1986年，美国空军制造技术理事会（AIR FORCE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Director）发起了一项多年计划，旨在开发适用于工作场所的技术。在这项工作下开发的技术之一是管理计划和控制系统（MP&CS）——车间计划和控制软件。软件开发人员SAIC、SOLION部门和三个工作车间参与了这项工作，他们定义了需求，并在生产中验证了结果。这三家店分别是:密苏里州圣路易斯的ADVANCE TOOL&DIE COMPANY、俄亥俄州辛辛那提的MEYER TOOL和新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的SEELEY ENTERPRISES。由于该软件是一种商业产品，这些网站继续以顾问的身份提供服务。 本文概述了工具管理主题领域的经验教训，包括好的和坏的。

IN 1986, THE AIR FORCE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE SPONSORED A MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM AIMED AT DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES SUITABLE FOR JOB SHOPS. ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED UNDER THIS EFFORT WAS THE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (MP&CS)--PLANNING AND CONTROL SOFTWARE FOR JOB SHOPS. THE EFFORT INVOLVED THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SAIC, SOLION DIVISION AND THREE JOB SHOPS WHO DEFINED REQUIREMENTS AND VALIDATED THE RESULTS IN PRODUCTION. THE THREE SHOPS WERE: ADVANCE TOOL & DIE COMPANY IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, MEYER TOOL IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, AND SEELEY ENTERPRISES IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THESE SITES HAVE CONTINUED IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY NOW THAT THE SOFTWARE IS A COMMERCIAL OFFERING. THIS PAPER OUTLINES LESSONS LEARNED, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, UNDER THE TOOL MANAGEMENT TOPIC AREA.