Enter Standard ECO Costs

When you click Costs and then click ECO costs in the ECO Maintenance (ECO) program you can enter and change standard ECO costs. See Background and Road Map for more information.

The program lists ECO cost descriptions.

Note
Only rates set up in the ECO Rate Codes (TECORT) program calculate totals.

Enter data in these fields:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Rate	Optional 14 numeric in the format 999999999.99999	For an hourly rate, enter the amount per hour. For a quantity cost, enter the amount for each.
Hours	Optional 7 numeric in the format 99999.99	Enter the number of hours and minutes to complete the task.
Quantity	Optional 11 numeric	Enter the quantity of each.

Click Apply. The program calculates the extended cost and the total standard ECO costs.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Accept the data	Click OK.
Exit without creating standard ECO costs	Click Cancel.
Calculate extended costs and totals	Click Apply.
Enter notes for standard costs	Click Notes. See Enter Notes. This button is inactive for processed ECOs.
Clear hours and quantities and set totals to .00 (zero).	Click Clear fields.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify. See Change an Engineering Change Order.

Exit without creating this change order

Click Cancel.

Enter notes and enter the reason for creating the change order

Click Notes. Click Reason for change and enter the reason for the change order. See Enter Notes.

Enter or change data in custom fields your company uses

Click User. See Enter Data in User and Shadow File Fields.

This button displays only if you have set up user fields for this program in the User Fields Maintenance (XMO) program.

Close this engineering change order

Click Close ECO. See Close an Engineering Change Order.

Select the compliance, effectivity, and type of change codes for this change order

Click ECO impact and then:

Click	To
Compliance	Select compliance codes. See Select ECO Compliance Codes.
Effectivity	Select effectivity codes. See Select ECO Effectivity Codes.
Type of chg	Select the type of change codes. See Select ECO Type of Change.
Back	End this action.

Select the required signoffs for this change order

Click Sign off. See Select ECO Signoffs.

Select the required implementation signoffs for this change order

Click Implement. See Select ECO Implementation Signoffs.

Maintain ECO costs, view the cost summary, and calculate costs

Click Costs and then:

Click	To
ECO costs	Enter standard change order costs. See Enter Standard ECO Costs.
Misc costs	Enter miscellaneous change order costs and descriptions. See Enter Miscellaneous Costs.
Cost roll up	Calculate ECO cost totals.
Cost summary	View old and new materials costs See Enter Engineering Change Order Items.
Back	End this action.

Select the item numbers required for the change order

Click ECO items.
See Enter Engineering Change Order Items.

Send out notifications for approval signoff

Click Appvl/Signoff. See Background for more information.

Send out notifications for implementation approval signoff

Click Appvl/Implement. See Background for more information.

Print the engineering change order

Click Print ECO. See Print or Reprint Documents.

Accept the data and exit this order

Click OK.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Display the selected record	Click OK.
Display the previous record in the file	Click Prev.
Display the next record in the file	Click Next.
Enter a new change order	Click New.
Exit the program	Click Exit.