Use this screen to define how engineering change notices (ECNs) will operate. You can define the ECN ID scheme, how you want to conduct ECN approvals, and how you want to link Costpoint Engineering Change Notices with Costpoint Workflow. You can also use it to define how Costpoint Engineering Change Notices will interface with the other modules in the Materials folder. You can restrict modifications to Costpoint Bills of Material and Costpoint Routings by forcing certain modifications to be processed through ECNs. You can also have the system warn users whenever they call out a part or document that is referenced in an open ECN.
Set up this screen after initializing the system and before you create ECNs. You can modify the settings. In order for the modifications to take place, you have to log out of Costpoint and log in again.
Enter, or click to select, the last ECN ID. You can enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters in this optional field, but the last four characters must be numeric so that the system can automatically increment the number.
From the drop-down list, select whether a modification can be made to a part, a revision, either, or none for a Class I ECN. Valid options are:
P - Part Change
R - Rev Change
E - Either
N - Not Allowed
From the drop-down list, select whether a modification can be made to a part, a revision, either, or none for a Class 1.5 ECN. Valid options are:
P - Part Change
R - Rev Change
E - Either
N - Not Allowed
From the drop-down list, select whether a modification can be made to a part, a revision, either, or none for a Class II ECN. Valid options are:
P - Part Change
R - Rev Change
E - Either
N - Not Allowed
From the drop-down list, select how you want ECNs to be integrated with Costpoint Workflow. Valid options are:
N -No Workflow Notification
S - Use Standard Workflow
C - Use Custom Workflow
B - Use Both
Enter, or to select, the name of the workflow the ECN process should initiate when an ECN is implemented.
Select this option to turn off the approval process for ECNs.
Select this option to have the system automatically assign approval processes based on ECN Organization.
Select this option to have the system automatically assign approval processes based on ECN Type.
Select this option to have the system automatically assign approval processes based on ECN Class.
Select this option to have all ECNs go through the same approval process.
Select this option if you want to manually select approval processes when the ECN is created.
If you selected the Manual or Global options, enter, or click to select, the ECN approval process code. You must enter a valid approval process from the Manage Engineering Change Approval Processes screen.
Select this check box for the system to provide a warning message every time a part or document with an open ECN is accessed in other modules in Costpoint.
From the drop-down list, select how customer approval information should be recorded for ECNs. Valid options are:
M - Manual
P - Approval Proc
You can enter customer approval manually on the Manage Engineering Change Notices screen. The P - Approval Proc option assumes the customer approval is handled as part of the electronic approval process.
Use this group box to establish all corporate ECN settings. The check boxes in this group box will be disabled if your user ID does not have maintenance rights for the company ID when you first log into Costpoint.
Select this check box to allow more than one open ECN to reference the same part number.
Select this check box to allow users to maintain ECN information after it has been implemented in the Maintain Approved ECNs screen.
Select this check box if you want to copy user-defined field values when performing a Copy Part Data function.
Select this check box if you want to copy all configuration ID components when performing a Copy BOM function.
Select this check box if you want manufacturing bills of material to be released only through the ECN process.
Select this check box if you want released manufacturing bills of material to be modified only through the ECN process.
Select this check box if you want engineering bills of material to be released only through the ECN process.
Select this check box if you want released engineering bills of material to be modified only through the ECN process.
Select this check box if you want routings to be released only through the ECN process.
Select this check box if you want released routings to be modified only through the ECN process.