Eng. Change Orders

The Eng. Change Order is used to combine several changes. If an Eng. Change Notice is created, it can have several effects. Several departments can be affected. This means that production triggers an Eng. Change Notice and transmits it to the product data manager, who in turn creates a change order and then anchors all further necessary steps.

General FastTab

The fields on the General FastTab are described in the following table.

Field	Description
Change Reason Code	Specifies the reason for the change order.
Change Reason Description	Basic description that defaults from the Change Reason Code, for example a drawing change.
Item No.	Number of the item in a BOM that is affected by the change.
Item Description	Description of the relevant item in the BOM.
Drawing Release Blocked	Indicates whether the changed drawings can be released before all tasks of the change order have been completed.
Drawing No. / Drawing Type Code	Used together to specify the drawing for the Drawing Search and Drawing Where-Used actions.
Eng. Change Notice No.	Indicates the number of the related Eng. Change Notice, which can be opened via the drop-down arrow. To open the source document that was used to create the Eng. Change Notice and subsequent Eng. Change Order, choose the Open ECN Source Document action.
No. of Documents to Change	Number of documents that need to be changed. The documents to be changed are defined by choosing the Documents action on the Process menu.
All Tasks Completed	Indicates whether the change orders to be completed have been processed. The options are: - Yes: The status in all change order lines on the Tasks FastTab is Finished. - No: Not all change order lines have the status Finished.
Status	Status of Eng. Change Orders. The options are Open, Released, and Finished.
Creation Date	Date on which the Eng. Change Order was created.
Created By	User who has created the change order.
Change Description	User-defined field, where a summary of the necessary changes can be entered.

Tasks FastTab

As described initially, the tasks that are carried out at the end of the change are stored in the Tasks FastTab.

The fields on this FastTab are described in the following table.

Field	Description
Task No.	Optional task number for this line, to be referenced by the Previous Task No. field.
Previous Task No.	Optional task number or a pipe-separated list of task numbers that need to be completed before the current task can be started or completed. Used with the Task No. field.
Work Center Group Code	Code of work center group from production.
Work Center Group Name	Name of the work center group.
Task Description	Description of the tasks to be performed.
Due Date	Date on which the task should be completed.
Status	Current status of the task line processing. The options are Not Started, In Progress, and Completed.

Actions

The actions on the Eng. Change Order page are described in the following table.

Menu	Action	Description
Home	Drawings	Opens a list of the drawings related to the item in the engineering change order.
	Documents	Opens a list of the unfinished/outstanding quantities in production order or purchase lines for the item in the engineering change order to which the resulting new drawing revision should be manually assigned. To indicate which documents should be changed, select the To Change checkbox. These documents will be reflected in the No. of Documents to Change field in the General FastTab.
	Apply Task Template	Applies a task template to the engineering change order.
	Open ECN Source Document	Opens the source document (e.g., item, production order line) that was used to create the engineering change notice and subsequent engineering change order.
Item	Open Item	Opens the Item Card for the item in the engineering change order.
	Production BOM	Opens the production BOM attached to the item in the engineering change order.
Drawing	Drawing Search	Finds drawings attached to records and can be used to replace them. The Drawing Search page will be pre-populated with the last valid drawing revision. For more information, see Drawing Search.
	Drawing Where-Used	Displays where the drawing defined in the Drawing No. and Drawing Type Code fields is used in production BOMs.

Item Drawing Set FactBox

The Item Drawing Set FactBox displays the drawing set for the item in the engineering change order.

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