Functional Value

A new option is added called “Manufacturer Equivalent Item from Scoped Engineering Item”. This saves the users time from having to filter through irrelevant search results. Additionally, users can use now add released Logical Reference objects as Context Restrictions for Engineering Equivalent, Mfg Equivalent & General Qualifications (Drag & Drop is supported) to help support the qualification of software products. MEI’s now have the preference status set in the Supplier Item Qualification application so Component Engineers can differentiate between their preferred & non-preferred components. Other roles such as Product Release Manager can also visualize if the MEI shown is preferred or not.

User Experience Value

Users now have the Ability to search MEI’s & then navigate to its Engineering Equivalent & vice versa. This helps the designer & buyer to avoid creating the duplicate EI’s with the same MEI.