The Gartner Group first used the acronym ERP in the 1990s,[6][7][third-party sou

rce needed] where it was seen[by whom?] to extend the capabilities of material r
equirements planning (MRP), and the later manufacturing resource planning (MRP I
I),[8][9] as well as computer-integrated manufacturing.[citation needed] Without
replacing these terms, ERP came to represent a larger whole that reflected the
evolution of application integration beyond manufacturing.[10]
Not all ERP packages developed from a manufacturing core; ERP vendors variously
began assembling their packages with accounting, maintenance, and human-resource
components.[citation needed] By the mid-1990s ERP systems addressed all core en
terprise functions.[citation needed] Governments and non profit organizations also b
egan[when?] to use ERP systems.[11]