Not necessarily. In automotive, it’s common to keep the same part number for newer revisions of parts where the newer revision is a drop-in replacement for the old.
That's what Deviations or Waivers are for. The configuration should be recorded down to it's Least Replaceable Unit.
Proper identification and baselining is essential.
Right you are. It is termed “running change”
Happens all the time with OEM of all kinds
............Not necessarily. In automotive, it’s common to keep the same part number for newer revisions of parts where the newer revision is a drop-in replacement for the old.................
I’m sure that is true, but then how is the parts department at your local chevy dealer know that he is dispensing the safety modified part????
Maybe a suffix, like 12345678A????