• Bill of materials (BOM) (technical
  data)
  
• Capacity planning or capacity
  requirements planning (CRP)
  
• Cost reporting / management (cost
  control)
  
• Inventories and orders (inventory
  control)
  
• Item master data (technical data)
  
• Master production schedule (MPS)
  
• Material requirements planning
  (MRP)
  
• Production resources data
  (manufacturing technical data)
  
• Purchasing management
  
• Shop floor control (SFC)
  
• Standard costing (cost control)
  

Performing tasks

• Business planning
  
• Configuration management
  
• Contract management
  
• Engineering change control
  
• Finite capacity scheduling (FCS)
  
• Lot traceability
  
• Sales analysis and forecasting
  
• Shop floor data collection
  
• Tool management.