Creating a DCR

There is a special type of ECR called a Deviation Change Request (DCR). DCRs can be used to create a BOM Markup and for deviation purposes and for no other process.

You can raise a DCR if you have the Senior Design Engineer or Senior Manufacturing Engineer role.

The Create ECR page contains these additional attributes for DCRs: Start Effective Date, End Effective Date, and Affected Plants. When you create an ECR with these attributes, the ECR is also automatically named by the system and connected to the affected part.

Before you begin: Access a part Bill of Materials page in MBOM Plant-Specific edit mode (Current & Pending view). See Editing Part Bill of Materials - MBOM Plant-Specific.
See Also
Using Deviation Change Requests
DCR Properties
  1. Click to open the Refinements panel to select filter options.
    1. Set the View value to Current & Pending.
    2. Select a Plant from the list. You must be a member of the selected plant.
    3. Click Filter.
  2. Select a part and click Raise ECR/Perform Deviation Process from the page Actions menu or toolbar.

    The following can be changed:

    FieldDescription
    Type Click to select a type or subtype.
    Description Enter details about the ECR/DCR.
    Change ResponsibilityClick to select the organization that will have change responsibility for the ECR/DCR.
    Policy If you want to use a policy other than the default, click the arrow to select a different policy from the list. This is displayed only if more than one policy is available.
    Category of Change Select a category from the list. It can be any of the following: Unassigned, Vendor Requirement, Product Improvement, New Production Introduction, Marketing Requirement, Facilitate Manufacturing, Drafting Error, or Cost Reduction.
    Reported Against Click to search for a part or document. To clear the field of data, click Clear.
    Distribution List Click to select a list of members to receive notifications about the ECR/DCR. To clear the field of data, click Clear.
    Reviewers List Click to select the route template that contains the list of people to review the ECR/DCR. To clear the field of data, click Clear.
    Severity Select High, Medium or Low to assign a priority status for the ECR/DCR.
    Reason for Change Enter the reason for and impact of the change.
    Responsible Design Engineer Click to select a user who will be authorized to review the ECR/DCR. This user must have either a Design Engineer or a Senior Design Engineer role and be a member the organization that has design responsibility or change responsibility for the affected items of the ECR/DCR. If no responsible design organization is set, then all users in the company with the Design Engineer role will be shown.
    Affected Organization This is a read-only field containing a comma-separated list of the organizations who are responsible for the affected items connected to the ECR/DCR.
    Deviation-specific fields
    Start Effective Date Click to select the date on which the DCR becomes effective.
    End Effective Date Click to select the date the DCR expires.
    Affected Plants (For Manufacturing Engineer role only). Displays the plant where you are a member. If you are a member of multiple plants, click to select the plants that will be affected by the DCR. If this field contains a value, then the ECR will be raised for the deviation process.

  3. Click Done.

When the creator promotes the ECR/DCR to the Submit state, the ECR Coordinator is notified via e-mail. For ECRs raised against production parts, the ECR Coordinator designates the ECR as a DCR on the Edit ECR page during the Submit state. For details, see Editing ECR Details.

If the ECR was raised against a production part, a Manufacturing Responsibility relationship is established between the ECR and its affected plants.