compare your company's processes to the best of the best
· Define the "rules" and "trolls" of configuration management
· Learn the minimal content & control requirements for all technical documents
· Give your processes a reality check
· Integrate the design process with manufacturing through the EDC processes
· Analyze Bill of Material structuring, content & modularization issues
· Define the basic critical elements of a change control process
· Learn the keys to fast release and fast change processing
· Learn Interchangeability as you never did before
· Find out how to reduce costs by intelligent request & change screening
· Find out how to best utilize PDM & MRP/ERP for best in class CM
· Establish meaningful metrics on your processes
· Learn how CM is done in Frank's generic "best in class" company

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