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.
When P. P. Arnold signed to Immediate, label founder Andrew Loog Oldham asked record producer Mike Hurst if he had any suitable songs for her. Hurst was producing Cat Stevens at the time and recommended The First Cut Is the Deepest, which Stevens had not yet recorded. Added by koan.