SAP Engineering Change Management(ECM)

SAP Engineering Change Management(ECM)

1. 29 July 2014
SAP ECM Overview
SAP Engineering Change Management(ECM) Training
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2. SAP AG2001
Change Management Process Triggered by Customer
Customer
Design
Engineer
Industrial
Engineer
Report change notification / claim Check status
Review change
notification / claim
Engineering Change Order
Order Change Management
Simulation of changes
Apply changes to production
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3. SAP AG2001
Changes with History
?
_____
_____
_____
ECR/
ECO
Status before change
Status after change
•Release
control
•Effectivity
parameters
Documentation
of change
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4. SAP AG2001
ECM: Definition of Chances
...
BOM Routing
Document
Material
Change
Linked Object Types
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5. SAP AG2001
Allocating Objects with the Structure Browser
Material
Document
BOM
Routing
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6. SAP AG2001
Sales
Service
Purchasing Product
engineering
Quality
Management. . .
Process
engineering
Request change
Create Eng. Change
Request
Enter objects
Approve Eng. Ch. Request
Convert Eng. Ch. Request
to Eng. Change Order
Complete Eng. Ch. Order
Release changes
. . .
Check feasibility
Change objects
Processing of an Engineering Change Request /
Engineering Change Order (ECR/ECO)
Change
department
ECR/
ECO
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7. SAP AG2001
Workflow for ECR/ECO Processing
•Workflow process is triggered by status changes
•Integrated office inbox as communication window
•Direct participation of the responsible specialists from all necessary areas
of the enterprise
•Several templates for ECR/ECO and the linked objects
Status
Object 1
Status
Object n
Status
ECR/
ECO
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8. SAP AG2001
Workflow -Graphical Processing of Templates
Navigation
Area
Clipboard
Navigation
Area
Working
Area
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9. SAP AG2001
Release Control for Engineering Changes
Release
key
Production
Simulation
Production
Planning
Costing
General Release
•Release key in ECR/ECO is optional
•Controls the release for various areas
•Until released the change remains
ineffective for the application
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10. SAP AG2001
Change Hierarchy
Structuring ECRs/ECOs
Different tasks on different levels
Lead. chg. master
Change packages
Objects
Status /
workflow
Release
control
Effectivity
parameters
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11. SAP AG2001
Release Control in Hierarchies
Package
status
Release key Release key
Leading change master Leading change master
Change package A Change package A
Change package B Change package B
Change package C Change package C
Package
status
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12. SAP AG2001
•ECR /ECO header and object management record
level
•Settings in customizing for a particular object status:
digital signature -yes/no?
•Cross checking (“multiple signature principle”)
•Authority control
Digital Signature
Smart card
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13. SAP AG2001
Up to Rel 4.0: „Valid-from‟ effectivity -> only one change status is
effective at a time
After Rel 4.0: „Valid-from‟ effectivity plus new effectivity parameters
-> more than one change status can be effective at a time
Which effectivity parameters are supported?
DATE (standard) as single value or interval:
Open interval
Closed interval
SERIAL NUMBER (standard) as single value or interval :
Open interval
Closed interval
User-defined effectivity parameters, for example:
CUSTOMER
MODEL
COMBINATIONS of parameters, such as “CUSTOMER & DATE”
Overview of Effectivity Parameters
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# 4711 # 4712 # 4713
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14. SAP AG2001
Trigger by Change Number
Release with the release key
Late package for leading change master
Date shift
Change
hierarchy
Change package
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