A prototype shop order is an electronic document that authorizes the prototyping of a specified part. A prototype shop order can use either a manufacturing, or a separate prototype structure/routing revision and alternate of the part. A separate prototype revision allows you to keep prototyped items apart from the normal items in stock. It is allowed to use also tentative alternates for prototype orders.
A prototype manufacturing is not considered as a supply in MRP calculations, but the material requirements are considered as demands. Depending on the outcome of the prototype, manufactured parts can be:
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 depending on the setting on the Site/Manufacturing page.
The following table summarizes the shop order status codes:
| Status | 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 execute. You cannot reserve material or report operations for an order with this status. |
| Parked | A shop order that has been blocked and cannot/should not be further processed until the cause has been resolved. Depending on the park reason the order can release its reservations, load, supply and demand allocations. Unparking the order will set back the status to the same as before it was parked. |
| Released | A shop order that has been released for production. |
| Reserved | A shop order with at least one reserved material line, but no issued material, or reported operations. |
| Started | A shop order with issued material and/or reported operations. |
| Closed | A shop order that has been completed. No additional quantity can be reported or received unless it is re-opened. |
| Cancelled | A shop order that cannot be further processed. Cannot be re-opened. |