Neglecting configuration management leads to costly product recalls and reputational damage — Pieter de Koning explains how to avoid them. 

In this episode, Pieter de Koning, configuration management specialist, shares why this often-overlooked discipline is critical to protecting product quality and brand reputation in manufacturing. We cover: 

• What configuration management is and how it originated in U.S. military manufacturing programmes 
• Why maintaining design data integrity across a product's lifecycle prevents costly downstream failures 
• The real cost of getting it wrong: product recalls, reputational damage, and regulatory consequences 
• A case study from LG showing the tangible benefits of effective configuration management 
• Practical steps for implementing and maintaining a configuration management system in your operation 

Whether you're a product engineer, quality manager, or operations director, this episode gives you a clear case and practical framework for a discipline that most manufacturers underinvest in. 

Show notes and links for this episode: ⁠https://www.manufacturingtech.au/episode/37-avoiding-costly-recalls-configuration-management-insights-with-pieter-de-koning/ ⁠