New Product Announcements From: 4/15/2008 Modern Machine Shop WorkPlan Enterprise is an enterprise resource planning system designed for custom manufacturers and companies that work on a project or engineer-to-order basis. This system offers complete functionality and tools to meet specific requirements of the mold, die, tool, model, pattern, prototype and special machine-making industries.

According to the company, the system brings together the functions often performed by disparate software packages, unifying quotation, purchasing, stock, planning, sales processing and time and performance management into a single ERP system.

The software’s interface includes a centralized data tree and drag-and-drop capability. Context-sensitive help and tutorials ensure that implementation goes quickly and that the software can by used by virtually all levels of staff, the company says.