Method of manufacturing an information handling system

A method for manufacturing an information handling system (IHS), comprising:

• manufacturing an IHS including a plurality of hardware components;
• generating, at a point during the manufacture of the IHS, a current hardware signature using the plurality of hardware components;
• retrieving a previous hardware signature from a database that is external to the IHS;
• and
• comparing the current hardware signature to the previous hardware signature;
• wherein in response to the current hardware signature not matching the previous hardware signature, determining that a hardware component change in the IHS has occurred, and wherein in response to the current hardware signature matching the previous hardware signature, determining that a hardware component change in the IHS has not occurred.

A method for manufacturing an information handling system (IHS), comprising:

• providing an IHS including a plurality of components;
• generating an initial signature using the plurality of components at a first stage of manufacture of the IHS;
• storing the initial signature in a database;
• generating, at each of a plurality of manufacturing stages of the IHS that are subsequent to the first stage of manufacture of the IHS, a current signature using the plurality of components;
• and
• comparing, at each of the plurality of manufacturing stages of the IHS, the current signature to the initial signature;
• wherein, at any of the plurality of manufacturing stages of the IHS, determining that a component change in the IHS has occurred in response to the current signature not matching the initial signature, and determining that a component change in the IHS has not occurred in response to the current signature matching the initial signature.