The ERP Express Engineering modules link your engineering, quality management, and manufacturing operations by tracking and maintaining design and quality control data for pre-production, production, and post-production activities.

The Engineering Change Notice (ECN) module allows you to establish controls and manage the process of making changes to documents and drawings, parts, Bills of Material (BOMs) and routings, work orders, and projects. The ECN module allows you to:

• Create an ECN process flow with multiple ECN user groups and notification systems.
• Generate and track ECN tasks and apply electronic signatures for approvals and task completion.
• Track ECN and revision history on all parts, documents, bills of manufacture, work orders, and projects.
• Maintain an audit trail of changes to the ECN record throughout the change process.
  

The ERP Express engineering suite includes an optional Product Configurator that serves as a development tool for manufacturers of complex, highly configurable products with numerous standard and available options. It enables your engineering staff to specify configurations and your sales force to correctly customize and configure your products, then quickly and easily create quotes and customer orders. The ERP Express Product Configurator is a sophisticated configurator and compatibility engine that handles all requests for changes to the base specification through an easy-to-use interface. The end result is a product specification that has been fully checked for component compatibility and completeness. 

Using the ERP Express CAD Integration module, Infor VISUAL DesignLink, you can create a Bill of Material (BOM) or Parts List within an existing or new drawing, and then use that information to build an engineering master, work order, or quote within ERP Express, including both materials and operations required in the manufacturing process. It provides a dynamic link between information in a CAD drawing and the ERP Express database, allowing you to browse and add parts directly between the two applications. The DesignLink module ensures control on the shop floor by allowing you to maintain and track engineering changes separately within ERP Express without updating the original drawing. This allows you to modify designs at the shop level without changing the original design template.