What is 'Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP'. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a process by which a company (often a manufacturer) manages and integrates the important parts of its business. An ERP management information system integrates areas such as planning, purchasing, inventory, sales, marketing, finance and human resources.
Berry Gordy's Motown Records. Founder and owner of the Tamla-Motown family record labels, Berry Gordy, Jr., established Motown Records as one of the most important independent labels in the early '60s.
By the mid-60s, as that bright, bouncy Motown Sound captured the U.S. listening public and started making major inroads overseas, Gordy confidently issued a memo stating, âWe will release nothing less than Top Ten product on any artist.