About
Frank was born and raised in Fox Lake IL He is a product of the University of Illinois Engineering school with a degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering.
He worked for Caterpillar Tractor in Peoria IL, Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids IA, Control Data in the MN twin cities, Storage Tech in Boulder CO, UFE in Stillwater MN and Archive in CA. He is not a job jumper, he is just old!
Formally a Director of Engineering Services, Director of Operations and a Director of Manufacturing Engineering, Frank also managed Configuration Management, Cost Estimating, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering, Pilot Production and Repair Operations. He has contributed as a Design Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.
He started his own business as a consultant, seminar provider and writer. His expertise is renowned in Configuration Management/Engineering Documentation Control.
Frank provided seminars in his field to over 3,500 product manufacturing people thru the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. consulted for over 75 clients in product manufacturing companies and wrote four books in the field.
His most read book - Engineering Documentation Control Handbook is in the fourth edition and has sold over14,000 copies not counting E-Books or the books sold by China as a result of their pirating his rights. He also authored; CM Metrics. CM For Senior Managers, and the EDC/CM Standards Manual.
He coached kids for 26 kid-seasons in four sports and written two "fun books" which are out of print - Out-House Logic and Coaching Kids.
He is now as retired as he will get. He has built a car bridge and helped build a cabin in northern Saskatchewan He is available for email/telephone short questions.
Featured Work
Engineering Documentation Control Handbook
The basics of Engineering Documentation Control.
Sometimes called Configuration Management.
Edition No. 4
The wide acceptance of this book has been very gratifying. This work seems
to have taken on a life of its own. The third edition publisher wrote: “Your
book over the last year has resulted in the most ‘Buy This Book’ links of our
entire catalog . It is very well received by the Googleites.” Sales have
exceeded 11,000 at the time of writing of this fourth edition. Why? While
management fads come and go, buzzword programs abound, software
acronyms and software applications ebb and flow, the critical importance
and the basics of engineering documentation control remain the same. The
author thinks of himself as “the Vince Lombardi of document control.”
Basic blocking and tackling! In that sense, the fourth edition has not
changed the principles but has been significantly rewritten and edited. A
new chapter on product manufacturing systems has been added. All with the
intent of improved explanations, emphasizing Product Lifecycle Management, and Configuration Management (CM) as engineering’s quality control function.
Other Works
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Engineering Documentation Control / Configuration Management Standards Manual
2018
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CM For Senior Mangers
2015
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Coaching Kids
2011
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Configuration Management Metrics
2010
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Outhouse Logic
2005
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Engineering Documentation Control Handbook
1993
Awards and Recognition
- China has stolen my intellectual property - Their EDC Handbook is always priced slightly under mine. It has a blank/black cover. Has it been withdrawn from the market due to Authors Guild?