Thirty years ago, few computer scientists would have imagined that a single software platform could run, integrate, and shape nearly every business process across an entire enterprise, yet that vision has become reality through the evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning; in this episode, the DSS team is joined by ERP veteran Vas Mitra, who has witnessed and helped shape this transformation from its earliest days to today’s intelligent, cloud-driven systems, as they explore how ERP has evolved, what defines its role in the modern enterprise, and where it is headed next.