Re-engineering the Engineering Change Management process for a drawing-less environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgilio Quintana ◽  
Louis Rivest ◽  
Robert Pellerin ◽  
Fawzi Kheddouci
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Engineering Change ◽  
Engineering Change Management

Part Change Management: A Case Study on Automotive OEM Development and Production Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Knackstedt ◽  
Joshua D. Summers
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Employee Perceptions ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Engineering Change ◽  
Engineering Change Management ◽  
Production Development ◽  
Engineering Changes

Due to interest in aspects such as process, strategies, and tools of engineering changes expressed in a literature review, a case study was done on a major automotive OEM to assess the perceived quality of its part engineering change management process and supporting system through its employees’ eyes. A combination of 12 interviews lasting 12 hours and 46 written surveys was used to capture the views of participants from all major functions found at the research and development (R&D) headquarters of the OEM: Purchasing, Production, Development, and one group consisting of all other functions (“Other”). Statistical analysis was performed to identify statistically significant differences between employee perceptions of an engineering change management system among different departments, amount of use, and years of use. It was found that statistically significant differences exist in terms of understanding the usability of the system between different departments and also between different years of experience.

A Comparative Study of Engineering Change Management in Three Swedish Engineering Companies

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Pikosz ◽  
Johan Malmqvist
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Optimal Process ◽  
Engineering Change ◽  
Data Management Systems ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Engineering Change Management ◽  
Specific Factors

Abstract This paper analyses the engineering change management (EC) process in three engineering companies in Sweden. In the paper, the influence of various company specific factors, such as change leadtime, on the design of the EC process are analysed. The current use of computer support is surveyed and the possibility to apply a modern product data management (PDM) system to support the process is analysed. The paper also presents different strategies for improving the engineering change management process as well as of the product data management systems in order to achieve an optimal process.

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