Field change orders (FCO)A field change order (FCO) is an order to modify a part of a installation group that is installed at the customer site or in your own organization. You mainly use field change orders to solve production errors collectively, and to introduce product modifications. You can also subcontract the execution of the FCO. You mainly use Field Change Orders (FCOs) to solve production errors collectively (product recalls) or to modify a product. In the case of production errors, the costs are usually at the service organization's expense. Use the Field Change Orders (tssoc5100m000) session to define a field change order. Organizations that play roles in manufacturing and servicing can use this session. If a manufacturing defect is found with an item that has been used as a part of Installation groups, a field change order is raised for global replacement of such defective items. The item to be serviced and the activities to be performed are registered in this entity. FCO Lines After you create the FCO header, in which the anonymous item or serialized item and the related activities that you want to replace are specified, you can either manually define FCO lines or have the lines generated automatically. Each FCO line represents one specific serialized item or one anonymous item in an Installation group. The advantage of automatic generation is that LN checks all related Installation groups, taking the active dates into account. You can use the Generate Field Change Order Lines (tssoc5210m000) session to generate lines automatically for a range of FCOs, sold-to business partners, and Installation groups or serial numbers. Generate Service Orders for FCO You can generate service orders for field change orders (FCOs). The planned start time on the service order is the planned start date entered in the Generate Orders (tssoc5220m000) session. To determine the planned finish time on the service order, you add the sum of all reference activities’ durations to the planned start time. Functionality to generate Field Change Order
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