Submit a complete request, obtain the named engineering decision and verify what was actually implemented.
Production Planner identifies the revision and records a reason on the change request. The planner selects the requester and approver from the people records and enters the request date. The request should explain the component or dated structure the deciding person needs to inspect.
Production Planner runs the change guard. Resolved revision, requester and approver references and a recorded reason permit Draft to Review once. An approver value identifies the intended reviewer; it does not record approval by itself.
Manager, acting as the designated approver, reviews the request against BOM revisions and component lines and approves or rejects it. Use the decision actions configured during setup to record Approved or Rejected after the actual review. Keep the submitted request distinct from its later application.
Production Planner prepares the accepted changes on an editable revision, with Manager's separate engineering release decision before use. Keep an existing Released structure intact. A work order already underway needs its own instruction review so the operator receives the correct instructions.
Production Planner checks the actual resulting structure and moves the request from Approved to Implemented. A decision without application remains Approved. Keep the resulting structure available for the reviewer and planner to inspect.
And how to keep it from happening.
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