BMS-0000356 PART NUMBER DEFINITION Rev 04

1. PURPOSE
Tesla Motors part number (PN) is used to provide a unique identifier for a specific part or assembly within Tesla Motors
organization. All 10 digits in the part numbering scheme constitute a PN. The Tesla part number allows for identification
and tracking of components physically, in warehouses, on production-floors, and virtually, in company records and
databases.
Change to any of the three segments represents a PN change. Parts that have different 10 digit numbers should never be
assumed to be interchangeable. Any change to a part that impacts the form, fit, or function must be documented with a
change to the Tesla part number. Part history documented through the ECO process is the only mechanism to confirm
interchangeability of parts with different ten digit numbers.
Tesla does not use a “smart” part numbering system. Some concessions have been made to allow the last three of the ten
digits in the part number to be managed by users, at their discretion, for the purposes outlined in the Style Code and
Pedigree sections below. There is no company-wide structure for how these digits should or must be used.
2. SCOPE
This document applies to parts and assemblies intended as components of production end items; regardless of maturity
and/or build event (i.e. also applies to prototype). Tooling, fixtures, machines, or any other design elements that would
benefit from document and change control can make use of this system.
3. TESLA PART NUMBER STRUCTURE

1234567 -00 -A 01
Base Part # Style code Pedigree
Revision
Part Number
Part Number:
Each combination of Base Number + Style Code + Pedigree constitutes a unique part number.

Base Part Number:

 7 digit number, auto generated, mastered in ENOVIA
 Base number may be kept constant through lifecycle of a part to maintain historical references
 At the user’s discretion, base number can be replaced by a new, system generated number to signify major
changes or break the historical references
 Change to base number represents fit / form / function change

Style code:
 2 digits, alphanumeric, user defined at time of part number origination
 Used to tie multiple products or designs together by way of the same base part number
 Style codes can be used to relate groups of unique parts in any way that is useful to the user. There are no
centrally managed or endorsed rules on the use of these two digits.
 Change to Style code represents fit / form / function change

Pedigree:
 One digit, alpha, user defined, sequentially incremented.
 Used to represent iterations of the same base number and style code.
 At engineering discretion, the pedigree can be incremented for other reasons to enable distinguishing and tracing
parts.
 Change to Pedigree represents fit / form / function change.
 Interchangeability of parts should not be assumed when pedigree changes.

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Revision:

 2 digits, numeric, sequentially auto incremented, starts at 01

 Used to indicate updates to documentation only. Does not indicate changes to Form, Fit, or Function and all
Revision numbers of a ten-digit part number must be interchangeable.
 Revision is not maintained in any system outside of Enovia and cannot be used to manage inventory or usage of
parts in factories.

4. REFERENCE - LEGACY DOCUMENTS:

- 99-000073-03 OBSOLETE
- BMS-0000004 OBSOLETE
5. REVISION HISTORY
Rev 01 2/2016 Initial release
Rev 02 2/2016 Revise base part number paragraph to omit certain condition
Rev 03 9/2016 Changes to all three segments of PN - for clarity and capture current usage
Rev 04 9/2016 Clarified multiple sections

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