| | Change ManagementChange Management deals with the
fundamental concept of change. This module controls the processes of product
changes. Change, particularly in industry, is a constant and critical factor.
Effectively, in the real time scenario, the frequent upgrade and customization
of products--due to quality improvements, cost reductions, manufacturing
innovations, and customer satisfaction issues--requires an accurate and
foolproof method to manage the change implementation process. The change request is the preliminary step in a change process. You can initiate
change from various sources (internal or external to the organization) in the
form of change request. These requests are processed by eliminating trivial
requests, or by combining similar requests. An authorised user can create a
change request. The change refers to
the change header. All related change requests are linked to one change. If you
create a new change, the first version of change proposal is created
automatically. You can also create a change without a change
request. The change proposal is a version-controlled entity of a change. A new change
proposal is created by default when a change is created. The proposal can be
approved or rejected. When the proposal is approved, the status of change
changes to Approved. If the proposal is rejected, the status remains the same (
Created). If the proposal is rejected, you can create a new proposal with all
the linked entities. A version of the change proposal has a list of proposed
effectivity dates, which are recorded as change orders. A change order can exist independently of a change proposal.
Change orders are linked to the change proposal. A change order can be selected
for effectivity dates. To control the effective and expire dates of more than
one change order, you can define a parent child dependency between two change
orders. The hierarchical dependency between two change orders, creates a bill
of change orders (BOCO). A BOCO has two levels of hierarchy. You can link the
change orders in BOCO to the change proposal. Change committee The committee of a chairperson and reviewers who implement a
change using change management. Only authorized users can create a change
committee. the reviewers of the change committee submit the change proposal for
review. The reviewers provide their recommendations and the final decision lies
with the chairperson of the committee.
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