Hi, I'm Beatriz Nebot Gracia from the Dynamics 365 Supply
Chain Management team.
In this video, I'm going to demo the new engineering
change management capabilities.
These capabilities will help you revise and control changes to
products during their lifecycle.
To demo this functionality,
let's assume that I'm an engineer in the engineering department
and I'm working on a new power cord.
The power cord is a product that is going to
be versioned.
On the released products page, I'll select Product >
Engineering product to open the new product pane.
In Engineering Product Category field, I'll select Electrical components.
I'll enter a product number for the new power cord
and then enter a name for it.
Note that the first version number is defaulted in and
some engineering attributes are associated with the product
as soon as the product category is selected.
Select OK to create the product.
I can review the details of this version of the
product record by selecting Engineer > Engineering versions.
When I select the first version,
I'm able to see that it's active,
it's effectivity dates, and other information
such as attributes, documents, bill of materials, and routes.
I'm working on this power cord because we received feedback
that indicated that there was an issue with the current
power cord that is on the market.
This feedback was captured in a change request that I
can find on the Change requests page.
I'll select the change request for the power cord.
Looking at the notes in the Information section,
I can see that the issue is fast degradation of
the plastic covering the conductor.
When I scroll down to the products area,
I can see that the product is the power cord,
F000025. Because of this issue,
I want to make that version of the power cord
obsolete.
I'll create a new change order by selecting Copy link and
products.
Then I'll select New to create the change order.
In the Title field, I'll enter a title for the
change order.
Note that the power cord with the issue,
F000025,
was added in the Impacted products area. With the current
version of the product selected,
I'll set the Product lifecycle state
to Obsolete.
I also want to change the speakers in which the
power cord is used so that the speakers use the
new power cord.
I'll search for the speakers.
Under Where-used, I'll select Search.
Then I'll click OK to make that process run in
the background.
Now I can see that the original power cord is
used in different speakers.
I'll select the second speaker on the list, and I'll
select Add marked to add that speaker to the change
order.
I'll close the page. Back on the change order,
I can see that the speaker has been added.
For the speaker, I'll change the bill of materials so
it does not use the power cord with the defect,
but rather, the new one.
I would like to create a new version of the
product to be able to keep track of this important
change.
So in the Impact field,
I'll select New version for the speaker.
Then in the Product details area,
I'll select the Bill of material tab
and then select its bill of material.
I'll click Lines.
In the BOM line page that appears,
I'll select the power cord with the defect,
F000025,
and then click Delete. Now I'll click New to add
the new power cord,
which is FN00040.
I could do the same for the other speakers in
which the power cord with the defect is used.
I'll click Save and then close the page.
The change order is now displayed.
The change order is ready,
so I'll click Save.
Then I'll click Approve to approve the change order,
and Process to release these changes.
Now I can release the new version of the speaker
to a distribution company, USMF.
To do that, I'll click on Release product structure
and select the speaker G00001. I'll click
on Release details to view the details of the product
and its bill of materials that will be released.
Then close that page. I'll click on Next
to go to the Select companies page, where I will
select company USMF.
I'll click Next again.
Then click Finish to release the product.
So now my work as an engineer in the engineering
department is complete.
I have designed the new power cord.
I have made a change order in which I'm substituting
the existing power cord that had a defect with the
new power cord.
And I have released the new version of the speaker
(with the new power cord) to the distribution legal entity.
There's just one more thing for us to do.
We need to release the new version of the speaker
in the distribution company,
USMF. The system can be configured so that it
is automatically released,
or the system can be configured to require manual acceptance
before the product is released in the legal entity.
Let's continue the scenario and assume that manual acceptance is
needed.
Now assume that I have a colleague working in the
USMF legal entity.
I'll enter USMF in the top-right corner.
My colleague will be able to review the product that
I sent to USMF.
My colleague will be able to go to the Open
product release page
and see the item that was sent.
She can select the product line to review the product
details.
She can accept the product release by clicking Actions > Accept.
The new version of the speaker is
released in USMF. This video showed you the new engineering
change management capabilities in Supply Chain Management.
These capabilities will help you revise and control changes to
products during their lifecycle.
For more information, see the engineering change management content on
docs.microsoft.com.
Thanks for watching.