Features

1. Engineering Change Order (ECO) Management: - Create and manage engineering changes. - Track and record changes related to products, Bills of Materials (BoM), and production processes.
2. BoM and Production Routing Change Management: - Add or remove components in BoMs. - Add or remove operations in production routings.
3. Automated Processes: - Automatically apply scheduled ECOs.
4. Independent Integration with Manufacturing: - Link ECOs to production orders and BoMs to ensure synchronized updates during the manufacturing process.
5. Product Lifecycle Customization: - Flexibly track and manage changes throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Benefits

1. Effective Engineering Change Management: - Provides a dedicated system for managing ECOs, minimizing confusion, and enhancing control.
2. Automation and Time Savings: - Automatically apply scheduled ECOs, reducing manual work and increasing operational efficiency.
3. Synchronized Manufacturing Processes: - Integrates closely with manufacturing to ensure ECOs are applied consistently across production orders and BoMs.
4. Flexibility for Businesses: - Customize changes to fit specific production workflows and product lifecycles.
5. Improved Transparency: - Track and record detailed changes in BoMs and production routings, ensuring transparency throughout the process.
6. Enhanced Decision-Making: - Clearly managed change data helps businesses evaluate the impact of modifications and make optimal decisions.
7. Error Reduction: - Clear and automated change application processes reduce the risk of errors in production and product management.

Who Should Use This Module?

1. Manufacturing Companies - Businesses with complex production processes requiring efficient management of product, BoM, and production routing changes. - Companies engaged in mass production or make-to-order workflows.
2. Product Designers and Engineers - Teams needing control over product structure and BoM changes to ensure consistency between design and production.
3. Production Management Teams - Managers who need to track and synchronize technical changes into production to avoid errors and inefficiencies.
4. Businesses with Complex Supply Chains - Companies with multiple suppliers or intermediate steps in their production processes requiring consistent change synchronization.
5. Businesses Seeking Faster Market Response - Companies needing to quickly update products to meet new market or customer demands without disrupting production.
6. Businesses Aiming to Mitigate Risks in Technical Changes - Organizations needing tools to manage and record engineering changes, reducing the risk of errors or omissions in production.
7. Companies with Audit and Certification Requirements - To facilitate fast and accurate auditing, maintaining change history is essential.
8. Companies Embracing Digital Transformation - Organizations in the process of digitizing their operations, requiring digital tools for managing engineering changes and integrating with production systems.

Known Issues

Warning: To avoid conflicts in the process of using this Product Lifecycle Module , you must uninstall Odoo's Product Lifecycle if you are using it.

Supported Editions

1. Community Edition