There currently isn’t any single reference manual on the subject for the industry to use. The work group believes that the industry would benefit from one consistent application of traceability requirements throughout the supply chain including OEM’s. An improvement in traceability capabilities throughout the supply chain supports improvement of containment, problem solving, and management of engineering changes. The Traceability work group is working on developing a document that will highlight best practices and showcase applications/ case studies of latest technology solutions.