Display Component Changes to the ECO Bill of Material

When you click ECO Items and then click View Changes in the ECO Maintenance (ECO) program you can view component changes on the engineering change order bill of material and print the ECO Change Report. See Background and Road Map for more information.

The program displays these fields for the selected ECO number:

Field Name

Displays

Parent item no

The parent item number for a component

Parent item description

The parent item description for a component

ECL

The original engineering change level for this item

New ECL

The new engineering change level created for this item

Action

The type of action required for the item as a result of the engineering change order:

Add
: Added a component
Change
: Changed a component
Delete
: Deleted a component

Comp item no

The component item number

Comp item description

The component item number description

Part des

The identifier your company uses if this component is to be listed on this bill of material more than once. Examples: 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.

  1. (Optional) Click Prog opts to print the ECO Change Report. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.

  1. (Optional) Select the ECO number and click Detail. See Add Item Components to an ECO Bill of Material for field descriptions.

    Click OK to return to this program.

  2. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Display the components in reverse order

Click For/Rev. Click again to display the list in its original order.

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.

Display engineering change order detail

Click Detail. For field descriptions, see Add Item Components to an ECO Bill of Material. Click OK to return to this program.

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 ECO numbers from a specific record

Click Restart. The program prompts for specific data based on your sort options. Enter the data for the first record you want to display or leave blank to begin the display with the first record in the file.

Print the engineering change order listing

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Exit the engineering change orders for this item

Click Exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Select items

Click Add. See Select Engineering Change Order Items.

Delete the selected parent item

Click Delete. See Delete.

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.

Assign the next available engineering change level

Click Assign ECL.

Exit this bill of material

Click Exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate option when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

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.

  1. 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.