When a new or existing product, design specification, material, process, production method, piece of equipment, testing regime, etc is changed, all changes must be formally managed and coordinated to avoid business disruption and avoidable costs and delays.

Poor change control often leads to inventory redundancy, missing componentry / materials / packaging / etc.​ Change control procedures need to flow through the physical world and the virtual world of your supply chains in a fully coordinated way.​

Areas impacted include: