Engineering Change Management
ENGINEERING CHANGE MANAGEMENT supports the planning and tracking of all phases of the engineering change process from the time a change request is originated, through approvals, to final release and implementation.
A perpetual history is maintained of the entire engineering change process.
Real-time access is provided to inventory, purchase order status, sales order status, work-in-process and transaction history, giving visibility of critical data that enables informed approval decisions.
Approvers can be assigned to a group or department to ease entry of signoff requirements. Approvals can also be staged by using each approver’s predefined lead time. Drawings, documents, manufacturing procedures, etc., can be linked to each Engineering Change Notice (ECN).
MODULE FEATURES
ECN Entry
- Automatic or manual number assignment
- ECN Status:
- Requested
- Awaiting approval
- Released
- On Hold
- Cancelled
- Unlimited Description and Reason Text
- Dates for:
- Originated
- Released
- Effective
- Approval Tracking
- Approver
- Required
- Status
- Pending
- Approved
- Rejected
- Due Date
- Date Reviewed
- Date Approved
- Approved By
- Affected Parts Tracking
- Current Revision
- New Revision
- Multiple user-defined fields
- Attachments
- Drawings
- Documents
- Web addresses
- Documents
- Manufacturing Procedures
- Automatic updating of the Parts Master table Pending ECN value at beginning of approval cycle
- Automatic update of Parts Master table
- Drawing Revision
- ECN
- ECN Effective Date
- Values at time of Release
- Retention of historical data
Approval Groups
- Assign approvers to a group
- Specify whether approval is required
- Predefine approval lead time
- Email addresses
Record the characteristics of engineering change orders using the ECN Editor