SYSPRO Marks Major Milestone
SYSPRO, a producer of enterprise software, has announced a major milestone – the company's twenty-fifth anniversary.
In September 1978, Phil Duff, SYSPRO CEO, and his brother founded SYSPRO when they acquired the rights to a highly successful, multi-user financial distribution package to which they added integrated manufacturing software. In the ensuing twenty-five years, SYSPRO software has continually been enhanced with extensive functionality and leading-edge technology, as exemplified by more than 45 modules and most recently by the company's application of the Microsoft .NET architecture to achieve new levels of SYSPRO software utilization and interoperability.
"We took this core product and evolved it, as the markets have changed. We always made sure that there's an upgrade path. While our business is still effectively based around the same product, it has changed dramatically since the early days," states Duff, who says it is a source of pride that the SYSPRO organization - which now has five regional offices around the world and some 6,000 customers in total - has clients that have been with the company almost since its inception.
Duff attributes the company's ongoing success and growing market strength to "the continuity factor in terms of our staff and customers… we have one of the lowest rates of staff turnover in the business, with some of our key staff members having been with us 15 years or more."
"Our growth has always been organic, which is one of the reasons we have never had to lay off staff," he says. He believes that a key reason for the company's success is the fact that customer feedback continues to drive software functionality. "We develop software to fulfill customers' needs, to help them reduce costs and make better business decisions." Duff also credits the fact that SYSPRO has remained private. "We don't have to bow to the whims of shareholders or face the financial pressures of being a public entity."
Joey Benadretti, VP of Marketing for SYSPRO USA, notes, "SYSPRO continues to maintain a steady course in both technology and product, while the winds of change continue to blow through our industry with a hurricane force. While other companies merge or are acquired and lose their identities, SYSPRO remains an industry stalwart dedicated to serving customers and providing them with software on the leading edge of technology."
SYSPRO, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Microsoft ISV, is a world leader in providing manufacturing, distribution and financial accounting software solutions with thousands of installations in more than 50 countries.
SYSPRO software, a fully integrated, modular enterprise-wide system, optimizes the abilities of single and multi-site manufacturers (repetitive, custom, quick-turn and mixed mode) and distributors. It offers outstanding price/performance and balance of functionality. More than 45 application modules cover financial controls, sales, purchasing, inventory control, MRP/production control, forecasting, distribution, Advanced Planning & Scheduling, Business Analytics and CRM, enabling firms to tailor solutions specific to their requirements.
SYSPRO is one of the world's most honored software companies. Recent milestones include: Voted Number One in Middle Market Category in the 2003 K2 Enterprises Annual Reseller/Consultants Accounting Software Survey; The K2 Quality Award for "Installation Channel/Methodology" for the SYSPRO STARS Implementation Methodology in 2002 and 2003; Recipient of START Magazine's First Annual Vision Award (2001) and "Hottest Company" designation for four years (1999-2003); Finalist for Developer of the Year (2002) by Software Council of Southern California; Ranked Among World's Top Software Companies in 2003 by iSource Magazine; MSI Magazine (1995-2003) and Software Magazine; and Highest Ratings in Accounting and Manufacturing Software Reviews by CPA Software News for the past ten consecutive years.
SYSPRO software is marketed worldwide through offices in the U.S., Canada, Africa, Australia and the U.K.