PCR Life Cycle
PCRs can contain the same information as PCOs, but cannot be taken past the approval stage to release. They are useful for companies that receive requests from various sources, such as customers or field representatives, and hold the requests for further processing. You can set up PCC to require a PCR approval process. Once approved, PCRs are typically closed or converted into PCOs. A PCR, approved or not, has no effect on the system until converted into a PCO.
Creating and Maintaining PCRs
Create PCRs in PCR Maintenance (1.9.2.1). You can use PCR Maintenance to:
• Capture and modify item, product structure, formula, routing, process, and item specification records. The Type/Design Group combination determines the PCR routing slip and distribution group.
• Create a new structure, routing, formula, or process by copying an existing one from production or from within PCC to a new name and then optionally modifying it.
• Deactivate the first level of a product structure or selected operations for a routing.
Routing PCRs for Approval
When a PCR is ready for review, comment, and approval, route it using Route PCR for Approval (1.9.2.4). Groups and users who must approve the PCR can be notified with e-mail or printed output that the PCR is ready for review. PCRs that have been routed for approval can be revoked, if necessary, for revision or correction.
Note: PCO approval groups are not the same as standard security roles used throughout the system. They apply only to the PCC approval process.
Approving PCRs
Use PCR/PCO Approval (1.9.6.1) to monitor the queue of submitted PCRs, add comments, and approve or disapprove each PCR. Disapproved PCRs can be routed back to reviewers for reapproval. The order of approvals is determined by the routing slip attached to each PCR. Once a PCR has been approved electronically by all necessary personnel, it can be closed, or converted into a PCO using PCR Maintenance (1.9.2.1).