Engineering Change Order

The Engineering Change Order feature is included in the Supply Chain Management SuiteApp starting version 4.0. For more information, see Installing the Supply Chain Management SuiteApp.

The Engineering Change Order feature lets you create engineering change order (ECO) records. These records track changes to your Bills of Materials (BOMs) and allow you to approve those changes.

Make sure you're familiar with the following concepts before you turn on Engineering Change Order:

Availability

The Engineering Change Order feature is available in the Supply Chain Management SuiteApp. You can also contact your NetSuite account manager to get access to this SuiteApp. For information about this SuiteApp, see Supply Chain Management SuiteApp.

Limitations

  • Engineering Change Order only supports Inventory and Assembly Items.

  • You need Advanced Bill of Materials to use this feature.

  • Custom workflows for ECO approval aren't currently supported.

  • A User Event (UE) script threshold affects how successfully ECO records load. ECO records load successfully if your account has no more than 80,000–90,000 active assembly and inventory items per subsidiary.

  • SOAP web services and CSV import aren't currently supported with this feature.

  • The feature doesn't support Legacy BOM. For more information, see Enabling Advanced BOM.

Additional Information

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