Enterprise resource planning is ERP (enterprise? Resources? Planning), proposed by Gartner Group Company of the United States in 1990. Enterprise resource planning is the next generation manufacturing system and resource planning software of MRP II. In addition to the existing functions of production resource planning, manufacturing, finance, sales and procurement, MRP II 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 an enterprise information management system that mainly manages material resources, capital resources and information resources for manufacturing industry. ERP is an enterprise management software with management accounting as its core, which can provide real-time information across regions, departments and even companies. Enterprise management software integrating material resource management (logistics), human resource management (people flow), financial resource management (capital flow) and information resource management (information flow).