# Get started

Follow these tutorials in order to add a vendor, place an order, and receive the goods into stock.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/purchasing/tutorials/

- [Add your first vendor](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/purchasing/tutorials/add-vendor.md): Create a vendor record in Tooling Metrics with contact details and default currency.
- [Create your first purchase order](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/purchasing/tutorials/create-purchase-order.md): Raise a manual purchase order in Tooling Metrics for one or more inventory items.
- [Receive goods](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/purchasing/tutorials/receive-goods.md): Process a purchase receipt in Tooling Metrics when a delivery arrives.
- [Process a restock](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/purchasing/tutorials/process-restock.md): Follow guided put-away instructions to place received items in their storage locations.

This series is for the **Purchaser**, who sources tooling products and manages purchase orders. It takes about 30 minutes.

**Before you start:** you need inventory items and stock rules, which the [Inventory](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/inventory/tutorials/) series creates. Following the [Quickstart](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/purchasing/) demo instead of your own data? Use its vendor and stock rule tables.

**After this series:** once the first restock puts stock in the warehouse, Production starts the [Production](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/tutorials/) series.