A shop order is an electronic document that authorizes the manufacture of the specified part. When you enter a shop order, the system creates material requirements and schedules operations. You can use material requirements planning (MRP) to break down the need for parts to the lowest level of the structure. The system retrieves operations and structures according to the part, alternative, and serial number that you entered.
The status code shows where the shop order is in the manufacturing process. It also controls what you can do with the shop order. You cannot manually change a shop order's status. The system does this automatically in response to actions performed on the shop order. When you enter a new shop order, the system sets its status automatically to either Planned or Released.
If there are unprocessed operation reports, the shop order will not close, manually or automatically.
The following table summarizes the shop order status codes:
| Status Code | Description |
| Planned | A low-status shop order, e.g., an order for a part that you have planned but have not yet made the final decision to manufacture. You cannot reserve material or schedule operations for an order with this status. |
| Parked | A shop order that has been blocked, or must be released before you can process it further. All material requirements, material reservations, and operation scheduling are deleted. |
| Released | A shop order that has been released for production. |
| Reserved | A shop order that has been reserved. |
| Started | A shop order that has been started. |
| Closed | A shop order that has been closed. |
Note: Shop orders can be created using shop order type Prototype which facilitates prototype manufacturing. You have to manually enter the structure revision and routing revision in order to create Prototype shop orders. That is, no automatic fetching of structure/routing revisions takes place according to the date/serial effectivity of the part. You can use either the Prototype or the Manufacturing structure/routing type when you create prototype shop orders.