Engineering: the
engineer creates a new ECO (engineering change order) and
assigns to it all products whose specifications are to be
amended together. Full bill of material and routing
maintenance facilities are available under the control of
the Engineering Change Control module
Submitted: once all
the changes have been made, the ECO is submitted for electronic
approval.
Approval: the
nominated approvers are required to approve/disapprove the
changes, usually nominating their reasons. Release: upon
approval by all parties, the ECO can be scheduled for release.
At the given date, all changes approved come into effect, and
the version number is amended.
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