Abstract: The author firstly analyzes the development state of the management information system of manufacturing enterprise, and the development procedure of ERP: the definition, principle, character, structure and the trade of development. Then, the author deeply researches ERP, analyzing the core management thought of production management, illustrating the basic thought of production management, analyzing the function feature of ERP based on production management. Lastly, the author show the designing of ERP in VFP.