components of computer software and hardware
to achieve theintegration. A key ingredient of
most ERP systems is the use of a unified
MRP vs. ERP \u2014 Manufacturing management
systems have evolved in stages over the past 30
years from a simple means of calculating
materials requirements to the automation of an
entire enterprise. Around 1980, over-frequent
changes in sales forecasts, entailing continual
readjustments in production, as well as the
unsuitability of the parameters fixed by the
system, led MRP (Material Requirement
Planning) to evolve into a new concept :
Manufacturing Resource Planning (or MRP2)
and finally the generic concept Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP)[1]
originated in the manufacturing environment,
today's use of the term ERP systems has much
broader scope. ERP systems typically attempt to
cover all basic functions of an organization,
regardless of the organization's business or
charter. Businesses, non-profit organizations,
nongovernmental organizations, governments,
and other large entities utilize ERP systems.
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