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   <Header>
      <Title>Function: Change Management</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2269127">
         <Level1>Change management</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The objective of this function is to provide the change control
		mechanism for the ERP Enterprise entities (objects) defined in ODM. Change Management
		offers tools to control product change processes, and can be used with multiple
		ERP entities. The process of change management is an organization’ s most
		critical and complex process. Change Management provides the flexibility of
		creating a change process to optimize an organization’ s ERP
		system.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Manage change process (code: MOD01a)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The objective of this process is to manage the changes by
		controlling the change processes of ERP entities. This process helps you
		define, approve, or reject the organization-wide change requirements by change
		control board, and also provides a logical structure of predefined change
		process steps that enable registration, prioritization, review, and execution
		of changes with complete history tracking.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Change Management tracks, manages, and implements a change by
		  applying four principle components of the change process:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Registration: The authorizations and rules for changing an
		  object, such as items, documents, parts, and so on.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Identification: An identifier assigned for every managed
		  object.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Configuration: The method to define the product’ s
		  configuration, and maintain the configuration throughout the product’ s life
		  cycle.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Implementation: The method of reviewing the change by reviewers
		  and chairperson of change control board and implementing the change process by
		  completing the change.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Implementation of flexible, consistent change management
		  practices due to delivery time constraints, quality improvements and cost
		  reductions all of which are driven by the need to maintain customer
		  satisfaction.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Changes are part of the day-to-day work of many departments and
		  roles in any organization, for example, Manufacturing and so on.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>ERP Enterprise Object Data Management, Change Management,
		  Changes</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>