Business Issues and a Case Study
Business Issues
Examine your company against the business issues discussed in the Pre-Setup Business Issues chapter of the Product Change Control training module.
Consider the following:
1 What are the business requirements for PCC?
2 Additional information you need to gather in order to successfully set up Product Change Control for your company.
3 Define what the change control environment is at your company.
4 What functions approve changes?
5 Do people approve manufacturing inspection?
6 Are component drawings and assembly drawings and procedures approved by the same or different functions?
7 Do you need multiple revisions to be active at the same time?
8 Do you support services as well as manufacturing environments?
9 What are the criteria by which you determine if an item document is changed to a new revision or issued a new part number?
10 Are there cost change or downward compatibility issues?
11 Is your proposal to change an authorization one step (PCO only) or two steps (PCRs and PCOs)?
The purpose of this exercise is to help you focus on what is important for your company about Product Change Control.