AS 10303.44-1998

Specifies resources to manage the structure and configuration of product during its life cycle. Annexes A and C are contained in a diskette which accompanies this Standard. It is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 10303-44:1994.

This part of ISO 10303 specifies the resources to manage the structure and configuration of a product during its life cycle.The following are within the scope of this part of ISO 10303:û the relationship among the components and assemblies of a product;û the relationship among products and their components as made by modification of other products;EXAMPLE 1 - The machining of a product from another product.û the description of a product as defined by customer needs;û the management of the structure for configuration of assemblies and components as planned for manufacture;û the decomposition of a product to support different product life cycle activities;NOTE 1 - An organization may need to decompose a product into one bill of materials that enumerates each component with respect to the number of that component used in an assembly, and into a second bill of materials that decomposes a product with multiple assemblies into the individual components.See annex E for more examples of different product structure reports that are supported.û multiple versions of a single product which are equivalent with respect to form, fit, and function.The following are outside the scope of this part of ISO 10303:û the relationships among different product definitions for the same product;EXAMPLE 2 - The relationship of a product definition for a component in a preliminary design to a corresponding product definition for the same component in a detailed design;û administrative activities of the product life cycle including approvals, security classifications, contractual arrangements, and supplier organizations;û the change process for a product, including the reason for change and what aspect of a product has changed;û the decisions made, and their reasons, during the product life cycle;û the physical connections among components of a product; û the properties that a product constituent may have;NOTE 2 - A mechanism is defined in ISO 10303-41 to support the association of properties with components. The actual associations are included in various application protocols which are parts of this International Standard. For example, the details of what a material property is and how it is defined are out of scope, as well as the fact that a component has a material property.û the information for as-built manufacturing, manufacturing planning, and logistical structure and configurations;û multiple versions of a single product that are not form, fit, and function equivalent.NOTE 3 - The concept of versions of a product is defined in ISO 10303-41.

First published as AS 10303.44-1998.