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Introduction:
Engineering Change Management is a central logistics function that can be used to
change various aspects of production basic data (for example, BOMs, task lists,
materials, and documents) with history (with date effectivity) or depending on specific
conditions (with parameter effectivity).
Notification
Engineering Change Order (ECO)
Engineering Objects
Tasks
Notification Type:
A key that determines the origin, content, and other features of service,
maintenance, design and quality notifications. The notification type 54 is being considered
for demonstration.
Notification:
A data record with which a user informs the Engineering, Plant Maintenance,
Quality Management, or Customer Service department etc about an occurrence.
Transaction: IQS2
View the open notifications (Notifications to be processed by me) in the transaction IQS8.
Enter the additional details of the notification the respective tabs (IQS2)
Subject: Brief about the nature of the notifications & impacted objects. Set the priority of
the notification.
Choose the cause of the notification
Create the relevant tasks for further follow ups with other departments under notification.
In this example the task for procurement department has been created & responsible
person has been assigned for the task. The responsible person can view the open
pending tasks for him using the transaction IQS9.
After creating all the relevant tasks, the Change Control Board (CCB) approves the
notification for further processing. The status “APFC Approved for CCB” is user status.
By setting this user status the system status will be updated automatically.
The responsible person of the task can view the task details in the transaction IQS9.
After obtaining the approval from CCB, the change coordinator provides his approval
based on task completion.
Lead Change Master (LCM):
A data record that groups several change packages for a complex change process and
controls the conditions under which the change is effective such as on a valid-from date.
Set the status of the ECO to 57- ECO- In Validation at Engineering Department
(Transaction CC02).
Click on “Object Types” Icon. Select the relevant objects for change like material master,
BOM etc. In this example the material master object has been considered for
demonstration.
After the changes have been made in the material master (Eg: Material Number 123)
using this change number, the indicator “Usage” will be automatically set by the system.
Now set the status of the ECO & LCM to 60 (Engineering Completed).
Set the status of LCM as 80 (Completed) and release key as “01- Global Release” for the
LCM. This cannot withdrawn. Without global release the changes are not included in the
production environment.
Once the release key is set to 01 in the LCM, the ECO changes will be implemented into
the production environment. The indicator “Technical Release” also will be set
automatically in the LCM.
Close the notification in IQS2: