Overview of New Item Requests

In Product Development, items are usually created with create dialog or various add item features on items, structures, and change orders.

There's a more formal process of item creation called the New Item Request process. The administrator can establish a Product Development item class that requires the new item request process to be followed.

In the new item request process, a new item is validated and approved before it's made available to enrichment processes and structure-building in Product Development. The validation steps take place in the Product Information Management work area.

A new item request may be appropriate for a product that will go through the complete manufacturing or commercialization phases. A less formal process may be appropriate for a more preliminary, design phase of product innovation.

Your enterprise may use either the formal new item request process, or the informal processes for the development of new items and structures.