DEFINITION of 'Enterprise Resource Planning-ERP'. 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, human resources, etc. Next Up.RP is most frequently used in the context of software. As the methodology has become more popular, large software applications have been developed to help companies implement ERP in their organization.
7 Things You May Not Know About the Ming Dynasty. At its peak, the Ming dynasty made China a global superpower, influencing the known world in trade, culture and might. It spanned nearly 300 years, from the fall of the Mongols in 1368 to the ascendancy of the Manchus in 1644. Here are seven things you might not know about the Ming era.
Ruling China at the beginning of the early modern period, the Ming Dynasty was âone of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human historyâ. By the 16th century the Ming economy was stimulated by trade with the Portuguese, the Spanish, and the Dutch.n the early modern period, the Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I. The last was Francis II, who abdicated and dissolved the Empire in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.