Understanding Engineering Change Requests

Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) are numbered documents that you use to track requested product changes within Engineering Change Management. When used with engineering change orders (ECOs), ECRs enable you to create two change request processes with separate reviewers and approvers. For example, the shop floor employees can use ECRs to request that the design engineering staff make a change to a product. After the ECR is reviewed and approved, you can use the ECO processes to implement the change.

The procedures for ECRs are the same as the procedures for ECOs. Use order type EG when setting up, reviewing, or approving ECRs.