A shop order operation represents a work step required to manufacture, repair, disposition or disassembly parts on a shop order.
An operation can contain both machine and/or labor actions and is normally inherited from the routing revision/alternate of the ordered part selected on the shop order. The operations can also be inherited from order structures such as DOP and interim order. Operations may be manually entered or modified on a shop order if an order-specific list of operations are required.
Operation Status Codes
Operation status varies during the manufacturing process. The status tells you which step of the process the operation has reached.
| Status | Description |
| Planned | The operation is planned and no actions can be taken. |
| Released | The operation is released and manufacturing can begin. |
| Setup Started | The setup phase has started. |
| Setup Complete | The setup phase is complete. |
| In Process | The manufacturing phase is in process. |
| Partially Reported | The manufacturing phase is partially performed. |
| Interruption | The operation has been interrupted for some reason. |
| Closed | The operation is closed; the work in the operation is finished. |