Can AI do engineering change order (ECO)?
An expert breakdown of a typical process from public sources, worked out by the same rules as your own check.
0 of 9 steps go to an agent
Goes to an agent (0)
An agent does these steps on its own.
No steps here.
AI drafts, a person checks (6)
AI prepares the work; a person reviews and confirms it.
Identify the problem and assess the scale of its consequences
AI drafts it and a person checks: AI only drafts part of what it takes.
- Investigating a cause across heterogeneous sources
Raise the engineering change request (ECR) with a rationale
AI drafts it and a person checks: AI only drafts part of what it takes.
- Generating text in a given register
Work out the technical solution: design, drawings, specification
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Compile the ECO with an implementation plan and a batch cut-in point
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Notify the affected parties, suppliers included
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Verify the implementation and close the ECO
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Stays with people (3)
These steps need a person's judgement or presence.
Impact assessment: BOM, tooling, suppliers, stock, regulatory
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Judging risk or priority in a business context
Stakeholder review (engineering, quality, purchasing, production)
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Consolidating people's contributions and resolving priority conflicts
Change control board approval
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Judging risk or priority in a business context
1 step outside what AI can work on
Physical work, or nothing AI could apply itself to. These steps count in no figure.
Implementation: update the documentation and tooling, transition the batches
Stays with people: someone has to be there in person.
- Physical action on an object
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