Product Lead
Impact of a component change
When a component is replaced: what is affected across BOM, requirements, test, certification and orders, and which roles need to be involved.
How you work it in Colleag
- 1
Ask: what happens if we replace this component?
- 2
The colleague reads the BOM, the requirements, the test plans and open orders, and traces where the component is used.
- 3
Review the impact list with sources and affected roles.
- 4
Let the colleague draft the change material; you approve before anything is published.
A worked example
“What happens if we switch battery supplier on the X200?”
A list of affected documents, disciplines and orders, with a source per row, and the roles that need to be involved: regulatory for the certification, purchasing for the order, test for re-verification. Plus a change-material draft to review.
Screenshot from Colleag. The example uses invented figures.
The material
- The BOM and where the component is used
- Requirement and test documents in the workspace
- Open purchase and customer orders from the business system
You approve
Everything the colleague produces is a proposal with sources. Nothing is published, sent or saved to the archive without a human approving it, and every figure traces to its material.
More from Product Lead
Curious what it feels like?
We run pilot programs with a few manufacturing companies at a time. Tell us about your business and we will show what the colleagues can do with your documents and your data.