Header Tab

Header Tab Field Definitions

ECO Number

The number assigned to the ECO, BCN, or Deviation.
Product Number The unique internal number assigned to the product
Rev

The revision number or character assigned to the product.
Description  The description of the product.
Date Opened

The date the ECO/BCN/Deviation was started.
Type

The type of change, either ECO (Engineering Change Order), BCN (BOM Change Notice), or Deviation.  ECO is for permanent changes to the Inventory Item Master and the Bill of Materials when there is a revision or part number change.  BCN is for permanent changes to the BOM.  Deviation is for a one time change to a work order(s).

ECO Source

This is the source of the ECO, Customer or Internal.This allows the users to know if this ECO was created internally or upon Customer request. At this time this field is for reference only, but will be used for reporting later on.
ECO Ref

An internally assigned reference number.
ECO Lock If this box is checked, all users can access the screen, but will not be able to edit the record until Aprroved users remove the lock.  When locked the users initials and date will default in.    

Note: Users MUST have special rights within the Security module to modify this field.

Last Modified The users initials and date will default in when modified.
Status

The status of the Engineering Change Order, either Approved, Edit, Pending or Cancelled.
Effective Date

The date that this ECO become effective.  (This Date MUST be prior to the Work Order date to be applied).
Expiration Date The date that the Deviation will expire.  (This field is only enabled for a deviation and MUST be popluated for the Deviation to be available within the SFT module ) 
Customer

The name of the Customer which is linked with the Bill Of Materials.
This button will allow users the ability to load more documents pertaining to the ECO (cutomer ECO,drawings, instructions,etc).  Loaded files will not be carried fwd to the PDM module upon ECO approval.
Purpose of Change

The intent of the change.
ECO Instruction

The description of the change.
  This Button will allow the users to view any hard copy ECO drawing or Documentation loaded. When files have been loaded this button will appear with Red Text.
 

This Button will allow the users to view any hard copy ECO drawing or Documentation loaded. When files have been loaded this button will appear with Red Text.

ECO Cost per Unit Material is the Material Cost Change Total forwarding from the Parts tab.

Labor is the Labor Cost Change Total forwarding from the New Build Labor Cost tab.

Total is the sum of the changes in Materials and Labor, above.(Note that the signs can be either positive or negative depending upon the changes made.)

Note: Users MUST have special rights within the Security module to view the pricing information. 
 

ECO Coordinator The name of the engineer entering the Engineering Change Order.
Approvals

The name of the department, initials of the approver and the date of approval.  Note: The approving department is setup in the ECO Setup module.
  This button is used for the approval process for each department indicated