Maconomy was a global provider of
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software founded in 1989 in Denmark by Per Tejs Knudsen, Philip Dam and Ulrik Jørring. Maconomy was acquired by Deltek in 2010.
History Of Maconomy
Maconomy originates from the company
PPU Software A/S, founded in Denmark in 1983. In 1989 PPU Software A/S defined a new strategy based on a new base technology, which was encapsulated in a subsidiary called PPU Maconomy A/S.
The Maconomy headquarters were located in
Copenhagen,
Denmark. Additionally, Maconomy had offices in five other countries: The
Netherlands (Benelux),
Norway,
Sweden
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, the
United Kingdom
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and the
United States
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. Maconomy also had offshore development operations in
Kyiv
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,
Ukraine
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, and an extensive partner network
in Europe, UK,
India, Canada, South Africa and other countries.
Maconomy completed its initial public offering (
IPO
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) on the OMX Nordic Exchange
(formerly Copenhagen Stock Exchange) in December 2000.
On July 6, 2010, Maconomy was acquired by Deltek, Inc.
Software
Maconomy provides ERP products that it claims integrate companies’ project and finance processes into one system. Its industry specific products are aimed primarily at
Professional Services Organizations
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, including
consulting firms
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,
marketing communications firms and other
knowledge-intensive organizations
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.
The software itself consists of a core module featuring finance, time registration and job costing functionalities. Add-on modules such as
Human Resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ...
(HR) and
Customer Relationship Management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a r ...
(CRM) can be integrated with the product.
Maconomy produces the resource planning product Maconomy People Planner
and the
Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis and management of business information. Common functions of business intelligence technologies include reporting, online analytical pr ...
software Maconomy Analytix.
Analytix has since been renamed Business Performance Management (BPM).
The first version - Maconomy 1.1 - was released in 1991.
The Deltek Maconomy ERP product is still a strategic solution in the Deltek product portfolio and sold to professional services firms all over the world. Historically sold as an on premises solution, Deltek Maconomy was launched as a SaaS solution in 2012. It is available in two different cloud versions - Deltek First Maconomy Essentials (with or without a 'Flex' offering), and Deltek Maconomy Enterprise Cloud.
The current version of Maconomy 2.4.4 was released in May 2019.
References
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External links
Deltek Official site
ERP software companies
Software companies based in Copenhagen
Danish companies established in 1989