Abstract: A method for automating the management of an enterprise resource planning system comprises defining a first resource plan and storing the first resource plan into a first table, automatically storing the first resource plan into a resource plan space, and performing a first resource plan command and revising the first resource plan to define a revised first resource plan in response to a requested change. A second resource plan is defined and stored within a second table. In response to a requested change, a second resource plan command is performed and the second resource plan is revised within the working space to define a revised second resource plan and subsequently stored within the second table. In one example, the second resource plan is automatically revised in response to the revisions reflected in the first resource plan.