sap engineering change management(ecm)
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29 July 2014
SAP ECM Overview
SAP Engineering Change Management(ECM) Training BY
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Change Management Process Triggered by Customer
Customer
Design
Engineer
Industrial
Engineer
Report change notification / claim Check status
Review change
notification / claimEngineering Change Order
Order Change Management Simulation of changes Apply changes to production
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Changes with History
?_______________
ECR/
ECO
Status before change
Status after change
• Release
control
• Effectivity
parameters
Documentation
of change
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ECM: Definition of Chances
...
BOM Routing
Document
Material
Change
Linked Object Types
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Allocating Objects with the Structure Browser
Material
Document
BOM
Routing
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Sales
Service
Purchasing Productengineering
Quality Management. . .
Processengineering
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)
Changedepartment
ECR/
ECO
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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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Workflow - Graphical Processing of Templates
Navigation
Area
Clipboard
Navigation
Area
Working
Area
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Release Control for Engineering Changes
Release
key
Production
Simulation
ProductionPlanning
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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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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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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• 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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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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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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