Traditional ERP Vendor – SSA Global’s Growth Strategy

SSA Global has been attaining continuous success in the last five years. The 2005 revenues reached $712 million (USD) which is an increase by almost 12 percent over 2004. It has shown a net income of $8.9 million USD. The organization has grown to a strength of 3700 employees in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Part of this growth strategy has been organic as well as through acquisition. It has been developing a complete end-to-end suite of applications with one open platform architecture. SSA Global is a traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendor that has evolved into a software provider. It provides multiple supply chain management solutions. Technologyevaluationcenters.com reports:

SSA Global’s original flagship product, Business Planning and Control System (BPCS), was introduced in 1982 and was very successful in the mid-market. SSA Global’s tag line monikers are "Moving Forward Faster and "Enterprise Resource Doing".