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.
Gordy was impressed with the Miracles and Robinson 's talents as a songwriter; he helped the band land a deal with End Records, and the Miracles released their first single, Got a Job (an answer song to the Silhouettes ' hit Get a Job) later that year.