Engineering Change Order 
You use this activity to create engineering change orders (see Engineering Change Order (ECO)).
This activity allows you to do the following:
Associate SFC numbers with specific ECOs, allowing product that is active on the shop floor to be changed according to defined specifications
Define specific changes to product on the shop floor
On the Shop Floor Change Request screen, you can submit engineering change requests to product on the manufacturing shop floor.
In the ECO POD the ECO Processing (SU610) activity is associated with the Start pushbutton (see POD Pushbutton Activities).
For more information, see Creating ECOs.
Prerequisites
You have set the Enable Hold SFCs Checkbox in ECO rule in System Rule Maintenance (see Production Operations Rules).
Fields
The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
ECO |
The engineering change order number used to identify the ECO in the system This number can be either user-generated or system-generated. |
Status |
The current status of the engineering change order New: A non-active ECO that has been entered manually or via XML and has been saved with no action groups Pending: A non-active ECO that has been entered manually and has been saved with one or more action groups Active: An active ECO that will be processed Done: A non-active ECO that has finished processing Canceled: A non-active ECO that has been manually canceled Closed: A non-active ECO that has been manually closed and is available for archiving
Only ECOs with the Done or Canceled status may be manually closed. End of the note. |
Create ECO Number |
Automatically creates a value in the ECO field This value is based on the number type pattern for ECO in Next Number Maintenance (see Next Number Maintenance). |
Activate ECO |
Initiates the SFC tagging process and changes the status of the ECO record to Active
Only ECOs with the Pending status can be activated. ECOs with the Active status cannot be deleted. End of the note. |
Cancel ECO |
Untags SFC numbers from being included in an ECO action |
Close ECO |
Closes the ECO and makes the record available for archiving (see Archiving)
Only ECOs with the Done or Canceled status can be closed. End of the note. |
NoteField |
Description |
|---|---|
SFC Association Object |
The source of the SFC numbers that operators change per the ECO Material: Sources SFC numbers by material Note that a material can have any status on the production floor and be in any shop order currently active in production. Shop Order: Sources SFC numbers from a specific shop order Process Lot: Sources SFC numbers from a specific process lot |
Version |
The version of the SFC association object
This field applies only to an SFC association object specified to be a material. End of the note. |
Comments |
Allows you to enter comments about this ECO such as why the SFC numbers are being changed Follow the conventions of your shop floor. Note that comments entered are for reference only and are not displayed to shop floor operators. |
ECO Message |
The instructions displayed to the operator These instructions describe the changes the operator needs to make to the SFC numbers per the ECO. |
Hold SFCs |
If selected, places SFC numbers associated with the SFC Association Object on hold |
Effectivity Start |
The start date when this ECO is to take place
Entries in this field are for reference only unless you select Unreleased in the Capture Qualifier field on the Details tab of the Action Group Details screen. If you activate the ECO before the effectivity start or after the effectivity end date, the system will not tag SFC numbers when they are released. End of the note. |
Effectivity End |
The end date when this ECO is to end
Entries in this field are for reference only unless you select Unreleased in the Capture Qualifier field on the Details tab of the Action Group Details screen. If you activate the ECO before the effectivity start or after the effectivity end date, the system will not tag SFC numbers when they are released. End of the note. |
Actual Start |
The date when this ECO became active |
Actual End |
The date when this ECO was canceled or the date when all SFC numbers affected by the ECO have completed their ECO processing |
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
Action Group Seq |
The order in which the action group is processed |
Capture Qualifier |
Identifies where SFC numbers will be tagged for an ECO in relation to the capture operation In Queue At: Captures SFC numbers in queue at the capture operation Has Not Completed: Captures SFC numbers that are in queue at the capture operation or at any previous operation Has Completed: Captures SFC numbers either in active work or that have been completed at the capture operation Is Done At: Captures SFC numbers that are in the Done state Dependent: Captures SFC numbers from the previous independent action group Unreleased: Captures SFC numbers when they are released |
Capture Routing/Vers. |
The routing and version used to capture SFC numbers for the action group |
Capture Operation |
The operation used to tag SFC numbers for the action group |
Action Routing/Vers. |
The routing and version used to execute the actions defined in the action group |
Action Operation |
The operation on the action routing where the action group will be executed |
Action Group Message |
The action group message displayed to the operator for each SFC number processed |
Resequence |
Automatically resequences the numbers in the Action Group Seq column by increments of 10 |