Made2Manage Systems
Made2Manage Systems markets a range of enterprise software products targeted at small to mid-sized companies. These services include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Collaboration (EDI) software for plastics, metals, electronics and industrial machinery equipment manufacturers. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and was founded in 1986. In 2003, it was purchased by Battery Ventures, a holding company, for approximately $30 million, and taken private. Since then it has gone on an "acquisition spree", acquiring a variety of private and public ERP companies.
Operating units
Onyx Software Corporation
Onyx Software Corporation is a producer of customer process management software and solutions for enterprise organizations. Onyx focuses on dynamic software that allows organizations to automate customer interaction processes. Onyx provides customer management, process management, and performance management (analytics) capabilities.
Onyx has more than 1300 customers in a variety of industries.
Onyx was formerly a public company listed on NASDAQ. On August 1, 2006, Onyx shareholders approved an earlier agreement to be acquired by Made2Manage Systems. The acquisition has resulted in a large reduction in force of Onyx employees.
This transaction came despite a hostile offer by CDC Software (a unit of CDC Corporation) to buy Onyx. CDC claimed this offer to be "superior" to the Made2Manage Systems offer, and criticized the breakup fee attached to that offer. Onyx issued a statement, calling CDC's offer "vague," "disingenuous" and "unpredictable". CDC then launched a cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common STOCK of Onyx directly from shareholders, but subsequently withdrew this offer.
Other operating units
AXIS Computer Systems Inc. is an ERP provider to manufacturers within the metals, wire and cable industries, based in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Cimnet Systems is an ERP provider specializing in electronics and Printed Circuit board manufacturers.. It operates in Europe, India and Asia, including three locations in China.
DTR Plastics Solutions is an ERP provider specializing in plastics processors.
Encompix is an ERP provider specializing in engineer-to-order manufacturing.
Intuitive Manufacturing Systems is an ERP provider for discrete manufacturing companies, including the aerospace and defense industries. As of 2005, it had approximately 600 customers and $12 million in revenue.
See also
- List of ERP Vendors
- List of ERP Software Packages
- ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
- SCM - Supply Chain Management
- CRM - Customer Relationship Management
- BI - Business Intelligence
- EDI - Business Collaboration