Who invented ERP? Tractor and construction machinery manufacturer J.I. Case worked with IBM to develop what is believed to be the first MRP system in the early 1960s.

When was ERP started?

SAP. Started by a team of former IBM engineers in Germany, Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP for short) was founded in 1972 to provide business software for enterprise-level manufacturers. They released their first ERP system, R/2, in 1992.

Who is responsible for ERP?

For many companies, the default responsible department is IT. That choice makes sense to much of senior management: ERP runs on computers, so computer people should be responsible.