Each Work Order has two indicators of where the order is in its life cycle.

The “Status” is automatically updated by the system and can be one of “New”, “Awaiting Manufacture”, “Partially Completed” or “Completed”.

The “Stage” is set manually and can be one of “Draft”, “Entered”, “Sent to Manufacturing” or “Complete”.

(Note: “Draft” is used to indicate that the Work Order is not yet a “real” order. It will not appear in “Receive Work Orders”, and quantities will not be included in “Quantity on Work Orders” in screens and reports).