Included is an explanation of the Product Data Management's role, and advice on handling outside operations, "tricks of the trade" and special features like milestones, overlapping operations, and rework. Chapters address work center analysis, Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), and Repetitive Production Management (RPM). An appendix explains features-and-options for assemble-to-order situations, another discusses tailoring options, and a third explains exponential smoothing.