Manage Engineering Change Notices

Use this screen to create engineering change notices (ECNs) and submit them for approval.

You can use ECNs to identify and process modifications to design and processing information. ECNs can affect the part master, documents, bills of material, and routings information. Once you have submitted an ECN for approval (that is, the Status field is set to I - In Approval), you cannot modify it in this screen unless it is rejected later on the Approve Engineering Change Notices screen. Also, authorized users who are assigned to the Approval Process can maintain approved ECNs on the Update Approved Engineering Change Notices screen, depending on the settings on the Manage Engineering Change Approval Titles screen. Once all ECN information is approved, you can implement the ECN in the Implement ECN Changes screen. All applicable parts, MBOM assemblies and components, EBOM assemblies and components, documents, and routings will be modified throughout Costpoint in accordance with the configuration modifications in the Manage Engineering Change Notices and Approve Engineering Change Notices screens.

Note: Because ECN information is generally critical to the quality of an organization's product line, be sure to review all procedures and modifications carefully before implementing them.

You cannot use ECNs to create new provisional parts or maintain existing provisional parts. You cannot enter provisional parts in the Original Part and Change-To Part fields in the main screen. Therefore, if you want to modify an existing provisional part, you must convert it to a standard part (on the Convert Provisional Part to Standard Parts screen in Costpoint Product Definition) before calling it out in an ECN. However, you can use provisional parts within an Engineering BOM function for a standard part in an ECN.

Use this screen to create and submit ECNs before they have been approved.

Note: When an existing ECN's Status is P - Pending, I - In-Approval, A - Approved, or D - Documents Updated, and you have selected the Provide Warning for Parts and Documents with Open ECNs check box on the Configure Engineering Change Notice Settings screen, the system displays a warning message in this application wherever the part is used. The warning message contains the ECN ID and status code for each instance where the part exists.

This screen contains the following tabs:

• Basic Info: Use the fields on this tab to provide basic information about the ECN, including ECN type, class, and status.
• Details: Click this tab to enter additional information about the ECN.
• Customer Information: Click this tab to enter customer information related to this ECN.
• Customer Notes: Click this tab which allows you to maintain any related notes for this ECN.