IpX Workshops

Rationalize and understand the decision to change item identification numbers. Attendees will be able to understand these key objectives and more:

• Establish standardized naming and numbering conventions for item consistency and reuse.
• Manage part standards, equivalency, and interchangeability to optimize procurement and inventory.
• Develop hierarchical item structures and work breakdown schedules for efficient project execution.
• Implement planning bills, order bills, and phantom parts in a build-to-order environment.
• Avoid the misuse of revision levels by properly identifying when to reassign item numbers.
• Ensure change effectivity and deliverable-level visibility in BOM updates and scheduling.
• Synchronize dataset release dates with change implementation plans for seamless transitions.
• Apply rules of re-identification to prevent interchangeability issues and improve process efficiency.

Understand the power of good requirements and the associated challenges. Attendees will be able to understand these key objectives and more:

• Recognize how requirements drive enterprise operations, regulatory compliance, and overall business success.
• Analyze the impact of poorly defined requirements on cost, schedule, compliance, and product quality.
• Learn how to translate external business regulations into internal operational and deliverable requirements.
• Develop strategies to ensure consistent interpretation of requirements across different stakeholders and disciplines.
• Implement closed-loop processes for maintaining high-quality requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Learn to create and manage a requirements baseline that supports visibility, traceability, and controlled changes.
• Understand the processes for submitting, assessing, approving, and implementing requirement changes.
• Utilize structured guidelines to develop clear, concise, and verifiable requirements.

Understand the power of clearly defined changes and the associated impacts. Attendees will be able to understand these key objectives and more:

• Learn how to initiate, review, and document an Enterprise Change Assessment (ECA) for change requests.
• Recognize the responsibilities of key stakeholders, including Change Leaders, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management.
• Learn how to assess the technical, financial, and operational implications of proposed changes on products and systems.
• Create a structured checklist to ensure all necessary inputs are included in the ECA process.
• Identify and document affected items and datasets to evaluate the full scope of a change request.
• Differentiate between recurring and non-recurring costs and assess their impact on business operations.
• Understand how to route change requests through the appropriate review boards and approval processes.
• Improve communication and coordination among departments to ensure efficient change implementation.

Understand the Change Review Board (CRB) process and best practices for managing enterprise change effectively. Attendees will be able to understand these key objectives and more:

• Learn how the CRB facilitates business decisions that impact the organization’s reputation, cost, and operational efficiency.
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the change review process, including Change Leaders, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance.
• Differentiate between Fast-Track and Full-Track change requests and how they progress through the Enterprise Change Assessment (ECA) and CRB process.
• Create a structured checklist to ensure all necessary inputs are available for effective CRB decision-making.
• Assess the financial, technical, and operational implications of proposed changes on products, processes, and stakeholders.
• Learn how to prepare for and conduct CRB meetings, ensuring informed decision-making and alignment with organizational priorities.
• Understand how to assign priorities to approved change requests and ensure proper execution through the Change Implementation Board (CIB).
• Improve coordination among departments to drive effective and efficient enterprise transformation.

Optimize your change process to maximize efficiency within your organization. Attendees will be able to understand these key objectives and more:

• Learn the differences between Fast-Track and Full-Track change requests and how they impact efficiency within an organization.
• Identify the thresholds and decision-making process for categorizing changes as Fast-Track versus Full-Track.
• Develop a streamlined process for managing low-risk and administrative changes with minimal oversight.
• Understand how the Change Review Board (CRB) determines change classifications and approves change requests.
• Evaluate the impact of change requests based on cost, complexity, schedule, and customer considerations.
• Develop a structured matrix to define cost, schedule, and technical thresholds for different change types.
• Establish guidelines for when changes must be escalated to senior decision-makers due to strategic, financial, or operational risks.
• Identify best practices to increase the percentage of changes processed via Fast-Track while maintaining control over Full-Track changes.

Plan the execution of approved Change Requests (CR) and setting change effectivities. Attendees will be able to understand these key objectives and more:

• Learn how the Change Implementation Board (CIB) plans and executes approved Change Requests (CRs) while ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Gain knowledge on setting change effectivities to optimize production schedules and minimize disruptions.
• Learn how to structure and execute implementation plans, including critical path scheduling and resource allocation.
• Understand how change effectivities influence inventory levels, material flow, and surplus management.
• Explore best practices for balancing workload capacity and prioritizing implementation tasks efficiently.
• Understand the role of Change Notices in documenting and controlling the execution of approved changes.
• Learn how different organizational functions, including Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain, contribute to effective change implementation.
• Apply Configuration Management Principles and gain insights into tracking change history and ensuring visibility across product lifecycles.