Manufacturing order status reference

A quick reference for the manufacturing order (MO) lifecycle. For the walkthrough, see Build with a manufacturing order.

Statuses

Status	Meaning
Draft	Created but not committed. Planned quantity is still editable; nothing is reserved.
Confirmed	The recipe is exploded into component and output lines and inventory is reserved. Planned quantity is locked.
In Progress	Production has started.
Partially Completed	Some — but not all — of the planned quantity has been produced.
Completed	The full planned quantity has been produced.
Closed	Costs and accounting are frozen; the order is read-only.
Cancelled	Stopped (with a reason code). Doesn't automatically reverse movements already posted.

Actions and their effects

Action	From → To	What it does
Confirm	Draft → Confirmed	Explodes the BOM (phantoms flattened) into snapshotted component + output lines and reserves inventory against the source warehouse. Shortages are allowed at this stage.
Unconfirm	Confirmed → Draft	Releases the reservation and discards the BOM-derived lines.
Start Production	Confirmed → In Progress	Begins the build. Gated on full component allocation unless you force-start through a shortage.
Record Production	In Progress / Partially Completed → Partially Completed or Completed	Consumes components in FIFO order (FEFO for lot-tracked), produces a finished-goods FIFO layer at the destination warehouse with component cost plus capitalized labor/overhead, and posts a WIP production journal.
Close MO	Completed → Closed	Freezes the cost breakdown and accounting.
Reopen	Closed → (Partially) Completed	Allows corrective production.
Cancel	any non-terminal → Cancelled	Requires a reason code; doesn't reverse already-posted movements.

Inventory & accounting effects

• Component consumption draws down component FIFO layers (negative movements, typed manufacturing consumption / scrap).
• Finished-good production creates a new FIFO layer at the destination warehouse; its cost is the rolled-up component cost, with the outputs' share set by the BOM's cost allocation method (by weight, volume, default cost, average cost, or manual percentage), and byproducts valued and deducted first.
• Conversion costs (labor, overhead, fixed operation cost, outsourced service fee) are capitalized onto the finished-goods layers.
• With accounting enabled, each production iteration posts one balanced WIP journal — materials relieved, labor and overhead absorbed, finished goods debited — visible on the order's Accounting tab.

Related

• Outsourced orders record production by Receive Outsourced Shipment instead of Record Production, and carry a backing purchase order.
• Simple Mode and Assemblies are one-step builds without this lifecycle.