ECO Life Cycle (Oracle Engineering Help)


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ECO Life Cycle

Engineering uses two ECO status fields to control the ECO life cycle: ECO Status and ECO Approval Status. See: ECO Statuses.

You can change an ECO's status. You can open, hold, release, schedule, implement, or cancel a revised item or an ECO. Engineering does not let you set the ECO Status field to Implemented or Scheduled if the approval status has not been set to Approved.

The following example illustrates a typical ECO life cycle:

Sequence Action Approval Status ECO Department

Start creating new ECO Hold Not Submitted for Approval Mfg. Engineering

Complete data entry Open Not Submitted for Approval Mfg. Engineering

Submit approval process Approval Requested Mfg. Engineering

Oracle Workflow controls approval process Approval Requested Mfg. Engineering

Approve and release Released Approved Production

Production updates date Scheduled Production

Effective date arrives Implemented Production

Table 1 - 4. ECO Status Flow

Sequence	Action	Approval Status	ECO Department
Start creating new ECO	Hold	Not Submitted for Approval	Mfg. Engineering
Complete data entry	Open	Not Submitted for Approval	Mfg. Engineering
Submit approval process		Approval Requested	Mfg. Engineering
Oracle Workflow controls approval process		Approval Requested	Mfg. Engineering
Approve and release	Released	Approved	Production
Production updates date	Scheduled		Production
Effective date arrives	Implemented		Production
Table 1 - 4. ECO Status Flow

ECO Life Cycle

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