ECO Manager helps you control the planning, process, documentation and implementation of your engineering change orders. ECO Manager includes tools for defining all parts, bills of material and documents needed to make a complete engineering change with a minimum of effort. Real-time access is provided to inventory, vendor, sales and transaction history records, ensuring the engineering change process is accurately tracked and in sync with MAX.

Engineering Change Orders
Track ECOs

• Include in an ECO any combination and quantity of parts, bills of material, routings and documents.
• Track Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) as separate items from ECOs.
• Relate ECRs to ECOs to record resolution of requests.
• Review ECOs on-screen and print or e-mail ECOs directly to the persons required for approval and notification.
• Once the ECO is complete, the ECO BOMs and routings can be released automatically to MAX.
• Project Tracking feature allows the Engineer to measure the progress of the ECO project by looking at the cost, hours and completeness of the job.
• Track the time spent on each ECO.
• Look up on the Tasks screen all the items affected by an ECO including parts, BOMs, routings, documents and approvals to quickly identify action required.

ECO Parts
Manage ECO Parts

• Part data can be added or changed directly from ECO Manager. Codes are user-definable within the MAX requirements.
• Engineers can directly access manufacturing data from MAX for parts, bills of material, sales orders, shop orders, manufacturer's parts, inventory, other ECOs, engineering documentation, part notes and invoices.
• Each part on the ECO retains its own data so that status and reason for each part can be tracked separately.
• Locate Parts allows you to find data in MAX directly from ECO Manager giving you the data you need - at your fingertips
• Find part vendor, manufacturer's part and related data in MAX quickly and easily.

ECO Bills of Material
Manage ECO Bills of Material

• Each ECO can have a bill of materials (BOM) associated with it, tracking additions, changes and deletions to the BOM.
• Each ECO BOM is tracked separately to document the status of that BOM and where it is in the process of engineering change.
• Once ECOs are approved, ECO Manager allows you to automatically update the MAX BOMs with the approved changes.
• All codes in the master data are user-definable to help tailor ECO Manager to your environment and way of doing business.

ECO Documents
Manage ECO Documents

• Each ECO can have documents associated with the part(s) on that ECO. ECO Manager tracks changes on each document.
• Setup an unlimited number of document types and assign document names that conform to your business.
• A separate viewer and editor can be assigned to the document name so that each document can be viewed or edited according to your security rights.
• Master documents reflect your ability to define ECO data, using the same terms you commonly use to run your business.

ECO Routings
Manage ECO Routings

• Each ECO can have routings associated with part(s) on the ECO.
• Display Part Routing information to easily assess the impact of an ECO on the production process.
• Maintain part routing data without affecting the manufacturing system until the ECO is approved and released.
• ECO Routings can be either imported from the manufacturing system in which they are updated or deleted and new routing operations added.

ECO Notifications and Approvals
Track ECO Notifications and Approvals

• Assign electronic notifications and approvals to ECOs.
• The engineering manager can track notifications and sign-offs before releasing the ECO to the manufacturing system.
• E-mail the ECO form to a reviewer distribution list and speed the review and approval process.
• Record all notes and memos made by the ECO reviewer, providing a complete chronology of all comments for future reference.
• The Locate Approvals screen quickly displays all the ECOs requiring your actions and allows you to update your approval status.

Reports and Graphs

ECO Manager contains many reports and statistical graphs so that you can track every aspect of the ECO process. Using Crystal Reports for MAX you can customize existing reports or create ad hoc reports.

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