The operation status is used to determine the current state of an operation as either no work performed (blank status), in a resource's queue, in process, or completed.  You may set up your own operation status terms for the standard operation statuses.  Before a operation status can be used, the operation status must be defined.  Once a operation status has been defined and is used by DMS, it cannot be deleted unless the operations using the operation status are assigned to another operation status.  Instead of deleting an operation status you can make it unavailable for use by unselecting the Available check box.

The standard statuses are:

1. Blank status: No work has been performed on the operation
2. Hold:  If an operation status is set to Hold, the job status is set to whatever has been specified in the Manufacturing Order Options.
3. Queued for work: Typically used as a signal from the shop floor
4. In Process: If a job is in process and the option to load in process work first is activated as a schedule option, in process work will be scheduled as the top priority.   
5. Completed: No more time will be scheduled for an operation once it has been completed, regardless of time or quantity that may be remaining.

When defining your own operation statuses, you assign your operation status to one of the above standard statuses.

When you select Tables | Operation Statuses, the following windows appears listing the current operation statuses:

Valid commands are:

1. New To add a new operation status, select File | New or click on the new icon .
2. Edit To edit an existing operation status, highlight the operation status in the grid and select File | Edit or click on the edit icon .
3. Delete  To delete an existing operation status, highlight the operation status in the grid and select File | Delete or click on the delete icon .  DMS will confirm the delete.  Click OK to delete the operation status, or click Cancel to cancel the delete.

If New was selected, the following window appears

If Edit was selected, the following window appears with the selected operation status displayed:

The following explains the prompts on the operation status window:

1. Name  A unique operation status name must be entered.  An operation status can be up to 5 alphanumeric characters long.
2. Type of status  The type of status is one of the following:
1. Blank status: No work has been performed on the operation
2. Hold Operation:  If an operation status is set to Hold, the job status is set to whatever has been specified in the Manufacturing Order Options.
3. Queued for work: Typically used as a signal from the shop floor
4. In Process: If a job is in process and the option to load in process work first is activated as a schedule option, in process work will be scheduled as the top priority.   
5. Completed: No more time will be scheduled for an operation once it has been completed, regardless of time or quantity that may be remaining.

If a new operation status is being entered, you can click on the Save & New button to save the entry and keep this screen open to add another new operation status.  Otherwise, click the Save & Exit button to save the entries or click Cancel & Exit to cancel the entries.