Viewing ECOs/Workflow

Using these pages, your suppliers can view ECOs to which you have given them access. If a supplier is associated with multiple suppliers, prior to selecting the ECOs in which the supplier is interested, the supplier sees a Select Supplier page.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Select Supplier Page

EG_SS_VND_LIST

Select the supplier whose information you want to view on ECOs.

Your supplier must be linked to more than one supplier for the system to display this page. Otherwise, it goes directly to the Select Change Order page.

Select Change Order Page

EG_IC_ECO_LIST

Select an ECO from a list of all pending change orders for the default business unit to which access has been granted. Suppliers can view a specific ECO if granted access to at least one affected item on the order. A supplier can also view a change order if the supplier is one of the approvers of the order. When the supplier is an approver, it isn't required that the affected items be set up on the BOM Access by Supplier page.

Filter Option Page

EG_IC_ECO_SEARCH

Set ECO filter options to narrow the search for ECOs.

Select Change Order Page

Change Order Detail Page

EG_IC_ECO_HEADER

View ECO detail information.

Engineering Change Order - Item Affected Detail Page

EG_IC_ECO_ASSY_RES

View ECO item-affected information.

Use the Select Supplier page (EG_SS_VND_LIST) to select the supplier whose information you want to view on ECOs.

Your supplier must be linked to more than one supplier for the system to display this page. Otherwise, it goes directly to the Select Change Order page.

Navigation:

Review Product Design > Engineering Change Order

Select the supplier whose item information you want to appear. The system then opens the Select Change Order page, which displays the ECOs available to that supplier.

Use the Select Change Order page (EG_IC_ECO_LIST) to select an ECO from a list of all pending change orders for the default business unit to which access has been granted.

Suppliers can view a specific ECO if granted access to at least one affected item on the order. A supplier can also view a change order if the supplier is one of the approvers of the order. When the supplier is an approver, it isn't required that the affected items be set up on the BOM Access by Supplier page.

Navigation:

  • Select Review Product Design > Engineering Change Order (if not associated with multiple suppliers)

  • Click one of the supplier names on the Select Supplier page (if associated with multiple suppliers).

Field or Control

Description

Item ID

The component item identifiers in this column are those of the supplier if they are defined for the supplier and item combination using the Purchasing Attributes component in PeopleSoft Inventory. If no supplier and item information exists, then the customer item appears. You can define supplier item IDs using the Item Supplier page in PeopleSoft Inventory.

Note: The ECO Maintenance - Header page contains a Not Accessible by Suppliers check box, which, if selected, blocks access to specific ECOs. Therefore, even if suppliers have been granted access on the BOM Access by Supplier page, you can prevent supplier access to specific ECOs.

Use the Change Order Detail page (EG_IC_ECO_HEADER) to view ECO detail information.

Navigation:

Click an order number on the Select Change Order page.

Field or Control

Description

Upload an Attachment

If a supplier has the capability to add ECO attachments (defined with the BOM Access by Supplier page), the supplier can upload new attachments. If the privilege is granted, the Save button is available. While in the same session, the supplier can also delete attachments prior to saving. Once an attachment is uploaded and the ECO is saved, the supplier can't delete the attachment.

Return to Select Change Order

Click to return to the Select Change Order page.

Send Email

Click to send email. The email contains a URL to this specific Change Order Detail page, and a URL to the ECO Maintenance - Header page in PeopleSoft Engineering.

Approval Action

If a supplier is listed in the Approval Process group box as the current approver, then the Approval Action group box becomes visible, and the supplier can approve, deny, or recycle the ECOs. Otherwise, this group box is unavailable.

When the supplier is included as an approver within a workflow step, the supplier can be automatically notified by email. This email contains a URL to the originating ECO page for the specific ECO requiring approval. When PeopleSoft Engineering is enabled for suppliers, the supplier can also access pertinent workflow information by using the task worklist pagelet functionality.

Comments

After reviewing the ECO, a supplier can enter text in this field. Then, if the supplier step is the next step for approval, the supplier can approve, deny, or recycle the ECO by clicking the appropriate buttons.

Approve button

If a supplier clicks this button, the approver in the next step of the approval process is notified by email and worklist entry.

Deny and Recycle buttons

If the supplier clicks either of these buttons, the approver in the previous step is notified. Furthermore, when denied or recycled, the current action is reset, and the originator of the ECO is notified by email. To indicate when the originator (the person who submitted the ECO for workflow) should be notified in the approval process, use the System Workflow Rules page in the General Options navigation.

Use the Engineering Change Order - Item Affected Detail page (EG_IC_ECO_ASSY_RES) to view ECO item-affected information.

Navigation:

Click an item ID in the Items Affected group box on the Change Order Detail page.

Field or Control

Description

Upload an Attachment

If a supplier has the capability to add ECO attachments (defined with the BOM Access by Supplier page), the supplier can upload new attachments. If the privilege is granted, the Save button is available. While in the same session, the supplier can also delete attachments prior to saving. Once an attachment is uploaded and the ECO is saved, the supplier can't delete the attachment.

Return to Change Order Detail

Click to return to the Change Order Detail page.

View Production BOM and View Engineering BOM

If a supplier clicks either of these links, the system opens the Bill of Material page, which displays the current affected item. These links are unavailable if the affected item doesn't have a BOM or if the supplier doesn't have access to the BOM.