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Set up engineering change severities
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An engineering change has an impact on operations and products. For each engineering change order, you can define the severity of the impact.

You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change is or can be based on the type of changes. So, appropriate measures can be taken to implement the changes as smoothly as possible. 

In the Product engineering parameters, you define how the severity of an engineering change order is determined:

  • Manually: Set the severity of an engineering change order manually. You can choose from a list of self-defined severities.
  • Calculate: You can click Calculate to determine the severity of an engineering change order. Severity rule sets, with predefined checks on changes, are applied to determine the severity.
  • Calculate automatically: When you submit an engineering change order to the workflow, the severity rule sets, with predefined checks on changes, are applied automatically to determine the severity.

Product manager Product manager Start Start Set up engineering change severities Set up engineering change severities You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change on an engineering change order is or can be. For example, for high-impact changes, set the severity to "Very high" and for only a small change, set the severity to "Very low". You first set up the severities and then you set up the rule sets for these severities. A severity rule set defines how a severity is calculated based on the changes that are made with an engineering change order.Set up the severities that you can use to:Manually define the severity.Set up severity rule sets which calculate the severity based on the applied changes.  Procedure 1. Go to Product engineering > Setup > Engineering change management > Severities. 2. Click New. 3. In the Severity field, type a value. 4. Close the page. Notes You can use the Up and Down buttons to define the display sequence of the severities. Set up engineering change severity rule sets Set up engineering change severity rule sets You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change on an engineering change order is or can be. To (automatically) calculate the severity of an engineering change order, set up severity rule sets. For each severity rule set, define the rules that must be met to apply the related severity.You can add these rules to a severity rule set: Route change (triggered by any change made to routes)BOM change (triggered by any change made to BOMs)Document change (triggered by any change made to documents)Attribute change (triggered by any change made to engineering attributes)Impact change (triggered if the Impact is changed to New version or New product)On (automatic) calculate, the severity rule sets are checked from top to bottom. The first severity rule set for which all defined rules are met determines the severity.Usually, you put the severity rule set with the most rules at the top, and the one with the least rules at the bottom of the list. Use the Up and Down buttons to define the sequence in which the severity rule sets are checked. Example: You have three rule sets: "High", "Medium" and "Low"High: Route change, BOM change, Document change, Attribute change, Impact changeMedium: Route change, BOM change, Document changeLow: Document changeScenario 1: An engineering change order has changes to the route, the BOM, and the document. On calculate, the severity is set to Medium.Scenario 2: An engineering change order has a change to the document. On calculate, the severity is set to Low.Scenario 3: An engineering change order has changes to route, BOM, document, attribute, and impact. On calculate, the severity is set to High. Procedure 1. Go to Product engineering > Setup > Engineering change management > Severity rule sets. 2. Click New. 3. In the Severity field, select one of the predefined severities. 4. Click Add. 5. In the Rule field, select a value. 6. Close the page. End End

Activities

Name Responsible Description

Set up engineering change severities

Product manager

You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change on an engineering change order is or can be. 

For example, for high-impact changes, set the severity to "Very high" and for only a small change, set the severity to "Very low". 

You first set up the severities and then you set up the rule sets for these severities. A severity rule set defines how a severity is calculated based on the changes that are made with an engineering change order.

Set up the severities that you can use to:

  • Manually define the severity.
  • Set up severity rule sets which calculate the severity based on the applied changes. 

Set up engineering change severity rule sets

Product manager

You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change on an engineering change order is or can be. To (automatically) calculate the severity of an engineering change order, set up severity rule sets. For each severity rule set, define the rules that must be met to apply the related severity.

You can add these rules to a severity rule set: 

  • Route change (triggered by any change made to routes)
  • BOM change (triggered by any change made to BOMs)
  • Document change (triggered by any change made to documents)
  • Attribute change (triggered by any change made to engineering attributes)
  • Impact change (triggered if the Impact is changed to New version or New product)

On (automatic) calculate, the severity rule sets are checked from top to bottom. The first severity rule set for which all defined rules are met determines the severity.

Usually, you put the severity rule set with the most rules at the top, and the one with the least rules at the bottom of the list. Use the Up and Down buttons to define the sequence in which the severity rule sets are checked. 

Example: 
You have three rule sets: "High", "Medium" and "Low"
  1. High: Route change, BOM change, Document change, Attribute change, Impact change
  2. Medium: Route change, BOM change, Document change
  3. Low: Document change

Scenario 1: An engineering change order has changes to the route, the BOM, and the document. On calculate, the severity is set to Medium.

Scenario 2: An engineering change order has a change to the document. On calculate, the severity is set to Low.

Scenario 3: An engineering change order has changes to route, BOM, document, attribute, and impact. On calculate, the severity is set to High.

Activities

Name Responsible Description

Set up engineering change severities

Product manager

You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change on an engineering change order is or can be. 

For example, for high-impact changes, set the severity to "Very high" and for only a small change, set the severity to "Very low". 

You first set up the severities and then you set up the rule sets for these severities. A severity rule set defines how a severity is calculated based on the changes that are made with an engineering change order.

Set up the severities that you can use to:

  • Manually define the severity.
  • Set up severity rule sets which calculate the severity based on the applied changes. 

Set up engineering change severity rule sets

Product manager

You can use severities to determine how severe the impact of a change on an engineering change order is or can be. To (automatically) calculate the severity of an engineering change order, set up severity rule sets. For each severity rule set, define the rules that must be met to apply the related severity.

You can add these rules to a severity rule set: 

  • Route change (triggered by any change made to routes)
  • BOM change (triggered by any change made to BOMs)
  • Document change (triggered by any change made to documents)
  • Attribute change (triggered by any change made to engineering attributes)
  • Impact change (triggered if the Impact is changed to New version or New product)

On (automatic) calculate, the severity rule sets are checked from top to bottom. The first severity rule set for which all defined rules are met determines the severity.

Usually, you put the severity rule set with the most rules at the top, and the one with the least rules at the bottom of the list. Use the Up and Down buttons to define the sequence in which the severity rule sets are checked. 

Example: 
You have three rule sets: "High", "Medium" and "Low"
  1. High: Route change, BOM change, Document change, Attribute change, Impact change
  2. Medium: Route change, BOM change, Document change
  3. Low: Document change

Scenario 1: An engineering change order has changes to the route, the BOM, and the document. On calculate, the severity is set to Medium.

Scenario 2: An engineering change order has a change to the document. On calculate, the severity is set to Low.

Scenario 3: An engineering change order has changes to route, BOM, document, attribute, and impact. On calculate, the severity is set to High.

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