Change the status of an engineering change order

Article • 6/30/2025 • 2 min read

An engineering change order (ECO) stores information about engineering changes you select to manage. You can change an ECO’s status to reflect its progress. You can also cut and paste information from other documents to explain the changes or progress.

Each time you change the status of the ECO, Made2Manage sends an email or Notifier message to everyone in the broadcast distribution list. The message that they receive is displayed to be sent from the user who is currently signed in.

To change the status of an engineering change order

  1. Open the ECO Summary (ECOSUM) page.

    1. Select Production Management > Production Transactions > Quality > Engineering Change Management > ECO Summary.

      Or

    2. Search for ECOSUM or ECO Summary in the Navigation box and then select ECO Summary.
      The ECO Summary (ECOSUM) page appears.

  2. Select the ECO:

    1. On the Toolbar, click Browse. The Browse For ECO Summary window appears.

    2. Select the required row, and click Select. Or, double-click the required row.

  3. In the Status list, select the new status.

    The ECO Summary Change Status window appears.

  4. In the Remarks field, type your comments.

    The information you type in this field appears in the email or Notifier message that the system sends to the broadcast distribution list informing them of the change.

  5. Click OK.

    Made2Manage sends an email or Notifier message to everyone in the ECO’s broadcast distribution list.