Abstract: A resource management system having a server; a portable computing device in communication with the server having a computer readable medium; and, computer readable instructions in the compute readable medium for receiving attendance information, receiving inventory information, transmitting the attendance information and the inventory information to the server so that the server, having server computer readable instructions embodied in a server computer readable medium, can generate payroll, generate purchase order for transmission to materials suppliers, determine whether material consumption and/or cost has hit a predetermined threshold and notify a user when the predetermined thresholds have been reached.