# Guides

Prepare tools, process pick and return lists, record runtime, and track tool condition.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/

- [Prepare tools for a job](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/prepare-tools.md): Create a tool in Tooling Metrics, pick its components from the warehouse, assemble it, and move it to a machine.
- [Process a pick list](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/process-pick-list.md): Work a pick list from Waiting through to Done, at the office or at a WAP terminal.
- [Record tool runtime](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/record-runtime.md): Enter how long a tool ran when it comes back from a machine.
- [Track tool condition](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/track-tool-condition.md): See how a mounted piece's condition changes, and replace a cutting edge when it's worn out.
- [Process a return list](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/process-return-list.md): Return tools and items from a machine or WAP to storage, and update usage life on the way in.
- [Manage a tool crib](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/manage-tool-crib.md): Assign a slot number to a tool loaded in a machine, so it matches the NC program's T-codes.
- [Renumber tools for an NC program](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/renumber-tools-for-nc-program.md): Reconcile tool numbers between the machine's tool crib and the job's operations before running the NC program.
- [Find tools in circulation](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/find-tools-in-circulation.md): See every tool and item currently outside storage — on machines, at assembly, or at a service vendor — and locate any specific one.
- [Review a tool's lifecycle history](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/guides/review-tool-lifecycle-history.md): Trace everything a tool has been through — movements, assemblies, posted costs, and recorded lives — from one record.