What an ERP is, explained without jargon — the episode

Most explanations of ERP are written for people who already know what it is. They open with an acronym, move to a module list, and never say the plain thing.

This episode is the plain thing, for somebody who has heard the term in a meeting and does not want to ask.

The written version, with the same argument and rather more detail, is what an ERP actually is. If you want to see how the pieces connect in practice, start with the document cycles — every claim an ERP makes about itself comes down to one of them.