Engineering change to effective revision

Step by step

1. Define the requested change Production Planner

   Production Planner creates an engineering change request identifying the product, requester, request date, reason and description. Draft advances to Defined only when the intended engineering edit can be explained. Identify the affected bill of materials and routing without assuming their current definitions can be silently replaced.

   • Engineering request defined
   • Updates Engineering change orders, Products

2. Assess supply and cost Buyer or Accountant or Production Planner

   Buyer checks supplier-item terms and suppliers for the proposed component requirement. Accountant reviews cost rollups and cost standards. Production Planner records the engineering cost effect and reviews affected work orders before Defined advances to Assessed.

   • Supply and cost reviewed
   • Updates Supplier items, Cost rollups, Cost standards, Work orders

3. Approve the assessed scope Approver

   Approver checks the requested change and supporting reviews through the agreed independent action. The approval record identifies the engineering change, deciding person, decision date and reason. An accepted decision permits engineering change requests to move Assessed to Approved; rejection remains a separate Rejected result.

   • Independent decision recorded
   • Updates Approvals, Engineering change orders
   ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.

4. Apply the reviewed revision Production Planner

   Production Planner applies the approved change on its effective date and checks the bill version, the dates when it applies and the routing version. Review the bill, issued material and completed operations of released work before altering its execution requirements. Keep the earlier production evidence available for comparison.

   • Reviewed revision applied
   • Updates Bill of materials, BOM components, Routings, Routing operations

5. Verify affected production Quality Inspector or Production Planner

   Quality Inspector checks the applicable inspection evidence for the affected product. Production Planner records the result through the agreed action, moving Applied to Verified only after the review. Accountant separately reviews any pending cost activation and its revaluation entry.

   • Affected output verified
   • Updates Quality inspections, Engineering change orders

Production Planner

, Buyer, Accountant, Approver, Quality Inspector.