In Customizing for Shop Floor Control , you can specify per order type and plant whether status change documents are to be written
In Customizing for Shop Floor Control choose
Select the line with the corresponding order type and plant.
Tick the required documents (tab page Implementation , field group Status change documents ).
Save your entry.
From now on, the system writes a status change document for every status change at this order level, provided the order (or operation/component/PRT) was created after the status change documents were activated.