Change Item Components on an ECO Bill of Material

When you click ECO items and then click BOM in the ECO Maintenance (ECO) program, you can add, change, and delete an item's components on an engineering change order bill of material. See Background and Road Map for more information.

The program displays these fields for each item:

Field Name	Displays
ECO number	The engineering change order number that includes this parent or component item
Parent item	The parent item number of a component and the description
ECL	The engineering change level and description for this item
Action and description	The type of action required for the item as a result of the engineering change order: A: Added a component C: Changed a component D: Deleted a component
Comp item no	The component item number
Description	The component description
Part des	The identifier your company uses if this component is to be listed on this bill of material more than once. You may call this designator a balloon number, bubble number, file number, material tag, or reference number. New item - not on file displays if this is a new component entered in the ECO Maintenance (ECO) program.
New qty per assy	The new quantity of this component used for each assembly
Old qty per assy	The previous quantity of this component used for each assembly
Effective	The date on which this component is available for manufacturing orders
Expiration	The last date that this component will be used for manufacturing orders
Item status	The status of the item

Select a component and click Select.
Click Modify.
Enter the correct data. See Add Item Components on an ECO Bill of Material for field descriptions.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Click Modify.
Delete this component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Exit without changing this record	Click Cancel.
Enter of change notes	Click Notes. See Enter Notes or Change Notes.
Go to a related program	Click Jump. See Jump.
Accept the data	Click OK.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Add another component	Click Add.
Delete the selected component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Copy a selected component	Click Copy.
Display the selected component	Click Select.
Display components from a specific action or component	Click Restart. The program prompts Action, Comp item no and Part designator. Enter the first component you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first component in the file.
Print the component 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.
Exit this bill of material	Click Exit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

Delete this project

Click Delete. The program prompts Do you want to delete this record?. Click Delete to delete this entire project or click No to retain this project.

Exit without creating this project

Click Cancel.

Enter notes for this project

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Enter an item, its branch information, and costs

Click Inventory and then:

Click	To enter a/an
Item	Item record. See Enter an Item for a Project.
Branch	Branch record. See Enter Branch Information for a Project Item.
Item cost	Cost record. See Enter Costs for a Project Item.
Back	End this action.

Add, change, and delete an item's components on the bill of material

Click BOM.

Apply component changes to multiple bills of material

Click Component action and then click:

Click	To
Replace	Replace with this component on the bill of material
Delete	Delete this component on the bill of material.
Where used	Update this component wherever it is included on a bill of material.
Back	End this action.

Accept the data and exit

Click OK.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Select items	Click Add. See Select Engineering Change Order Items.
Delete the selected parent item	Click Delete. See Delete.
Copy the selected item	Click Copy.
Display the selected parent item	Click Select.
Display parent items from a specific number	Click Restart. The program prompts Parent item no and ECL. Enter the first item number you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first item in the file.
Print the parent 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

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 Select 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 project	Click OK.
Display the previous record in the file	Click Prev.
Display the next record in the file	Click Next.
Enter a new project	Click New.
Exit the program	Click Exit.