The history of ERP systems date to the 1960s, but were first labelled ERP systems much later.

 The history of ERP systems date to the 1960s, but were first labelled ERP systems much later.  Read https://www.geniuserp.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-erps

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What surprises you?  Or comment on what we learn by studying the history of ERP or any technology in business.  Or comment on how ERP history is same/different from smartphone, social media, or web history.

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Read over the Wikipedia entry on ERP systems, particularly up to section 8.4.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning

 (Links to an external site.)  Nominate a key term we need to remember and pose a question that others can answer in their reply.

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