I second Ralph's feeling and suggestion. We have exactly the same problem here in Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space. Thank you Ralph. David Ma Materials and Processes > ---------- > From: Dieffenbacher, William C > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 1998 1:40 PM > To: EPI_Exploder > Subject: pwb-cca : FW: [TN] IPC Specs > > Interesting commentary below. I'm sure most of us can relate to it. > > Bill Dieffenbacher > > > ---------- > > From: Kane, Joseph > > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 1998 4:12 PM > > To: Burke, James F; Dieffenbacher, William C > > Subject: FW: [TN] IPC Specs > > > > > > > > ---------- > > From: Vaughan, Ralph H[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum.;Vaughan, Ralph H > > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 4:40 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [TN] IPC Specs > > > > Greeting, > > > > I will be the first to commend ipc for all the good work that they do > > for us, but I gotta say that the practice of obsoleting specs and > > replacing with new, renumbered documents is making me long for the old > > mil-spec days where specs NEVER changed (I never thought I'd say that). > > Not too long ago, after much spec comparison and analysis, we convinced > > our government customers that it would be prudent to move from > > Mil-P-55110 to the IPC-RB-276. In the time it took to get the new > > drawing callout approved, re-train the pwb designers and revise their > > guidelines, and bring our stellar board suppliers up to speed (no small > > task), RB-276 had been superceded by the 6012 document. Now I just > > learn today that IPC-D-275 is superceded by another document. This > > kills efforts to streamline and standardize documentation systems. > > Also, when these continuous changes take place, it would be convenient > > to have a detailed side paper published explaining all the changes (and > > maybe why the changes were made). May be a lot to ask, but it would > > keep every user from doing it individually. > > > > Anyone else see this as a problem? > > > > That's all the whining for now. > > > > Ralph > > > > ################################################################ > > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > > ################################################################ > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > > following text in the body: > > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > > ################################################################ > > Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for > additional > > information. > > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > > ################################################################ > > > > > ======================================================================== > Help regarding Majordomo: > http://www.epic.lmco.com/Majordomo/Docs/majordomo.basic.html > Archives for this list: > http://www.epic.lmco.com/Majordomo/Archives/pwb-cca > PWB/CCA homepage: http://www.epic.lmco.com/Mechanical/Subcouncil/pwb_cca > ======================================================================== > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################