Agree this table with your general manager before you start. A shop of forty to a hundred people does not need a configuration manager; it needs each of these jobs to have a name against it.
| Role | Owns | Does | Decides |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality manager | The system and its joins | Chairs the change board; reviews the logs weekly; closes changes; reports the measures | Approval and closure of changes; whether a change waits |
| Contract review (sales or contracts) | Changes that arrive with orders | Logs every customer change the day it arrives; checks the order amendment and the quality clauses (8.2.4) | Whether the change is accepted commercially |
| Engineering or manufacturing engineering | The impact assessment and the process | Runs the D11 impact screen and E13 assessments; revises routers, programs, setup sheets, tooling; proves out programs | How the change is made in the process |
| Quality engineer | Inspection, FAI and key characteristics | Revises inspection plans and CMM programs; plans and runs the FAI; updates the KC register and control plan | FAI scope; acceptance of the first product |
| Document control | Documents, programs and the registers | Issues new revisions; withdraws old copies from every point of use; keeps D10 and A13 current; checks external documents | Whether an issue is complete |
| Production supervisor | The floor | Confirms old copies are gone from the cells and controls; briefs operators; holds any lot that straddles the effectivity point | When a lot starts at the new revision |
| Purchasing and supplier quality | The supply chain | Flows changes down on purchase orders; logs supplier changes on C14 | Whether a supplier's change is accepted |
| General manager | Resources and priority | Backs the rule that nothing moves before approval; reviews the monthly measures | Escalated changes and resources |
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