In this article: the lifecycle of a Manufacturing Order and the rules for moving between statuses.

The statuses

Draft - Order created, no stock reserved yet. Fully editable; you can still reload the BOM.

Allocated - Component stock has been reserved against the order.

Scheduled - Allocated and scheduled to start on a specific date.

In Progress - Build is underway; consumption is being recorded.

Completed - Build is finished; stock has moved. Terminal.

Cancelled - Order has been cancelled; any reservations were released. Terminal.

Allowed transitions

AssetBlaze only allows the moves below. Anything else is blocked with an explanation.

• Draft → Allocated, Cancelled

• Allocated → Scheduled, In Progress, Cancelled

• Scheduled → Allocated, In Progress, Cancelled

• In Progress → Scheduled, Completed, Cancelled

• Completed → (nothing — terminal)

• Cancelled → (nothing — terminal)

Key rules

• You can only move into Allocated if allocations actually exist — you can't mark an order allocated without reserving any stock.

• You can only move into Completed from In Progress.

• Only Draft or Cancelled orders can be deleted (see Cancelling vs deleting an MO).

• Reload BOM is only available on Draft orders that haven't consumed any material yet.

Why the rules are strict

The status controls real inventory behaviour: reservations going down, stock being deducted, cost being rolled up. Enforcing valid transitions prevents orders from ending up in states where, for example, stock is deducted twice or never released.