Autonomous ECO Sentinel and Execution Synchronizer

. Autonomous ECO Sentinel & Execution Synchronizer Executive Summary In complex discrete manufacturing—such as aerospace, defense, industrial machinery, and high-tech electronics—approving an Engineering Change Order (ECO) in a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system represents design intent, not physical execution on the factory floor. Due to structural mismatches between spatial Engineering Bills of Materials (EBOMs) and chronological Manufacturing Bills of Materials (MBOMs), engineering changes routinely fail to propagate downstream. This disconnect creates Engineering Change Drift: technicians continue using superseded drawings, procurement orders obsolete components, and factories experience catastrophic rework and assembly line stoppages. The Autonomous ECO Sentinel & Execution Synchronizer acts as an enterprise orchestrator, bridging PLM design releases directly with ERP inventory quarantines, MES standard operating procedures (SOPs), QMS quality inspection gates, and SCM supplier portals.