MCA Solutions Merges with Servigistics

Servigistics, a global provider of Service Lifecycle Management (“SLM”) software, announced last week that it has completed a merger with MCA Solutions, a leading provider of service parts optimization solutions.

Servigistics’ majority shareholder, Marlin Equity Partners, which has over $1 billion of capital under management, funded the MCA acquisition as part of its plan to accelerate Servigistics strategic growth.

“Durable goods manufacturers around the world continue to invest in extending the usable life of the products they sell, aiming to bolster post-sales service revenue and profit streams,” stated Eric Hinkle, CEO, Servigistics. “This trend is increasingly prevalent given the persistence of global economic uncertainties into 2012, so the timing for merging with MCA could not be better.”

Servigistics will be integrating MCA’s offerings in Performance Management, Business Design, Demand Forecasting, Inventory Optimization, Supply Planning, Contract Management, Network Design, Lifecycle Management, Budget Management, and Supplier Management into its existing SLM portfolio, thereby creating a deeper solution for post-sales service automation. MCA’s three deployment options – Enterprise, On-Demand, and Desktop – will also open up new markets for the combined company.
The merger follows the recent integration of Xelus from Click Commerce.

Mark Vigoroso, senior vice president of global marketing & alliances for Servigistics, told SCMR that the fit with MCA makes sense in many ways.

“Togther, we address everything in the post-sale supply chain,” he said. “Both companies were founded in 1999, so we have been through a lot of the same history in reverse logistics.”
He added that Sevigistics had established its dominance in high tech, while MCA was a big player in the aerospace arena.

MCA operates out of offices in Philadelphia, PA and Brussels, Belgium. These locations will now become Servigistics offices and will strengthen Servigistics’ existing presence in these major markets.

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