SYSPRO

SYSPRO is a South African enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor founded in 1978 by Phil Duff and headquartered in Johannesburg. The company builds ERP software specifically for mid-sized manufacturers and distributors rather than as a generic business suite.

The SYSPRO platform covers manufacturing operations management, supply chain, financials, inventory planning, and quality management, extended by the SYSPRO Torque industrial AI module and the SIDEKICK AI assistant. It reports over 15,000 corporate customers across food and beverage, automotive, industrial machinery, electronics, and metals fabrication industries.

1. Manufacturing Operations Management: Plans and tracks production orders across job shop, batch, and process manufacturing.

2. Supply Chain Management: Handles procurement, sales orders, and warehouse operations in one module.

3. Financial Management: Runs general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, and cash book functions.

4. Quality Management: Enforces inspection and compliance steps within production workflows.

5. SYSPRO Torque: Industrial AI module for production and asset performance insights.

6. SIDEKICK: AI assistant that surfaces ERP data through natural-language queries.