Change Management

Connect engineering, quality, and operations on a unified product thread so every change is implemented with speed and full traceability.

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Every Day a Change Stalls Is a Day You're Not Shipping
What is Change Control and ECO/ECR?
Change control is the formal process by which engineering change orders (ECOs) and change requests (ECRs) are initiated, reviewed, approved, and implemented across product records, BOMs, and documents. Propel enforces that operational backbone from design intent through production, compliance, and customer delivery, so modern manufacturers move fast without losing control.
Workflow Integrity at Every Step
Structured, automated approval routing with clear ownership, visibility into every phase, and audit-ready records ensures changes move without ambiguity and nothing falls through the cracks.
BOM and Revision Accuracy
Teams that can compare revisions, visualize redlines, and trace affected items in real time make optimal decisions and avoid costly implementation errors.
Compliance and Traceability
Change management that captures electronic signatures, maintains a complete audit history, and links quality events to specific revisions turns compliance from an administrative burden into always-ready, compelling evidence.

Propel Turns Change Orders Into a Competitive Advantage

Intelligent Routing

Propel's criteria-based approvers automatically assign the right reviewers based on rules such as item category, lifecycle phase, fields, and ownership. Combined with visual workflow display and  automatic notifications engine, teams always know where a change stands and who needs to act next. No manual routing required.

Complete Change Visibility

Propel tracks all affected items, real-time compares BOM revisions with redlines, and generates exportable change package reports. Engineers and change analysts see the full scope of every modification before approval, reducing rework and accelerating confident implementation across teams.

AI-Accelerated Assessment

Propel One agents automatically analyze every affected item, related record, and attached document in a Change Order. The AI surfaces downstream impact and recommends next actions, compressing what used to take days of manual review into minutes.
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Electronic Signature Support
Hold, Reject, and Recall Controls
Change Control by Lifecycle Phase
Deviation, NCMR, and CAPA
Document Cloud Integrations
CAD/PDM Integration
Electronic Signature Support
Propel enforces password-authenticated approvals on Change Orders, capturing the signer identity, date, time, and meaning of each signature. This supports 21 CFR Part 11 compliance requirements and creates defensible, auditable records for regulated manufacturers.
Hold, Reject, and Recall Controls
Change Analysts can place Change Orders on hold mid-approval, reject them back for rework, or recall them entirely. These fine-grained workflow controls drive efficiencies to ensure every change is in the right state at the right time.
Change Control by Lifecycle Phase
Item-level configuration determines whether edits are open, require a new revision, must route through a formal Change Order, or are blocked entirely. This ensures the right control posture applies automatically as products move through their lifecycle.
Deviation, NCMR, and CAPA
Quality-driven change events including deviations, non-conforming material reports, and corrective and preventive actions can be configured as standalone quality records with their own lifecycle. This gives quality teams independent control while keeping them connected to the broader product record.
Document Cloud Integrations
Propel integrates with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, so document changes flow through formal change control alongside the full product record. Teams edit in familiar tools while Propel manages versioning, approvals, and audit trail, delivering a unified, traceable source of truth for every controlled document.
CAD/PDM Integration
Design Hub connects Propel to your CAD and PDM systems—SolidWorks, Onshape, Creo, Altium, Windchill, Autodesk Vault, and more. Engineering changes and part data flow directly into formal change control, so design, sourcing, and quality teams share one traceable source of truth.
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Concept To Customer Solutions for Fast-Moving Product Companies
Propel PLM
Cloud-native, role-based, and easy-to-use product lifecycle management enables enterprise-wide collaboration so teams work smarter, faster, and better together.
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Propel QMS
Complete quality management system that unifies part, process, and supplier quality to deliver safer products, higher customer satisfaction, and increased profits.
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Propel One
Natively integrated agentic AI automates workflows, surfaces insights, and accelerates every team across PLM, QMS, and PIM from concept to customer.
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Surmodics Cut Change Process Time From 278 Days to 73 Days
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Clearing engineering roadblocks
A fully paper-based change and CAPA process requiring five forms and twenty signatures was replaced with a unified PLM/QMS ecosystem on Propel. Surmodics compressed their change cycle by 74% and accelerated change impact assessments by 73% through a phased digital transformation.
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FAQ
How does Propel handle change approvals for regulated industries like medical devices?
Propel supports electronic signature requirements aligned with 21 CFR Part 11, capturing each approver's identity, timestamp, and the meaning of their signature. Criteria-based approver rules automatically route changes to the correct reviewers, and a complete audit trail is maintained throughout every phase of the change lifecycle.
Can Propel manage both engineering change orders and quality-driven changes in the same system?
Yes. Propel's unified product thread connects Complaints, NCMRs, and CAPAs managed through QMS with engineering changes like ECRs and ECOs managed through PLM. Both record types share the same product data foundation, so engineering and quality teams work from a single source of truth rather than reconciling across separate systems.
How does AI help accelerate the change control process in Propel?
Propel One agents look through all affected items, change, and documentation to provide a holistic picture of downstream impact and take action based on recommendations. Explore Propel One.

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