1. A control system that manages information about a manufacturing operation, the manufacturing operation comprising at least one shop floor, each shop floor including at least one factory element, the control system comprising: a plurality of computing devices interconnected into a network; a database that stores the information about the manufacturing operation, the database stored on a first one of the plurality of computing devices, at least one of the plurality of computing devices located on the at least one shop floor; and a graphical user interface displayable on each of the plurality of computing devices, the graphical user interface comprising at least one shop floor screen, each shop floor screen corresponding to one of the at least one shop floor of the manufacturing operation and graphically depicting the corresponding shop floor and the at least one factory element of the corresponding shop floor.