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Attributes tab

These fields describe a change's:

• Total dispositioning costs;
• Responsible parties, typically an initiator and a validator; and
• Constraints, such as the production quantity, serial/lot numbers, or time limits

Depending on your system settings, some of these fields may not be shown or may have different labels.

Change classification

You can select the change class, which typically identifies the effect of the change on part interchangeability (and thereby suggests that new item identifier numbers have been assigned), customer impact, or contractual requirements.

Additional person #1

Additional person #2

These fields contain names of people who have some role or responsibility for the change's contents.

Your administrator may have specified more appropriate labels, such as "Product engineer" or "Validated by".

Miscellaneous costs

This is the cost for any expenses not otherwise described by the individual disposition expenses listed on the Affected tab.

The Total non-recurring cost and Total recurring cost values are summed from the affected items that have related dispositioning costs. The Total cost impact is the sum of the Total non-recurring cost and the Miscellaneous costs.

Priority

You can inform your colleagues about the urgency, and possibly the scope, of the change. Your administrator may have specified that selecting a particular priority will also require entering the beginning serial number and/or date when the change must take effect.

Beginning serial number and/or date

The initial product serial number or production date that is affected by the current change.

Ending serial number and/or date

The final product serial number or production date that will be affected by the current change.

Maximum quantity

Maximum duration

The limitations imposed on the number of production units that can be affected.

Discussion

If shown, enter the supplemental information. Your administrator may have specified a label appropriate to your process, such as "Implementation instructions".

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