Patent ID: 7747572

Claim:
A system for management of at least one project, each of the at least one projects comprising a part, a supplier that is to supply the part, a customer that is to be supplied the part, at least one methodology applicable to the project, such methodology being indicative of at least one requirement, and at least one control associated with processing of the project, the system comprising: means for processing project data to compare data entered by a user to the at least one methodology to ensure that correct process(es) is (are) followed to establish a manufacturing capability to reliably produce parts of a given quality to a given set of specifications; and means for storing and retrieving the project data, the project data storing and retrieving means operably connected to the processing means, and the project data comprising, for each of the at least one projects, a project identifier to identify the project, a project part identifier to identify the part of the project, a project supplier identifier to identify the supplier of the project, a project customer identifier to identify the customer of the project, data representative of the at least one methodology of the project, and data representative of the at least one control of the project.