Concept Types and Statuses

Conceptual product design starts with concept creation.

A concept is defined by two characteristics:

1. Concept Type

2. Concept Status

Concept Type

Concept types, based on predefined attributes, define the grouping and search criteria of concepts.

Contact your administrator for information about defining concept types and their attributes.

Note: You can't change the concept type after you've created a concept.

Concept Status

A concept evolves through predefined states in a workflow. The concept workflow status, as listed and described in the following table, defines the actions you're allowed on the concept at each stage.

Workflow Status	Workflow Stage
Draft	Design This is the default status of a concept you create. As the concept owner, you can modify the concept structure as you require.
Submitted	Review Submit a concept for review once you complete your concept design. You can't make any further changes to the concept.
Approved	Approved When a concept is approved, it's ready to move to a PLM system for production. The data of an approved concept continues to be available in Innovation Management as an item structure.
Rejected Note: This isn't a concept status. It's a workflow transition.	Design A concept that's rejected in the Review stage reverts to the Draft status and is available for modifications.