Configuration Management Glossary

Synonym for Backward Interchangeable.

Refers to the capability of the successor (new) part to fully replace the predecessor (old) part in all applications of the old part, but not the other way around. (Fully: achieving the same results without any special measures)
_{Source: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification}

1. The configuration of an item established at a specific point in time and documented in the configuration documentation (e.g., specifications, drawings, Technical Data Packages (TDPs), etc.). The baseline is a formal, controlled, and maintained set of data that can serve as a point of departure for defining change.
_{Source: MIL-STD-3046(ARMY)}

2. a. An agreed-to description of the attributes of a product, at a point in time, which serves as a basis for defining change.
b. An approved and released document, or a set of documents, each of a specific revision; the purpose of which is to provide a defined basis for managing change.
c. The currently approved and released configuration documentation.
d. A released set of files comprising a software version and associated configuration documentation.
_{Source: MIL-HDBK-61B}

3. A formally approved configuration snapshot at a specific point in time. It acts as a reference for defining changes and is used as a basis to order parts, manufacture and maintain products.
_{Source: mdux.net}

A dataset that defines the list of parts with their quantities to manufacture, produce or assemble the parent part. A Bill of Materials is single level.
_{Source: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification}

Parts that are supplied by a 1+n tier supplier to an n tier supplier, where n ≥ 1.
_{Source: The Essential Guide to Part Re-Identification}