Buyer for ERP software development company in Europe

• Revenue: 2-10 million EUR
• Employees: > 20
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is an important provider of ERP software development services and wants to expand its operations in Europe by doing acquisitions of companies with similar activities. The management is open to speaking to interested sellers
• #CFIE ITB039

The buyer is active in the ERP software development sector and has operations worldwide. The group has an active search program for new acquisitions in order to develop the business in Europe. The company already has experience in acquisitions and holds substantial funds for new deals. The management would be interested to learn more about possibilities for discussions with interested sellers that operate in the ERP software industry and have developed their own products. Activities of interest would be software applications, integration, development, customization, customer support, and training. Possible synergies and benefits the buyer would bring to the target would be access to the Japanese market and skilled software engineers capable of building innovative solutions.

The buyer is a company that provides systems development and systems integration to various business applications in various domains. It develops and licenses software applications in production management, as well as implements and offers operational support to ERP systems. It develops flexible solutions to meet the needs of the customers. It has more than 30 years of experience in this field and has managed to grow strong in Japan and Europe. It has become a software company with global operations, worldwide enterprises have chosen to build crucial applications with a high level of abstraction in order to increase productivity and reliability. The company’s deployment platform together with the ultimate technologies such as mobile, web and cloud have enabled their customers to keep up with technological trends and innovations.

The company creates ERP solutions for corporate growth by integrating business operations such as accounting, sales, production or human resources and information systems such as BI (business intelligence), workflow and groupware in a single application with diverse menus that can be used by all employees. The framework is based on the concept of SOA (service oriented architecture) and incorporates JavaEE and web service technologies. By organizing advanced business processes and management infrastructure, the solution enables true business improvement. Smart applications of core areas are combined in a system infrastructure with those applications that are part of enterprise systems being integrated in a unified architecture that is flexible, customized and which allows for extensibility. The cost and time associated with system changes is incredibly reduced. The solution is very adaptable to existing systems with companies being able to select or introduce additional functions compatible to their needs. SaaS/cloud computing solutions are also supported. Cloud ERP solutions are developed to quickly improve the management of business processes such as accounting, production, purchasing, sales and inventory. Since SaaS ERP enables software to be used via the Internet, customers can always benefit from the latest upgrade which is automated and they do not need to install the solution directly on their server, so the prices for IT support are very low.

The buyer is looking to acquire a company that delivers the following services:

• ERP systems implementation & operational support
• Software development
• Application integration
• Solution optimization
• Business applications consulting

Solutions:

• Production management system
• Manufacturing IoT
• Maintenance cost reduction
• Business processes improvement
• Corporate growth

• The buyer provides systems development and systems integration
• The management has decided to enlarge the business in Europe via acquisitions
• Target companies should provide ERP software development services