Foundations
What ERP is, where it came from, who builds it, and how to choose a platform.
- What ERP Actually Is
- History: Inventory Control → MRP → MRP II → ERP → Cloud ERP
- The ERP Vendor Landscape
- ERP vs CRM vs SCM vs WMS vs MES vs PLM vs HCM vs EAM
- Deployment Models: On-Prem, Hosted, Private Cloud, Public SaaS
- Licensing, Editions, and Why It Constrains Your Code
- Who Works on ERP: Roles, and Where the Developer Sits
Table of contents
- What ERP Actually Is
- History: Inventory Control → MRP → MRP II → ERP → Cloud ERP
- The ERP Vendor Landscape
- ERP vs CRM vs SCM vs WMS vs MES vs PLM vs HCM vs EAM
- Deployment Models: On-Prem, Hosted, Private Cloud, Public SaaS
- Licensing, Editions, and Why It Constrains Your Code
- Who Works on ERP: Roles, and Where the Developer Sits