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Engineering Change Orders
An ECO is the formal process for proposing, reviewing, and approving changes to products and Bills of Materials.
Process lifecycle
1
Create an ECO
PLM
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Engineering Change Orders
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NEW
Click New to raise an ECO.
ECO fields
Name
*
Short description of the change — e.g. "Replace aluminium bracket with steel".
Type
*
ECO Type — categorises the change for routing and reporting.
Product
*
The product being changed.
Bill of Materials
*
Which BoM version this ECO modifies.
Responsible
*
Engineer or product manager owning this change.
Effective Date
When the change should take effect in production. Leave blank for immediate.
2
Review and approve
START REVISION
Click Start Revision to create a working copy of the BoM for editing. Make the proposed changes on the working copy — add, remove, or modify components. Send for approval by moving the ECO to the review stage. Approvers review the changes, add comments, and approve or refuse. Once approved, click Apply Changes to update the live BoM and increment the version number.