MANAGE ENGINEERING CHANGE TYPES

Use this screen to set up engineering change types. Engineering Change Notice types are used to classify engineering change notices and can be used to determine which engineering change approval process to use. You can also link default priority codes, customer approval requirements, and functional groups affected by an engineering change. When you specify an engineering type on a new Engineering Change Notice, the default priority codes, classes, and impact groups are loaded as default values on the Engineering Change Notice. If you have indicated that Engineering Change Notice approval processes are assigned by engineering types on the Configure Engineering Change Settings screen, the system will also load the approval process. You cannot modify the approval process if you load it in this way.

Set up this screen after the Manage Engineering Change Priorities and Manage EC Impacted Functional Groups screens.

Location

Engineering Change Type

Enter the Engineering Change Notice type code, up to six alphanumeric characters, in this required field. The first character cannot be a space.

Description

Enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters to describe the Engineering Change Notice type code in this required field.

Approval Process

Enter, or click to select, the Engineering Change Notice approval process assigned to this Engineering Change Notice type if approvals are assigned by Engineering Change Notice type. You can enter up to eight alphanumeric characters. This must be a valid approval process from the Engineering Change Approval Processes screen.

ECN Class

From the drop-down list, select the default Engineering Change Notice classification for this Engineering Change Notice type. Valid options are:

Priority

Enter, or click to select, the default priority for this Engineering Change Notice type. You can enter only one alphanumeric character in this optional field. This must be a valid priority code from the Engineering Change Priorities screen.

Customer Approval Required

Select this check box if you want this Engineering Change Notice type to require customer approval.

Subtasks

Subtask

Description

Selected Impacted Group

Click this link to open the Selected Impacted Group subtask, where you can assign the default impacted groups to this Engineering Change Notice Type.