The document traces the evolution of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems from the 1960s to the present. It discusses early inventory management systems and the development of materials requirements planning (MRP) in the 1970s. MRP evolved into manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) in the 1980s which integrated additional business functions. In the 1990s, MRP II became known as ERP as it covered more of a company's business enterprise. The document outlines continued trends like expanded ERP capabilities and the emergence of ERP II systems to enable greater inter-organizational collaboration. Next generation ERP is shifting to cloud-based systems that provide real-time access to data across organizations.