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.
Berry Gordy conceptualized and created a musical paradigm that changed the way music was made in the 1960s and in the process established a special place for Motown in the musical history of America. American Idol, for example, coordinated its Motown show to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of Motown.