# Quickstart

Follow the six stages in order to take one demo part from the tool library to a machining report.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/

- [Stage I: Library](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/library.md): Populate the product library, build tool assemblies, and calculate cutting data.
- [Stage II: Engineering](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/engineering.md): Register the machine, document the production process, and release the project for purchasing and production.
- [Stage III: Inventory](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/inventory.md): Set up storage devices and count starting stock.
- [Stage IV: Purchasing](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/purchasing.md): Configure vendors and stock rules so required items are ordered automatically.
- [Stage V: Production](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/production.md): Assemble tools, pick from the warehouse, set up the machine, record runtime, and return tools.
- [Stage VI: Analytics](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/quickstart/analytics.md): Create dashboards to review tool life, usage cost, and inventory performance.

The stages build one demo project: machining a **tap guide block** on a 3-axis machining center, from populating the product and tool library to a machining analytics report once the job is done. Each stage covers one phase of the tool lifecycle and links to the module tutorials it uses.

**Before you start:** complete the [Administration](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/admin/tutorials/) series. It creates your organization's warehouse and its Warehouse Access Point, which Stage II (Engineering) needs to register the machine. Then begin at Stage I.

Onboarding one role instead? Follow that module's **Get started** series; [Start here](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/start-here/) lists the modules by role.