Industry Starting Points¶

Choose the industry that most closely matches how your business buys, makes, tracks, and sells physical goods. Loupe Factory uses that choice to preload starter product types, inventory states, material categories, production stages, sizes, shapes, colors, and team roles.

These starting points save setup time without locking you into a fixed process. Review the closest match, then adapt the defaults to your products and workflow.

Compare the Starting Points¶

Open the closest match to review its catalogs and workflow before selecting it in Organization Settings.

What Your Selection Preloads¶

flowchart LR
    I{"Choose an industry"} --> P["Product types, sizes & shapes"]
    I --> V["Inventory types & materials"]
    I --> W["Production stages & teams"]
    I --> A["Default item attribute keys"]
    I --> L["Colors & finishes"]
    I --> K["Cost component types"]
    I --> B["Price basis & weight unit"]
    P --> C["Review and customize"]
    V --> C
    W --> C
    A --> C
    L --> C
    K --> C
    B --> C

Your industry selection gives the team a useful first vocabulary. Admins can tailor these defaults in the relevant settings pages. Available actions vary by catalog.

Costing follows the same choice. Your industry decides which cost component types you can pick when building up an item's cost, so a jewelry item is costed by metal and stones while a lighting item is costed by crystal, wiring, and plating. It also sets the starting price basis and default weight unit: gemstones start priced per carat, every other industry per piece.

Your selection also decides the default item attributes on every inventory item, so a gemstone item starts with a Certificate No row and an auto parts item starts with OEM Part No and Vehicle Make. Each industry page below lists its keys in display order and explains what each value records, including common formats, units, and examples.

The same choice fills your workspace's color list, so the Color field on every item form starts with the words your trade already uses instead of an empty box. Each color shows a dot in its shade; a color with no single hue, such as Two-Tone, shows a labeled badge instead. Admins manage the list in Product Settings, and Reset Colors brings back the preset list.

Default Colors by Industry¶

Where to Customize the Starting Point¶

• Use Product Settings for product types, default weight units, size groups, shapes, and the color list.
• Use Inventory Settings for inventory types and stock-control defaults.
• Use Production Settings for stages, order, department assignments, and workflow policies.
• Use Organization Settings for industry selection, departments, designations, and locations.
• Use Orders Settings for shipping carriers and order defaults.

Next Steps¶

1. Select the closest match in Organization Settings.
2. Review the related product, inventory, production, team, and order defaults.
3. Continue with Definitions so every team in your business works from the same terminology.