Comprehensive, central scheduling folder for project management A management scheduling folder having a plurality of panels bound together. Each panel has pockets to support a column of project cards in overlapping arrangement to expose a portion of each card. A special calendar is mounted beside each column of cards and formed with a plurality of linear calendars extending laterally of the card in substantial alignment with the exposed portions of cards. Each card therefore has its own linear calendar on which to note its scheduling in close association with the card as well as closely associated with the calendars for other project cards. Automated interfacing of design/engineering software with project management software A method for the automatic interfacing of a conceptual design tool with a project management tool is disclosed. The conceptual design tool provides for the early manufacturing involvement information needed to aid and improve the total design and manufacturing effort to produce a final product. The conceptual design tool is used to build and modify a product structure. Using the conceptual design tool, a user inputs manufacturing details by item in the product structure. When the user invokes the project mangement tool interface, the system prompts the user to select items of the product structure which are critical. The system then orders the selected items according to lead times from manufacturing detail data gathered by the conceptual design tool. The ordered data is then formatted in a file of the project management tool. The formatted file is then imported into the project management tool. In addition, data modified by the project management tool can later be reformatted for export to the conceptual design tool to allow the design process to continue with updated project data. Shipment system including processing of document images An integrated system for image processing of documents generated in shipping transactions includes a central transaction processing facility, which receives images of shipping transaction documents. The document images may be captured by scanners at a plurality of remote stations or they may be telefaxed directly to the processing facility by the individual shippers. A central shipping transaction database is maintained on a host computer, for example, along with appropriate applications for processing the transaction data and invoicing the transactions. The system includes a plurality of image processing stations, at which key operators may view the images of shipping documents according to predetermined workflow queues and, based on the images of the documents, enter transaction data into the shipping transaction database. The system allows for printing of transaction invoices from the data in the database along with a hard copy of any shipping document images which are to accompany the invoices. Method of planning organizational activities A method for translating complex process flow networks into plans or schedules for the manufacturing of products or the performance of other organizational activities is disclosed. The method maintains a time-valued list of existing commitments to resources. Allocations of these resources are made to lots during a simulation procedure which calculates a resulting plan's timing data. The method simulates higher priority lots before it simulates lower priority lots. A simulation evaluates the process flow description to obtain the relative order of consuming and releasing resources, resource attributes and related capabilities, initial minimum timing requests, and process control rules. The simulation uses the list to determine when resources may be used without impacting prior commitments of the resources. In addition, the simulation forces the allocations to conform to the process control rules. The resulting timing data is merged into the processing plan, and resource commitments are then made to the simulated resource. When lower priority lots are simulated, commitments have already been made to higher priority lots. Thus, the lower priority lots cannot receive resource allocations which impact the higher priority lots. However, the lower priority lots may receive allocations which occur prior to contending allocations to higher priority lots. Project management system with automated schedule and cost integration A bridge is provided between a conventional network scheduling tool and a conventional performance measurement tool which automatically ties the two together. The combination is adapted to operate within an organization having numerous resources that are used to accomplish projects. Data required by the performance measurement tool are collected by the network scheduling tool. These data fall into two categories. One category is utilized by both the network scheduling tool and the performance measurement tool, the other category is utilized exclusively by the performance measurement tool. These data are processed by the bridge so that they have the format and properties needed by each tool. The bridge couples data between the tools and keeps the data stored in each tool consistent. In this way duplicate entry of initial data and revisions are avoided.