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You can use this process to set up engineering changer orders (see Engineering Change Order (ECO)).

Process

  1. In Next Number Maintenance, you use the default numbering pattern for ECO or create a new ECO numbering pattern (see Next Number Maintenance).

  2. In POD Maintenance, you set up one or more PODs to execute the ECO Processing (SU610) activity from the Start button (see POD Button Activities).

    Note Note

    On the Buttons tab page, on the row containing the Start button associated with the ECO Processing (SU610) activity, you must enter a lower sequence number than the row containing the Start button associated with the Start activity.

    You may use the ECO Processing activity in any POD.

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  3. If you want shop floor personnel to submit change requests, you do one of the following:

    • In Message Type Maintenance, retrieve the Free Form message type and set up email addresses to be notified when a request is submitted. Set up the Create Message activity as a button in the POD or as an activity in the Activities button.

    • Set up the collaboration directive to integrate with the Shop Floor Change Request activity by linking the custom directive you have created to the COLLABORATION_CHANGE_REQUEST trigger action in Collaboration Link Maintenance (see Shop Floor Change Request and Collaboration Link Maintenance).

Result

When an operator chooses Create Message in the POD, an email will be sent to the addresses set up to notify them the shop floor has requested a change for consideration.