---
pdfexport: true
alias: tutorials-production-order-execution
timetoread: true
glightbox: false
description: "This documentation details the system states and transitions of production orders during material processing"
---

# Production Order Execution

The system state of a **Production Order** changes throughout the **Material** process execution. After a **Production Order** is Created, it transitions to the Released state, then to In Progress, until it finally reaches the Completed state.

```mermaid
graph LR
    Start1 -.-> A1[Created]
    A1 -->|Release| A2[Released]
    A2 --> A3[In Progress]
    A3 --> A4[Completed]

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
classDef mermaid_state color:#000, fill:#d7e4bd, stroke:#000, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, font-weight:300;
class Main1,Main2 mermaid_entity
class Start1,Start2,Start3 mermaid_start
class A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,A11,A12 mermaid_state
class N1,N2 mermaid_businessdata
```

Once completed, you can close the **Production Order**.

!!! note
    If the **Material** is shipped, its **Material** Status changes from Completed to Delivered.

## Scenario

This tutorial explores the different system states defined at both **Production Order** and **Material** levels, showing how they change according to their system state model. This model defines different transition states depending on the current process flow execution of the **Material**.

For demonstration purposes, a **Flow Path** was set up with a sequence of operations to be executed, allowing us to track changes in the system states of both objects, as well as to see the related system functionalities being triggered.

### Starting Step

When a **Material** is created and assigned to the **Production Order**, it is automatically placed in the Mixing **Step**, defined as the Default Start Flow Path.

![Screenshot showing the default start flow path for a production order.](../images/po_starting_step.png)

### Finishing Step

When material reaches the Packing **Step**, it is marked as completed, and the **Production Order** is updated accordingly.

![Screenshot showing a cookies flow diagram labeled as "CookiesFlow [A]".](../images/po_finishing_step.png)

## Modeling

The model used for this tutorial is the same as in the previous section of this tutorial, with a single change made to a specific **Step** Property of the Packing **Step**.

!!! info
    To review the configuration model used for this tutorial, see: [[tutorials-production-order-creation]]

As shown below, the only property that needed to be enabled in the finishing **Step** to allow automatic completion of the **Production Order** was Mark Product Completion:

![Diagram showing a production order marking process.](../images/po_mark_product_completion.png)

## Execution

For this use case, to explore the system state changes of the Production Order, take into consideration the following steps:

| Step | Action                                                                                                                    | Notes                                                                                                          |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1    | Given that the Production Order is Created, perform Release.                                                              | The new system state is Released.                                                                              |
| 2    | Assign an existing Material to Production Order.                                                                          | The new system state is In Progress, and In Progress Quantity is updated.                                      |
| 3    | Start processing the Material by performing Dispatch, Track-in, Track-Out and Move Next throughout the Steps of the Flow. | When the Material is tracked-out of the last Step, the Production Order changes to the System State Completed. |

The video below demonstrates an end-to-end process where a **Production Order** moves from the Created state to the Completed state.

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## Master Data

This is the [Master Data file](../masterdatafile/po_execution_masterdata.xlsx) used to create this model.

!!! note
    - This feature was first made available in version 11.0.
    - The model was created in version 11.1.7.

!!! tip
    To continue learning, see other use cases: [[tutorials-production-order-planning-inclusion]].