This paper deals with the benefits that manufacturers can realize
by using project centric enterprise software to adopt a management by project
approach to their business. It addresses specifically how management by project can be used as a management tool for recessionary times.

Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP. Learn to manage a downturn like a variance in a project, how to reduce the demand shock involved in the onset of a slowdown and the demand shock associated with the recovery, reducing negative repercussions on the enterprise.