Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
1.0 PURPOSE :
To prepare the Engineering Change Request (ECR) & Engineering Change Order (ECO).
2.0 SCOPE:
Engineering Change Management
3.0 METHOD:
Please follow the procedure given below:
Transaction code CC31
Menu Path SAP menu Logistics Production Master Data
Engineering Change Management Change Number
Create (CC01)
Step: 1 (Creating ECR by user).
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
ECR C Select Radio Button Select
Change type C 002 Select
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Change Number O As per requirement Enter Here you can give your Alpha
Numeric Change number or else can
take from system
R Required input
O Optional input
C Compulsory input
After Entering New Screen will come as shown below
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Description C Description for Enter Details of Change to be added in long
Changes test as shown below
Valid From R Date Enter
Reason for Change R User Reason Enter
Change No status C 02 Enter
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here for
long text
Here write short Description
of Change Request no
Here write reason
for changes
Here Enter 02
After Entering above data click on pencil button as shown above to note down long text for
description. After clicking you will get below screen
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After writing press
save button to save
text
Then press green arrow to come back main screen and click on Object Type button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here
After that new screen will come as shown below.
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Bill Of Material C Tick on box Enter
(Actv)
Bill Of Material C Tick on box Enter
(Object)
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Then click on Object button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click Here Object
After that new screen will come as shown below.
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Material No C Material No Select Material no in which you want to
make changes
Plant C Plant No Select Plant no for that material
BOM Usage C BOM usage Select BOM Usage 1
Chg type C 001 Enter Always 001
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here to save
ECR
BOM Usage
Change Type
Material
No
Plant
no
After that press on save button as shown above then ECR will be saved Message will come ECR
Created as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Step: 2 (Checking ECR by authorized person in Engineering Department).
After Creation of ECR we have to do checking of ECR by authorized person in Engineering Dept.
Following is the procedure for checking of ECR
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Transaction code CC32
Menu Path SAP menu Logistics Production Master Data
Engineering Change Management Change Number
Change (CC02)
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Change Number C Enter Change number Select
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After entering following screen will come then click on Status Mgmt button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click Here
After clicking on Status Mgmt following screen will come then select radio button ZCHK (Check
ECR) as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After selecting ZCHK
click here
Select this
radio button
After selecting radio button of ZCHK press green arrow button as shown above then following
screen will come then click on set status button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here
Then one pop up screen will come as shown below
Then click on pencil button “Check Request” as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
check Request
After checking
click on Continue
After clicking on Check request to close this pop up screen click on continue button as shown
above.
Then click on object button as shown below
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
objects button
Then new screen will come as shown below there you select object and click on “Details view” as
shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here
“Details View”
After clicking on Details view new screen will come then click on Status Mgmt as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
Status Mgmt
After that new screen will come then select radio button ZCHP (Change Possible) and press green
back arrow button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After this
click here
Select this radio
button ZCHP
After clicking on back arrow button new screen will come then click on “set status” button as
shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
set status button
After clicking on “set status” button new pop screen will come then click on “change possible” &
then click on “continue button” as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
“change possible”
Click here on
continue button
After clicking on continue button pop screen will be closed and again you will be on same screen
then click on header button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
header button
After clicking on header button new screen will come then click on “set status” button as shown
below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
set status button
After clicking on “set status” button new pop up screen will come then click on pencil button
“Request checked” & then click on “continue” as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
Request Checked
Click here on continue
button
After that you will come again same screen then save this request as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here to save
this ECR
Step: 3 (Approve ECR)
In this step person responsible for checking ECR will inform the Approving Authority for
Approving the ECR in the system. Following are the step.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Transaction code CC32
Menu Path SAP menu Logistics Production Master Data
Engineering Change Management Change Number
Change (CC02)
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Change Number C Enter Change number Select
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After entering following screen will come then click on Status Mgmt button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on Status
Mgmt
After clicking on Status Mgmt button new screen will come, Select ZAPR - Approve ECR & click
on back arrow as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click this green
back arrow
button
Select this radio
button ZAPR
After selecting radio button ZAPR and clicking on back arrow button following screen will come
then click on “set status” button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click this set
status button
After clicking on “set status” button new pop up screen will come their click on “Approve
Request” button & then click on “Continue” button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click on “Approve
Request”
Click here on
“continue”
After that you will come again same screen then save this request as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here to save
this Approved
ECR
Step: 4 Conversion of ECR to ECO (Engineering Change Order)
Now, ECR is Approved & required to convert into ECO (Engineering Change Order), Following
are the steps to convert ECR into ECO
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Transaction code CC32
Menu Path SAP menu Logistics Production Master Data
Engineering Change Management Change Number
Change (CC02)
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Change Number C Enter Change number Select
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After entering following screen will come then click on Status Mgmt button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
status Mgmt
After clicking on Status Mgmt button new screen will come their select radio button ZREL (Conv
ECR / Rel ECO) & click on back arrow button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click this back
arrow button
Select this radio
button ZREL
After clicking on back arrow button new screen will come first you make change umber status
active by putting Change no status “01”then click on “set status” button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Type 01 to
make status
active
Click here on
“set status”
button
After clicking on set status button new pop up screen will come then click on “Convert Request”
& then click on “Continue” button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
Convert Request
Click on continue
button
After that you will come again same screen then save this request as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click on save button
to save this ECO
Now with reference to this Change number you can make the changes in BOM as per your
requirement.
NOTE: you can change only selected object material (In this we have taken material no 3000577
so we can change BOM in this code only) with reference to this change no we can not make any
changes in other Material.
Step: 5 Closing of ECO
After changing the BOM with respective this ECO we have to close this ECO as per below
mentioned steps.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Transaction code CC32
Menu Path SAP menu Logistics Production Master Data
Engineering Change Management Change Number
Change (CC02)
Data Input R/O/C Input value User action Remarks
Change Number C Enter Change number Select
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
After entering following screen will come then click on “Object” button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
Objects button
Then new screen will come as shown below there you select object and click on “Details view” as
shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here
“Details View”
After clicking on Details view new screen will come then click on Status Mgmt as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
Status Mgmt
After that new screen will come then select radio button ZCHC (Change Complete) and press
green back arrow button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click this back
arrow
Select this radio button
ZCHC
After clicking on back arrow button following screen will come then click on “set status” button as
shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on set
status
After clicking on Set status button new pop up screen will come their click on “Complete Change”
& “Release change” button & then click on “Continue” as shown below
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
First click here on
Complete Change
Then click here on
Release change
Then click here on
continue button to
close this pop up
After clicking on continue button pop up screen will be closed and again previous screen will come
then here click on “Change header” button as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on
“Change header”
button
After clicking on “Change header” button new screen will come then click on “Set status” button
as shown below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here on set
status button
After clicking on set status button new pop up screen will come their first click on “Close order”
& then secondly “Release Order”
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
First click on
close order
After clicking on “Close Order” pencil button will move to “Release order” as shown in below
screen.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Then click on
Release order
After release order click
on continue button to
close pop up
After closing pop up main screen will come then click on Save button to save this ECO as shown
below.
Procedure for creating Engineering
Change Request (ECR) & Engineering
Change Order (ECO)
Click here to save
this ECO
After saving this ECO we can not make any changes in BOM with this Change number. So we can
prevent the frequently changes with same change number.