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Logistics & Supply Chain · Recorded milestone

Enterprise resource planning

Recorded year1992

SAP R/3 ties inventory, orders and finance into one client-server system.

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Built on

IBM System/360Recorded · 1964enables
DRAM memory chipRecorded · 1970requires
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
UNIX and CRecorded · 1971enables
Personal computerRecorded · 1975requires

Led to

Lights-out warehousesRecorded · 2018enables
Supply-chain digital twinsForecast · ~2027enables
Self-running back officeForecast · ~2030enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.