Select Engineering Change Order Items

When you click ECO items or click Costs and then click Cost summary from the ECO Maintenance (ECO) program you can create new items, select items, and enter new materials costs, engineering change levels, and operation sequences. See Background and Road Map for more information.

Click Add.
Click the right Lookup icon and select ECO or standard items or click the left Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select an item from your database.

Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

ECL

Conditional
4 alphanumeric

The field defaults to the last ECL entered for the item. You can enter any ECL on file or change the field to blank. ECO Processing (ECOP) will use this as the starting point for the bill of material.

New ECL

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Accept the default or enter a different ECL number. If you want the system to assign the new ECL enter the appropriate wild card: # to increment the numeric portion of the ECL only; @ to increment the alpha portion and reset the numeric portion to zero.

Note
The new ECL is assigned based on the ECL mask entered in System Options Maintenance - Manufacturing Options.

Choose the appropriate options:

Do This

View, add, change, and delete a parent item's components on the bill of material

With the parent selected, click View current BOM. See View ECO Bill of Material.

Change the component on multiple bills of material

Click Component action and then click:

Click	To
Replace	Replace with this component on the bill of material
Delete	Delete the component on the bill of material.
Where used	Select this component wherever it is included on a bill of material. See Select Components for Update or Delete. Click Exit to return.
Back	End this action.

Accept the data and return to the program

Click OK.

Exit without making changes

Click Cancel.

Update the record

Click Apply.

Delete the selected item from the ECO

Click Delete.

Enter notes for this ECO item

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Display or change item detail or item costs

Click Inventory and then click:

Click	To
Item	Display, change, or delete an item. See Enter an Item for a Project.
Branch	Display, or change branch information for a project item.. See Enter Branch Information for a Project Item.
Item cost	Display or change item costs for a project. Enter Costs for a Project Item.
Back	End this action.

Note
This button is only available for new items.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Select items	Click Add. See Create New Engineering Change Order Items.
Delete the selected parent item	Click Delete. See Delete.
Copy the selected item	Click Copy. See Copy an Engineering Change Order Item.
Display the selected parent item	Click Select.
Display items from a specific number	Click Restart. The program prompts Item no. Enter the first item number you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first item in the file.
Print the item listing	Click Print. See Print.
Display the previous set of records in the file	Click Page up.
Display the next set of records in the file	Click Page down.
Display changes to items	Click View changes. See Display ECO Item Changes.
Assign the next available engineering change level	Click Assign ECL.
Exit this bill of material	Click Exit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit.

Do This

Print the engineering change order

Click Print ECO. See Print or Reprint Documents.

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 Create a New Engineering Change Order Item.

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.

Accept the data and exit this order

Click OK.

Exit without creating this change order

Click Cancel.

Update the record

Click Apply.

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.

When you click OK or Cancel, enter another ECO number or exit the program.