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Quick Start Guide

This guide walks you through the minimum steps to go from a fresh RunMark account to your first scheduled production run.

Step 1: Sign up and complete the welcome modal​

After signing up, RunMark shows you a welcome modal and an onboarding checklist. The checklist tracks your setup progress — work through it in order, since each step depends on the one before it.

Step 2: Add your first product (SKU)​

Go to Products in the sidebar and click Add product.

A SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) is a product definition — not an order, but the product itself. For example, "HDPE 2-inch SDR-11 Smoothwall" is a SKU.

Key fields:

  • Name — be specific. Include material, size, and spec (e.g. "HDPE 4-inch SDR-11" not just "pipe").
  • Unit — what quantity is measured in: feet, meters, units, kg, etc.
  • Default run size — your typical production run quantity. Used as a starting point when creating orders.

Step 3: Configure your first production line​

Go to Lines and click Add line.

A line represents a physical extrusion line, processing machine, or workstation on your floor.

Key sections:

  • Capabilities — which SKUs this line can produce. A line only appears as a scheduling option for SKUs in its capability list.
  • Speed matrix — throughput rate per SKU (e.g. 750 ft/hr for HDPE 2-inch). This drives estimated run time calculations.
  • Changeover times — minutes needed to switch from one SKU to another.
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Start with your best estimate for speeds and changeover times. You can always update them later as you measure actual throughput. Getting started with approximate values is better than waiting for perfect data.

Step 4: Create your first order​

Go to Orders and click Create order.

Select the SKU, enter the quantity, and set the due date. The due date is when production must be complete — not when it ships.

Step 5: Schedule the order​

Click the Schedule button on the order (or go to the Schedule page and click an empty time slot).

The schedule modal shows only lines capable of running the order's SKU. Each line shows the estimated run time, calculated from quantity ÷ line speed. Pick a line, choose a start time, and confirm.

If the run would finish after the due date, RunMark shows a warning. You can still schedule it — the warning is informational.

Step 6: Generate a label​

Once the scheduled block is marked In Progress or Complete, go to Labels and click Generate labels.

Select the block, choose a label size (2×1, 3×2, or 4×2 inch), and click Generate PDF. Download and print on any label printer.

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RunMark generates standard PDF files. Any printer that can print PDFs can print RunMark labels — Zebra, SATO, desktop inkjet, laser — no special software needed.