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Advent International (“Advent”), one of the world’s largest and most experienced private equity investors, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to invest and acquire a majority ownership stake in  SYSPRO , a leading global ERP software provider for the manufacturing and distribution industries. Founded in 1978, SYSPRO currently employs around 400 people globally and serves customers across six continents, with headquarters in the UK and South Africa.    SYSPRO has established itself as a global leader within its key market verticals, with a purpose-built software suite catering to the most complex customer needs. This transaction will accelerate SYSPRO’s global growth ambitions, through additional investment to support next generation product and technology innovation to unlock growth opportunities in key markets, including the USA and UK.   Advent is an experienced software investor with investments in ERP, financial and man...

  By Darren Edwards, Head of Product Operations at SYSPRO   Low code or software application design tools make it easy for non-developers to design, build, and launch software applications quickly. This eliminates the need for in-house coding specialists. With the introduction and widespread adoption of low code, the software industry is seeing a steady, but continual shift towards simplified coding and tailoring methods that are helping to empower manufacturers to create their own software applications. In fact, many companies are looking at introducing formalized citizen developer programs this year, to empower employees to build their own low code tools to deliver increased innovation.   The question is whether the global hype around low code is substantiated? A 2019 report by  Outsystems  indicated that the accelerating digital transformation is the top reason most IT leaders chose a low code platform. Low code carries tangible benefits – according to  ...

SYSPRO , a leading global provider of ERP software, announced today that it has been certified by independent software research firm Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC). To attain certified status, SYSPRO completed a product demonstration session and benchmarking analysis, covering the main functionality areas of the SYSPRO ERP solution as well as other features such as user experience, interface and workflow.   The resultant TEC report highlights the experience and expertise that SYSPRO brings to manufacturing and distribution customers as well as the ability for SYSPRO ERP to be deployed in the cloud or on-premise. It specifically notes how SYSPRO is known for providing extensive support for its customers’ complex industries across an ‘impressive’ range of manufacturing types, including assemble-to-order (ATO), batch, discrete, engineer-to-order (ETO), job shop, make-to-order (MTO), make-to-stock (MTS), process, and a mix of these different modes.   According to Paulo De Mat...