ERP (Enterprise resource planning) is an industry term for the broad set of activities supported by multi-module application software that helps businesses manage the important parts of its business, including product planning, parts purchasing, maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers, providing customer service, and tracking orders. ERP can also include application modules for the finance and human resources aspects of a business. SAP is a leader in ERP.

ERP is a solution, a tool used in IT to solve the problems, streamline the business process and integrate all the information along the business process of enterprise core business. We can't consider ERP as just a software package, there are so many ERP software, and each has its own positioning in some industrial line.

ERP solutions are now key drivers of many organization’s IT initiatives.  ERP is one of the key technologies for companies to invest in and there is currently a critical shortage of skilled manpower in the area of ERP implementation.