changes

1. Plural of change. The process of causing a function, practice, or thing to become different somehow compared to what it is at present or what it was in the past. Companies can undergo changes in a specific division, such as a marketing division, or as a whole.

2. Colloquial term describing the effects or outcomes after the transition or transformation of a function, method, or thing. For example, a person may state that since the changes in the manufacturing process, his job has been a lot safer.