Create
A Work Center can be created independent of a Part Routing, or in the context of a specific Part Routing and plant. The Work Center can be added to a Part Routing, and Reference Documents can be added to the Work Center. The Work Center must be added as a proposed change to an ECO. When the ECO is promoted to the Define Components state, the Work Center is promoted to the Review state. Review
When the ECO is promoted to the Design Work state, it creates a route based on a reviewer list (a route template). Each person is assigned a review task. The Work Center should be evaluated for completeness and appropriateness. When all of the route tasks have been approved, the ECO is automatically promoted to the Review state and the Work Center is promoted to the Approved state. The ECO creates a route based on an approve list (a route template). Each person is assigned an approval task. Approved
When all tasks are approved, the ECO is promoted to the Released state. The ECO does not promote the Work Center; the Manufacturing Engineer or the Senior Manufacturing Engineer must manually promote the Work Center. The Work Center must be promoted to the Release state before any Part Routs that use it can be promoted from Approved to Released. Released
The Manufacturing Engineer or Senior Manufacturing Engineer promotes the Work Center to the Release state. It is then used as the basis for manufacturing a Part. Superseded
When a Work Center needs to be revised, an ECO is used for this purpose. When the new revision reaches the Released state, the original Work Center is automatically promoted to the Superseded state. Obsolete
When a Work Center is no longer valid and will not be revised, a Manufacturing Engineer or Senior Manufacturing Engineer can promote it to the Obsolete state. | |||||||