Digital change management for industrial automation. Track PLC modifications, robot program changes, safety system updates, and ensure complete audit trailsβall in one unified platform.
A structured 5-step workflow ensuring every change is properly requested, assessed, approved, implemented, and verified.
Submit change request with description, reason, affected systems, and proposed plan
Evaluate safety, quality, validation, regulatory, and training impacts
Multi-signature digital approval workflow with automatic routing
Execute change with checklist verification and backup confirmation
Post-change testing, documentation, and effectiveness review
Comprehensive tools to manage every aspect of change control documentation and approval workflows.
Structured forms capturing change description, reason, affected equipment, risk assessment, and implementation plans.
Systematic evaluation of safety, quality, validation, regulatory, training, and documentation impacts.
Multi-level approval routing with digital signatures, timestamps, and complete audit trails.
Track current vs. proposed program versions, changed logic, and maintain backup verification records.
Master database tracking all changes with status, assignments, deadlines, and completion metrics.
Smart alerts for pending approvals, overdue changes, periodic reviews, and effectiveness evaluations.
Purpose-built forms for every type of automation system change.
Complete documentation for programmable logic controller modifications
Comprehensive robot modification tracking
Inspection and measurement change records
Enhanced documentation for safety-critical systems
Human-machine interface modifications
Servo and motion system changes
Industrial network modifications
Production recipe and setpoint changes
Replace manual paperwork with intelligent digital forms that integrate seamlessly with your change control system.
Initial request with description, reason, affected systems, risk assessment, and implementation plan.
Comprehensive evaluation of safety, quality, validation, regulatory, and training requirements.
Digital multi-signature workflow with role-based routing and automatic escalation.
Version tracking, changed rungs documentation, test results, and backup verification.
Position data, logic modifications, speed/motion changes, and frame updates.
Inspection parameters, tolerance changes, reference images, and algorithm modifications.
Enhanced documentation with risk assessment, SIL/PL analysis, and safety validation.
Step-by-step verification ensuring all aspects of the change are completed properly.
Testing documentation, effectiveness evaluation, and sign-off after implementation.
Every change is evaluated across six critical dimensions to ensure nothing is overlooked and all stakeholders are informed.
Worker safety and hazard analysis
Product quality and specifications
Equipment qualification status
Compliance and certifications
Operator retraining needs
SOPs and work instructions
See how much time and money you can save by digitizing your change control documentation and approval workflows.
No more hunting for signatures or lost approval forms
Route to multiple approvers simultaneously, not sequentially
Complete change history available in seconds
Free up 0.31-1.82 FTE for higher-value work
Annual manpower typically spent on change control documentation without a digital solution.
| Activity | Hours/Change | Changes/Year | Annual Hours | FTE Equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Request Preparation | 2-4 | 50-200 | 100-800 | 0.05-0.4 |
| Impact Assessment | 2-4 | 50-200 | 100-800 | 0.05-0.4 |
| Approval Routing/Tracking | 1-2 | 50-200 | 50-400 | 0.025-0.2 |
| Implementation Documentation | 2-4 | 50-200 | 100-800 | 0.05-0.4 |
| Post-Change Verification | 1-2 | 50-200 | 50-400 | 0.025-0.2 |
| Change Log Maintenance | 0.5-1 | 250 | 125-250 | 0.06-0.12 |
| Periodic Reviews | 2-4 | 52 | 104-208 | 0.05-0.1 |
| TOTAL | β | β | 629-3,658 | 0.31-1.82 |
π‘ Key Insight: Organizations spend 629-3,658 hours annually on manual change control documentationβequivalent to 0.31-1.82 FTE. ChangeGuard Pro can reduce this by 60-75%, accelerating change implementation while maintaining compliance.
Join leading manufacturers who have eliminated paper-based approvals and achieved 100% change traceability.