ERP stands for enterprise resource planning.To elobarate,

An enterprise means a business setup,Resources means many

like men,machine,money etc, planning means a frame work to

carry out the tasks.

So Generally there are lot of ERP package vendors in the

market like,SAP,Oracle,BANN,JD Edwards,SIEBEl etc.Each

vendor is specialized in one or many resources.SAP comes

under ERP Package which gives business solutions to a

business setup in all areas like Finance,Sales,Costing and

materials etc.