An integrated database system can be used by small and large businesses as a means to incorporate IT in the manufacturing

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

 process. It updates, stores and records information, with a view to rapid retrieval.

Some examples of could include:

• Design technology (performing updates of concept ideas)
• Specifications for component parts (including quality control
  Quality control
  Quality control, or QC for short, is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. This approach places an emphasis on three aspects:...
  
  information, test results and manufacturing process plans).

It is capable of performing searches for a particular part that may be present in many different products.