02 — Capability · BC-540.20
Specification & Configuration Management
Know exactly what any version of a product is made of and how it is built, so the right parts, formulas and settings are used every time and any unit can be traced back to its definition.
- Bill of Materials Management
- Configuration Management
- Formulation Management
In scope
- Bills of material and formulations by version
- Product configuration rules and options
- Baselines and version control of product definitions
- As-designed as-built and as-maintained configuration records
Out of scope
- IT configuration items and the CMDB (see BC-740)
- Inventory quantities of the parts themselves (see BC-650)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-540.20.10Bill of Materials ManagementMaintain the structured list of what goes into each product, by version and by view, from engineering intent to how it is actually built.
- BC-540.20.20Product Configuration RulesDefine which options and variants may be combined, so a configured product is always one that can be built and supported.
- BC-540.20.30Baseline & Version ControlFreeze product definitions at defined points and control which version is in effect for which purpose and date.
- BC-540.20.40Configuration TraceabilityRecord what each shipped unit or batch actually contained so recalls, service and investigations can start from facts.