What Change Orders Modify

Create change orders within predefined change types to modify item information and route that information for review and approval.

Change orders modify the following:

Item specifications: Modify operational and user-defined item attributes.
Item structures: Add, update, and delete structures.

Note: Components can be disabled only through change orders
Packs: Add, update, and delete packs and pack attributes.
Associations: Add item supplier site organization associations, remove existing associations, and modify existing item supplier attributes.
Revisions: Create new revisions for an item while modifying item information

Changes to item structures can be propagated to other organizations through rules associated with the change type.

Where Change Orders Are Created

Access the Create Change Order process in one of three ways:

Select the Manage Change Orders link on the Tasks panel tab.
Click the Create icon on the Manage Change Orders page.
Select Create from the Actions menu on the Manage Change Orders page.

The change order changes items specific to the organization that you select. However, if propagation rules are associated with the selected change type, then you can push changes made to the item structures into other organizations in which the changed item is enabled.

Change type determines how change order numbers are generated, how changes will be propagated to other organizations, and what steps in the workflow are required to complete the change order.

Change order header details include priority, reason, propagation rule, trading partner reference attributes such as customers, suppliers, manufacturers and source, and user-configured attributes.

Note: The trading partner reference attributes are applicable for only commercialization change orders in the simplified change management interface.

On the Overview tab, specify the following information:

Tasks required to complete the change order
Attachments providing additional information
Propagation information

On the Lines tab, add and access individual items to modify attributes, structures, packs, and associations.

Note: Only item details that can be modified through the change order will appear. For example, because catalog assignments aren't supported through change orders, those tabs won't appear on the item details page. Also links on the Specification tabs for attributes that can't be changed through the change order won't appear.

When you submit the change order for approval, you can track approval or rejections for each line in the change order.