Manage Change Records
Application component: Change Record
App type: Transactional
Line of business: R&D and Product Management
Leading industry: Cross Industry
Solution capability: Integrated Product Development (S/4)|Product Change Management (S/4)
Scope items: Engineering Change Management with Change Records
Description:  With this app, you can initiate and monitor the change progress. A change record acts as a single source of truth for the scope, process, involved items, and responsible persons. 
The app allows the BOM engineer to manage engineering changes. For example, the BOM engineer can use this app to monitor change progress on a regular basis and create new changes in response to certain events.
Key features:    Start change processes.   Create, edit, view change records.   Add responsible persons.   Add items in scope of the change.   Assign attachments and classes.   Initiate the workflow of the change process.   Valid BOM components can be displayed for BOM and EBOM.   In the Master Recipe item, if the Relevance type is Create, only then you can edit the Material, Plant, Production Version, and Profile fields. If the Relevance type is not Create, then none of the previously mentioned fields will be editable. These details can be used in the transaction code, C201, for creating a master recipe. The first material provided by the recipe group and counter is displayed when the selected Relevance type is not Create, irrespective of what material is selected from the search results. For more information, refer to SAP Note 3322272 .   
Business roles: BOM Engineer| Development Manager - Discrete Industries| Design Engineer| Production Engineer - Discrete Manufacturing (CAM)| Production Engineer - Discrete Manufacturing (EME)
Production Engineer - Discrete Manufacturing (Manufacturing Engineering) : 
Translates engineering BOMs into manufacturing BOMs and creates detailed shop floor routings.

Production Engineer - Process Manufacturing : 
Maintains manufacturing-relevant master data such as master recipe and resource. Frequently cooperates closely with PLM department, production supervisors and other people relevant for manufacturing.

Design Engineer : 
Creates product designs, i.e. functional specifications, CAD drawings, etc. Is typically a member of the R&D group of the company and is measured by the quality and innovation of his outputs in line with given design targets.

Development Manager - Discrete Industries: (is an add-on role to the Development Manager)
Manages a team of design enegineers and analyzes changes and their impact in line with given targets.

Development Manager - Process Industry : 
Manages a team of formula developers and analyzes changes and their impact in line with given targets.

BOM Engineer : 
Creates bills of material and consistent overall product model, drives changes across organizations, and is responsible for the change process until handover to manufacturing. Is typically a member of the R&D group of the company.

Production Engineer - Discrete Manufacturing (Complex Assembly) : 
Defines certifications required to work in a work center or process a certain material making sure only certified production operators perform critical production operations.