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6. ECO Priorities

ECO priorities are defined in Oracle Engineering setup. Priorities are assigned to Engineering Change Orders (ECO). Priorities along with change types can control the approval workflow process.  Same ECO type can follow different approval workflow process based on ECO Priorities.

Navigation: Engineering -> Setups -> ECO Priorities

1) Priority: Enter the Priority name

2) Priority Sequence: Sequence that determines the priority.

3) Description: Priority description

4) Inactive On: End date of ECO Priority

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ECO Priorities

ECO Priorities

5. ECO Approval List

Engineering Change Order (ECO) Approval List are defined through ‘Setup’ and later attached to ECOs for controlling who can approve ECOs.

Navigation: Engineering -> Setups -> Approval List

1) List: Enter ECO Approval List name

2) Description: Enter meaningful description of ECO approval list

3) Inactive On: Enter end date after which the ECO list will become inactive

4) Seq: Sequence of approver

5) Employee: Approver name

6) Description: Employee description

7) Inactive on: End date any approver from the list without end dating the entire approval list.

ECO Approval List

ECO Approval List

 

 

4. ECO Change Types

Oracle Engineering Change Order (ECO) Change  Types are setup to classify the ECOs. This is very key field on ECO that not only helps in classification/reporting but also drives the ECO approval process. When ECO is created ECO change types are associated to it.

Navigation: Engineering -> Setups -> Change Types

1) Type: Enter the change type name

2) Used for: Engineering or Manufacturing

3) Description: Description of ECO type

4) Inactive On: Enter the date to inactivate the ECO type

Click on ‘PROCESSES’ to map workflow processes (approval process) to be followed based on ECO type and ECO priorities.

Save the changes.

ECO Change Type

ECO Change Type