Made2Manage Systems 'One Year After': Reenergized and Growing
Part Five: Summary, Challenges, and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic - February 26, 2005

Summary

Made2Manage Systems Inc., a former public provider of broad enterprise business systems for small and mid-sized discrete manufacturers, decided over a year ago to go private under wealthy Battery Ventures. The vendor has produced tangible benefits for existing customers (e.g., the vendor’s stability and sensible delivery of product functionality with increased product quality). While the target market remains small and mid-size discrete manufacturers, that sweet spot has first been refined and then expanded in part by recent prudent acquisitions...