Change management. It's the process by which changes to products or documents are initiated, developed, reviewed and implemented. Managed change enables a company to improve its products and become more successful, while documenting history and audit trails. The two most common types of change management are simple and CMII.
The simple engineering change order (ECO) process typically has one change form and is initiated in engineering. The process focuses on the approval of changes that engineering has already decided should be made. Simple ECOs include add, modify and delete.
The CMII-based change process is developed and administered by The Institute of Configuration Management. In the CMII process, engineering proposes changes that are evaluated outside of engineering, typically by someone on the "business" side of the company. There are three change forms in the CMII process: the problem report (PR), the enterprise change request (ECR) and the enterprise change notice (ECN).
Which one is right for you? Watch as Rob McAveney, Aras Director of Product Management, spells out the differences for you in this short video, then decide.
Then head over to the Engineering Change Management page on aras.com to learn more about Aras change management.