The obvious answer is that marketing and programming companies do not
have to deliver engineering documentation, just sales and code.

IHO
Rodney 

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From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Joseph G. Clark
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 6:39 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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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