ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) was put forward by GartnerGroup in the United States in 1990. Enterprise resource planning is the next generation manufacturing system and resource planning software of MRPII. In addition to the existing functions of production resource planning, manufacturing, finance, sales and procurement, MRPII also has quality management, laboratory management, business process management, product data management, inventory, distribution and transportation management, human resource management and regular reporting system. At present, the meaning of ERP in China has expanded, and all kinds of software used by enterprises have been included in the scope of ERP. It jumps out of the traditional enterprise boundary and optimizes enterprise resources from the scope of supply chain. It is a new generation information system based on the era of network economy. It is mainly used to improve the business process and enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises.
ERP is a supply chain management idea put forward by Gartner Group, an American computer technology consulting and evaluation group. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) refers to a management platform which is based on information technology and provides decision-making operation means for enterprise decision makers and employees with systematic management ideas. ERP system supports mixed manufacturing environments such as discrete and process, and its application scope extends from manufacturing to retail, service, banking, telecommunications, government agencies and schools. It effectively integrates enterprise resources by integrating database technology, graphical user interface, the fourth generation query language, client server structure, computer-aided development tools and portable open systems.