Introduction
The Engineering Change Order feature is part of the Supply Chain Management SuiteApp V4.0.
The Engineering Change Order feature lets you generate engineering change order (ECO) records. These records document changes to your Bills of Materials (BOMs) and authorize the implementation of those changes.
Prerequisite for Engineering Change Order
An administrator must enable the Advanced Bill of Materials feature at Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features.
On the Items & Inventory subtab, check the Advanced Bill of Materials box and then Save.
Setting Engineering Change Order Preference
To enable the engineering change order preference:
1.Go to Transactions > Management > Supply Chain Management.
2.On the Supply Chain Management page, click the Preferences link.
3.On the Supply Chain Preferences page, click Edit.
4.On the Engineering subtab, check the Implement Engineering Change Order Upon Final Approval box.
5.Click Save.
Enabling Engineering Change Order
To enable Engineering Change Order:
1.Go to Transactions > Management > Supply Chain Management.
2.On the Supply Chain Management page, click the Preferences link.
3.On the Supply Chain Preferences page, click Edit.
4.On the Features subtab, check the Engineering Change Order box.
5.Click Save.
After the feature is enabled, set up the role records of those who will use engineering change order.
Roles and Permissions for Engineering Change Order
By default, the prebuilt custom forms and records for Engineering Change Order are enabled for the following roles:
Accountant (View)
CEO
CFO
Warehouse Manager
Administrator
Creating New ECO
Limitations
Engineering Change Order supports Inventory and Assembly Items only.
Use of the feature requires Advanced Bill of Materials.
Custom workflows for ECO approval are not currently supported.
A User Event (UE) script execution threshold is associated with successful loading of ECO records. ECO records are successfully loaded when the account has no more than 80,000–90,000 active assembly and inventory items per subsidiary.
Support for SOAP web services and CSV import is currently not available with the feature.
The feature does not support Legacy BOM.