Enterprise Resource Planning, or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), was proposed by the American company Gartner Group in 1990. Enterprise Resource Planning is the next-generation manufacturing system and resource planning software following MRP II (Manufacturing Resource Planning). In addition to the existing functions of MRP II such as production resource planning, manufacturing, finance, sales, and procurement, it also includes quality management, laboratory management, business process management, product data management, inventory, distribution and transportation management, human resource management, and periodic reporting systems. Currently, the meaning represented by ERP in China has been expanded, and all types of software used by enterprises have been incorporated into the scope of ERP. It breaks out of the traditional enterprise boundaries, optimizing enterprise resources from the supply chain perspective, and is a new generation of information systems based on the network economy era. It is mainly used to improve enterprise business processes to enhance core competitiveness.
ERP is a management concept for supply chains proposed by the American computer technology consulting and evaluation group Gartner Group Inc. Enterprise Resource Planning refers to a management platform built on information technology, using systematic management thinking to provide decision-making and operational tools for enterprise decision-makers and employees. The ERP system supports discrete, process-oriented, and other hybrid manufacturing environments, with its application scope extending from manufacturing to retail, service, banking, telecommunications, government agencies, schools, and other public sectors. By integrating database technology, graphical user interfaces, fourth-generation query languages, client-server architectures, computer-aided development tools, and portable open systems, it effectively integrates enterprise resources.
