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Hi,
I am new to the manufacturing world and I have basic questions. Hopefully I can get some answers from all the experts here.
1) When you assign an ECR or ECO, what number does it make more sense to use? Intelligent number or Regular one (e.g. MMDDYYY001 X 001)
2) As I understand, ECOs are for manufactured parts that need to be changed or will be introduced to the market. Now, if I purchase a part from someone else to resell, how does it work? Do I need an ECO for that? Why?
3) What's the true job of a Documentation Manager in regards to the ECO process?
a) Is he responsible to complete the ECO form?
b) Is he responsible to approve the request?
c) Does he serve as liasion/mediator?
4) What are the biggest chanllenges on the documentation process?
5) How do you measure success?
6) How do you make sure people do their jobs without getting burned out?
7) Hw do you work with the ECO/ECR turnaround time? What the turnaround time should be?
8) How do you determine turnaround time?
9) Is there an uncomplicated XL spreasheet to help me manage the ECR/ECO workflow?
10) There are some ECOs that can be completed faster (new products) versus the ones that need changes to be done to them + scrap.
How do you deal with those 2 different types of requests? How is it supposed to be prioritized?
I am new to the manufacturing world and I have basic questions. Hopefully I can get some answers from all the experts here.
1) When you assign an ECR or ECO, what number does it make more sense to use? Intelligent number or Regular one (e.g. MMDDYYY001 X 001)
2) As I understand, ECOs are for manufactured parts that need to be changed or will be introduced to the market. Now, if I purchase a part from someone else to resell, how does it work? Do I need an ECO for that? Why?
3) What's the true job of a Documentation Manager in regards to the ECO process?
a) Is he responsible to complete the ECO form?
b) Is he responsible to approve the request?
c) Does he serve as liasion/mediator?
4) What are the biggest chanllenges on the documentation process?
5) How do you measure success?
6) How do you make sure people do their jobs without getting burned out?
7) Hw do you work with the ECO/ECR turnaround time? What the turnaround time should be?
8) How do you determine turnaround time?
9) Is there an uncomplicated XL spreasheet to help me manage the ECR/ECO workflow?
10) There are some ECOs that can be completed faster (new products) versus the ones that need changes to be done to them + scrap.
How do you deal with those 2 different types of requests? How is it supposed to be prioritized?
But seriously, challenges differ depending on the size of the company, the number of changes processed, etc. Usually the biggest challenges are designing the system and then making sure that it's used consistently in accordance to design intent.