Roger - are you saying "yes" that engineering documentation is "all of the above"???



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Subject: Re: [DC] ERP/MRP/PLM... What's in your wallet - er - What do you use?



Yes!



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Subject: Re: [DC] ERP/MRP/PLM... What's in your wallet - er - What do you

use?



While the start of this seems to be centered on ERP/PLM 

systems, "engineering documentation" is eventually brought to the 

forefront as a critical issue which Bob points out is not being addressed 

very well today ("Why on earth can't these companies make a product 

that out of the box that does Engineering Documentation well? I find it 

hard to believe there can't be a boiler plate level delivered that could 

handle 80-90% of most companies documentation needs out of the box."). 

Seems a very good point made here!



My question is - what exactly is meant by "engineering documentation". 

As so often is true in our business, we use terms very loosely and while 

we think we are all speaking of the same thing, it turns out in retrospect 

we are not. Documentation is found throughout an engineering 

organization in various ways and forms. Could Bob, or anyone for that 

matter, be specific on what is meant by "engineering documentation"? Is 

it hte Assembly drawing?, Fab drawing?, BOM? Rework Instructions? 

ECO/ECN updates, special instructions? other? All of the above?



Thanks so much!



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