User guide

PCN Process User Guide (301945-A)
FAQ: C-3
13
If a part you’ve used on your design is marked for deletion, what does that
mean, and what does that do?
ANS: You may read a PCN and find a part marked REL,UNR, or OBS. The
“OBS” means that this part is marked in SAP as obsolete. You have to remove
the part from your design.
14
How will I know when the PCN is completed?
ANS: You receive notification in email, and files are moved into
/dra/rel/
pcn_data
.
15
How do I sign up for the PCN majordomo list to know what changes are being
made to the process?
ANS: See
Managing a Project’s Majordomo Email List
on page 2-4.
16
How often and in what phases of the project is it appropriate to make
changes?
ANS: Changes can be made at any time at the engineer or project team’s
discretion until a production ECO is written.
17
Will Manufacturing order production quantities of materials without my
knowing about it?
ANS: There is no check in the system for this.
18
How do I know when a project should be added?
ANS: At the start of a project. Basically, the project should be at the chassis
level. We don’t want to add every daughter card into the PCN project name
list.
19
When do part numbers need to be assigned?
ANS: At the beginning of a project or whenever new parts are specified.
20
When does a change affect only a minor rev? A major rev?
ANS: See
When to Update the Minor Rev of a Part Number
on page E-7 for
details.