Create ECOs

Form ID: (AM514000)

This process allows you to create multiple engineering change orders (ECO) from multiple approved engineering change requests (ECR). It also provides an option to merge multiple ECRs for the same bill of material and revision to a single ECO. Creating an ECO for an ECR changes the ECR status to Completed.

Tip: When merging multiple ECRs, the oldest ECR is used as a basis for the ECO. Then each ECR is evaluated in chronological order going from lowest ECR ID to highest. If two ECRs have a change to the same record and same field, the more recent ECR will take priority.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes standard and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands are listed in the following table.

Command Description
Process Create ECOs for only the selected ECRs.
Process All Create ECOs for all ECR's in the table. If you apply a filter to the records in the table, only the ECRs displayed are processed.
Schedules

You can select one of the following options:

  • Add

    When you select the current option, a panel with the Automation Schedules (SM205202) form opens.

  • View
  • History

For details, see Inventory Planning Configuration: General Information.

Attention: The Automation Schedules (SM205020) form is available only if the Scheduled Processing feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Selection Area

In this area, you can select the settings that will affect the process of ECO creation.

Element Description
Merge ECRs When checked, multiple ECRs for the same bill of material and revision are merged into a single ECO. If the ECRs to be merge update the same data element, the most recent ECR will be used.

Table

The table includes all engineering change requests (ECR) that are approved and not completed.

Table 1. Table Columns
Column Description
ECR ID The approved engineering change request (ECR).
Revision The proposed new revision of the bill of material.
BOM ID The bill of material from the ECR.
BOM Revision The current bill of material revision from the ECR.
Inventory ID The inventory ID for the bill of material.
Subitem
This column is visible only if the Inventory Subitems feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Important: The Inventory Subitems check box has been removed from the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form because the functionality associated with the Inventory Subitems feature will be phased out. If you have this feature enabled in your system, the associated functionality remains available. To disable the feature, contact your MYOB support provider.
Description The description of the inventory item.
Warehouse The warehouse for the current bill of material.
Priority A priority assigned by the requestor from 1 to 10.
Request Date The date the ECR was created.
Effective Date The anticipated date of the bill of material revision change.
Requestor The employee initiating the ECR.
ECR Description The description of the engineering change request.