Exact software
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1984 |
| Seat | Delft , Netherlands |
| management | Erik van der Meijden , Chairman / CEO |
| Number of employees | > 1,800 (2010) |
| sales | EUR 228.2 million (2010) |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | [1] |
Exact Software is a provider of business management software . Exact specializes in the requirements of international companies and has its own branches in 40 countries. Exact currently employs around 1,800 people worldwide. The head office is in Delft (The Netherlands ).
history
The company was founded in 1984 by Eduard Hagens, Rinus Dekker, Arco van Nieuwland, Paul van Keep, Paul Fijling and Leo Schonkin in the Dutch city of Delft. At this time, small and medium-sized companies developed an increased need for flexible and cost-efficient Enterprise Resource Planning solutions. Exact met this demand with a product and service concept geared towards this, so that Exact became the market leader in the Netherlands in 1987 with around 50,000 installations at the time. Since then, Exact has expanded its international network by setting up its own 40 branches and serves more than 100,000 customers in 125 countries worldwide.
Erik van der Meijden has been the company's CEO since April 2012.
In October 2014 it was announced that Apax Partners intends to take over the company. The € 730 million acquisition was completed in April 2015. The takeover was accompanied by delisting from the Euronext stock exchange , on which the company had been listed since 1999.
Products
Exact's product range includes business software solutions for international companies. Exact's flagship, Exact Globe Next is a globally available ERP solution that is localized in the standard for more than 40 countries. This includes a multilingual user interface and compliance with country-specific legal and accounting regulations .
Functionally integrated Exact Globe typical ERP functions such as financial accounting / controlling , invoicing , inventory management , production planning , project management / job costing , HRM and CRM with a Web-based groupware .
In addition to Exact Globe Next, Exact offers several special solutions, for example a wage and salary accounting software (formerly Soft Research Lohn) called Exact LohnXL / XXL and is only available in German-speaking countries.
Service concept
Exact's service concept is based on direct customer support from Exact's own branches during the implementation and use of Exact Globe. Thanks to the organizational structure of Exact, international customers have direct contact with Exact in all countries in which they operate. As usual in larger companies, support is divided into several support levels: 1st., 2nd. and 3rd. lv. Support. SLAs are agreed with the customer, and the customer then has access to updates, renewals and support for the period paid for.
sponsor
In 2007 Exact sponsored the Spyker F1 team in Formula 1. Since 2015, Exact has sponsored Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen .
In 2007 the Dutch driver Hans Stacey and the Exact-MAN team won the overall victory as well as several stage victories in the truck classification. Exact has been the main sponsor of the Exact-MAN team since 2005.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pim van der Beek: Exact-grondlegger Rinus Dekker overleden. In: computable.nl. Computable, February 9, 2011, accessed December 8, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Exact nominates Erik van der Meijden as new CEO. In: euronext.com. Euronext, February 20, 2012, accessed December 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Chad Bray: Apax-Linked Funds to Acquire Dutch Software Maker for $ 925 Million. In: nytimes.com. New York Times, October 9, 2014, accessed December 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Iris Dorbian: Apax Partners closes buy of Exact for 730 mln euros. In: pehub.com. PE Hub Network, April 15, 2015, accessed December 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Exact announces recommended cash offer by funds advised by Apax Partners. In: apax.com. Apax Partners, October 9, 2014, accessed December 8, 2016 .
- ^ Rik Sanders: Exactly neemt afscheid van de beurs. In: computable.nl. Computable, March 31, 2015, accessed December 8, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ One year of proud partnership with Max Verstappen: what an epic ride! In: exact.com. August 26, 2016, accessed December 8, 2016 .