Syspro
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder(s) | Phil Duff |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Area served | Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
| Products | ERP |
| Website | www.syspro.com |
SYSPRO is a software development company, providing an integrated business software solution for all main facets of the business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations across a wide variety of industries. Other specific ares of interest delivered by SYSPRO include:
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
- Business process modeling
- Enterprise architecture
- Customization
- Workflow management
- Software as a service (SaaS)
- Service oriented architecture (SOA)
SYSPRO was founded in 1978 as one of the world's first PC-based providers of ERP software. It has since gone on to win several major awards for software excellence and has established an ongoing presence in the sometimes volatile mid-sized enterprise market. As a privately held company, it seems to have been somewhat immune to market shocks and has reported steady growth in its customer base. In 2011, it reports a customer base of over 14,500 licensed companies in more than 60 countries worldwide.
SYSPRO is marketed through regional territory distribution centers and a global reseller network in the United States, Canada, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia and United Kingdom. North America constitutes an estimated 60 percent of the customer base.
SYSPRO software targets mid-sized manufacturers and distributors, as well as divisions of multi-national organizations. SYSPRO claims a significant market interest in the following industries, among others:
- Aerospace
- Automotive components and accessories
- Chemicals and fertilizers
- Construction
- Consumer durables
- Electronics
- Food and beverage
- Machinery and equipment
- Medical devices
- Metal fabrication
- Mining
- Pharmaceutical
- Plastics and rubber
- Wholesale suppliers and distributors