# Retire a Manufacturing Setup Record Safely

### How to Retire a Manufacturing Setup Record Safely in Muhasib ERP

### Overview

This guide will help you stop future use of a status, process, or category without damaging production history.

The value is unavailable for new work while history remains interpretable, subject to form capabilities.

### Who can do this

You need access to Relevant update/delete permission and administrative approval.

### Before you start

Identify every active and historical reference, replacement value, reporting effect, and approved retirement date.

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Back Office → Manufacturing → needed setup form.

### Retire a Manufacturing Setup Record Safely

#### Step 1: Locate the exact record

#### Step 2: Review active work/production/WIP dependencies

#### Step 3: Reassign open records through approved workflows if required

#### Step 4: Set inactive when the form supports it

#### Step 5: Use Delete only if runtime dependency checks prove it unused

Use Delete only if system dependency checks prove it unused and removal is separately approved.

#### Step 6: Verify historical reports remain readable

### Check your work

Confirm new selectors exclude the retired value and old records/reports still show it correctly.

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- Do not delete a referenced setup record.
- If no inactive option exists, keep it and use naming/governance controls pending product guidance.

### Related guides

- [Create a Work Order Status](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/338)
- [Create a Work Process](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/339)
- [Create a Production Order Category](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/341)

### What to do next

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