This work looks back on essential characteristics and properties of ERP systems within the company, it's history, development, implementation, and utility which represents the same within the company. ERP is an information system that is used to support the business and is used in almost all parts of the organization of an enterprise. Today, all companies that aim to increase the quality of its performance, speed, quality and utilization of human resources are turning to one of the ERP opportunities being offered in the market. ERP system to be functional must be properly selected. The company has the ability to create your own system or to adapt themselves and their business from an ERP system that is offered in the market. It is vital that the ERP system is well adapted to the company that will in the future be used primarily because they are not simple implement, and their implementation will take some time learning and adjustment which also affects the company. In the last part of this work dealt with the SAP ERP system is one of the world's leading ERP systems. The reasons for the three environments of which consists of SAP and dependent of one another, a development system, and the quality of production. SAP system, we presented the case of Podravka, which for several years successfully used the ERP system, and which has raised the level of Podravka on a higher level. ERP systems will still continue to evolve in order to improve business enterprises that use these systems not only for users but also for themselves to survive in the market and track trends that competition imposes.