All manufacturing companies now a days need a fully integrated manufacturing and a full ERP system to be competitive and stay ahead.  Manufacturing software varies depending on requirements and vertical markets within manufacturing environments. 

Manufacturing Environments

• Make to order
• Make to stock
• Engineer to order
• Configure to order
• Process manufacturing
• Job Shop
• Discrete
• Repetitive
• Other

Modules Needed

• Inventory Control
• Bill of Materials
• WIP/Job Costing
• Estimating
• Lot Traceability
• Bar Coding
• Data Collection
• Scheduling
• Requirement Planning/MRP
• Factor Documentation
• Master Production Scheduling
• Rough Cut Capacity & Resource Planning
• Engineering Change Order/History

Whatever the needs maybe, the company needs to list requirements by department or function.