§ T1Systems of Record · topic
Most operational arguments are really arguments about records. Sales, finance and the warehouse each keep a version of the same order, and nobody is sure which one is right.
Articles in this topic explain the core systems a company runs on, starting with ERP: what it is, which records it should own, and where planning and shop-floor systems take over.
ERP stands for enterprise resource planning, but the useful definition is narrower: one shared set of business records that sales, purchasing, inventory and finance all read and write. Everything else follows from that.
ERP, MRP and MES compared: the question each system answers, its time horizon, the records it owns, and how to decide which ones a manufacturer actually needs.
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