Abstract: An inventory management system is provided, comprising customer inquiry/quotation means for obtaining inventory and non-inventory product information, forecasting means for identifying planned sales, sales order means for providing general information about the sale, the products, charges and services required to produce end products, purchase order means for receiving and providing product and specification information to the supplier and accepting and generating an identifier for the purchase, reporting means for presenting information to a user of the system, adjusting means for modifying inventory information and, query means for viewing inventory and transaction information.