Industry Starting Points¶

Loupe Factory includes industry-specific starter defaults so your team does not have to build every catalog and workflow from scratch. Your chosen industry in Organization Settings shapes the starting vocabulary, catalog structure, and production flow you will see on day one.

The tables below keep the exact starter names used in Loupe Factory, then explain them in plain language so teams in any region can understand them quickly.

Gemstones¶

Loupe Factory starts gemstone businesses with a catalog built around loose stones, lapidary work, and the support supplies used to cut, polish, grade, and ship them. Default product names include stones such as African Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and workshop supply families for stone prep, polishing, testing, and packing.

Default inventory flow¶

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    MS["Materials & Supplies"] --> R["Rough"] --> P["Preform"] --> C["Cut"] --> CAL["Caliberated"] --> POL["Polished"] --> GP["Girdle Polished"] --> F["Finished"]

This default route shows the main inventory states most gemstone teams use from incoming rough stock to sale-ready stones.

Finished inventory types¶

Materials & Supplies categories¶

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Size and shape defaults¶

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Shape defaults¶

Typical starter teams¶

Customize this setup from Product Settings, Inventory Settings, and Production Settings.

Jewelry¶

Loupe Factory starts jewelry businesses with defaults for mounts, findings, components, finished jewelry, and the workshop supplies needed to move from design approval through casting, setting, finishing, and dispatch. Default product names include ring mounts, pendant mounts, bezel cups, claws and heads, clasps, jump rings, earring posts, chains, charms, bracelets, necklaces, and related workshop categories.

Default inventory flow¶

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    MS["Materials & Supplies"] --> DA["Design Approved"] --> CAD["CAD/STL Ready"] --> MODEL["3D Printed/Wax Model"]
    MODEL --> MOLD["Silicone/Rubber Molds"] --> WAX["Wax Injected"]
    WAX --> STONEWAX["Stone-Set Wax Model"]
    WAX --> TREE["Wax Trees"]
    STONEWAX --> TREE
    TREE --> CASTTREE["Cast Trees (As-Cast)"] --> RAW["Raw Casted/De-sprued"] --> PREFIN["Pre-Finished (File/Emery)"]
    MS --> FAB["Fabricated Parts (no casting)"]
    PREFIN --> ASM["Assembled (Soldered)"]
    FAB --> ASM
    ASM --> PREPOL["Pre-Polished/Mass Finished"] --> READY["Ready for Setting"] --> STONESET["Stone Set"] --> FINAL["Final Polished"] --> PLATE["Plated/Coated"] --> HALL["Hallmarked/Stamped"] --> REVIEW{"QC review"}
    REVIEW -->|Pass| QC["QC Passed"] --> FIN["Finished"]
    REVIEW -->|Rework| REWORK["Need Rework/Repair"]

Casting and fabrication routes both feed the same finished-jewelry path, which helps teams run one-off custom work and repeat production in the same system.

Finished inventory types¶

Materials & Supplies categories¶

Production stages¶

Size and shape defaults¶

Size groups¶

Shape defaults¶

Typical starter teams¶

Customize this setup from Product Settings, Inventory Settings, and Production Settings.

Auto Parts¶

Loupe Factory starts auto-parts businesses with defaults built for industrial manufacturing, supplier coordination, traceability, and export-ready dispatch. Default product names cover braking, ABS, wheel-end, axle, suspension, air-suspension, driveline, engine, filtration, electrical, body, hardware, and repair-kit categories.

Default inventory flow¶

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    MS["Materials & Supplies"] --> RAW["Raw Material"]
    MS --> BO["Bought-out Component"]
    RAW --> BLANK["Cast/Forged Blank"]
    RAW --> STAMP["Stamped/Pressed Blank"]
    BLANK --> MACH["Machined Component"]
    STAMP --> MACH
    BO --> MACH
    MACH --> HEAT["Heat Treated Component"]
    MACH --> WELD["Welded/Fabricated Component"]
    HEAT --> SURF["Surface Finished Component"]
    HEAT --> WELD
    SURF --> SUB["Sub-Assembly"]
    BO --> SUB
    WELD --> SUB
    SUB --> TEST["Tested & Approved"] --> QA{"Final QA Release"}
    QA -->|Pass| FIN["Finished"]
    QA -->|Sort or rework| REWORK["Need Rework / Sort"]

Bought-out components can join the route at machining or sub-assembly, which matches the way many mixed manufacturing and assembly shops operate.

Finished inventory types¶

Materials & Supplies categories¶

Production stages¶

Size and shape defaults¶

Size groups¶

Shape defaults¶

Typical starter teams¶

Customize this setup from Product Settings, Inventory Settings, Orders Settings, and Production Settings.

Next Step¶

Once you understand the starting defaults for your industry, continue with Definitions so every team in your business works from the same terminology.