Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an updated manufacturing resource plan from data selectively retrieved from a manufacturing resource plan (MRP) data base are disclosed. A portion of a manufacturing resource planning database associated with a manufacturing resource plain can be accessed, in response to a user input by a user of a plurality of selective criteria. A set of particular data can then be retrieved from the portion of said manufacturing resource database in response to said input by said user of said plurality of selective criteria. Thereafter, an updated manufacturing resource plan (MRP) can be automatically generated based on the set of particular data retrieved from the accessed portion of said manufacturing resource planning database.