MakerDesk field guide · 2026 edition
Learn the complete operating flow.
Task-based instructions for setting up the workshop, deciding how an order will be supplied, executing a build, and completing the customer handoff.
Quick rule
Update the page that owns the decision.
- Orders
- How demand will be supplied
- Builds
- How in-house work is progressing
- Inventory
- Why physical stock changed
The operating loop
One connected flow, five clear responsibilities
- 01
Capture demand
Channel or manual order
- 02
Decide supply
Reserve, build, purchase, or direct ship
- 03
Execute work
Issue inputs and advance production
- 04
Fulfill
Counter, pickup, workshop ship, or supplier
- 05
Learn
Quality, inventory, and activity history
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Getting started
Learn the navigation, establish the minimum catalog and inventory records, then turn customer demand into an operational decision.
Read guideCore concepts
MakerDesk stays understandable by separating identity, catalog, supply, production execution, and fulfillment while preserving links between them.
Read guideSet up
Products & recipes
Build a catalog record that can be sold now and completed operationally over time without publishing incomplete production assumptions.
Read guideMaterials & tools
Give recipes dependable inputs and give Orders an honest answer about what can be built now.
Read guideOperate
Orders & sourcing
Use Orders to decide whether each item should use finished stock, be built in-house, be purchased, or ship directly from an approved supplier.
Read guideBuilds & production
The Builds board runs approved work through the shop with a locked recipe, issued materials, reserved tools, progress history, and explicit quality checks.
Read guideFulfillment & shipping
Complete the promise made on the order only after every line has a valid source and the customer handoff details are confirmed.
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