Item States
The Item States represent the state of the item during its lifecycle.
The following diagram shows the different states the item goes through.
By default, SmarTeam provides the following item state values:
- Pending
- By default, a new part is created in pending mode. Each site can customize the default part state to their own requirements.
- Active
- A state that represents the manufacturing and production phase in the item lifecycle
- Inactive
- A state that is not part of the standard development process (state 0). The inactive state has predefined properties
- Temporary
- A state that represents the introduction of an item into the system. It may signify that an item is waiting for approval from ERP system
- Prototype
- A state that represents the item prototyping and engineering configuration phase in the item lifecycle.
- Release
- A state that represents the item release process, configuration resolving and manufacturing planning.
Note: When a part is undergoing changes, its state cannot be changed.
IMPORTANT! An administrator can add new part states, update part state names, assign icons for each state and show a state graph for each part. By default, when a user creates new part, its part state is set to Pending. The administrator can select any other default state using the Default Value Utility.
To promote a part from one state to the next, the Lifecycle Æ Promote option is used. See Promoting an Item in the Lifecycle for details.