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by Alan Alper, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 5:52:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    As it moves forward with one challenging acquisition, enterprise software consolidator Made2Manage Software Inc. revealed today that it has closed another deal: an all cash purchase of SMB-focused ERP software player Intuitive Manufacturing Systems, whose backers recently launched a roll-up strategy of their own. The value of the deal was not disclosed. In acquiring 11-year-old Intuitive of Kirkland, WA, Made2Manage gains an ERP architecture built from the ground up on Microsoft's .NET architecture, a platform on which all of its recently acquired ERP software lines will be standardized over the next few years. .NET-based applications are becoming increasingly attractive to smaller and medium-sized manufacturers due to their perceived lower cost of ownership and ease-of-use advantages, driven by the familiar Microsoft Windows interface. Intuitive, which counts 600-plus customers primarily in the electronics, industrial machinery and equipment, and fabricated metal products markets, generated approximately $12 million in revenue last year, the privately held company previously told Managing Automation. [Click to continue] |
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