Mid-Comp seeks partners for shrink-wrapped version of ERP giant-killer

MELBOURNE, October 3.  Mid-Comp International has launched the Stockman intelligent enterprise supply chain software solution for small to medium businesses (SMBs), and is seeking channels partners.

Stockman is a new shrink-wrapped version of Mid-Comp’s successful Odyssey enterprise solution, chosen recently by agribusiness giant Elders Limited in preference to 100-plus competing systems from vendors that included multinational giants SAP AG and Lawson Software.   

Mid-Comp Managing Director Steve Bridges says: “We have an entry level Advocacy program which comprises paying for leads which eventuate in a sale. If it proves mutually beneficial, over time it can morph into something more substantial such as a reseller or channel partnership.  We will be happy to talk to anybody regarding reseller partnerships.”

Mid-Comp has strengthened a long-standing relationship with IBM ahead of an aggressive push into the small to medium enterprise (SME) solutions market.  Joint initiatives with IBM include the promotion of hardware/software bundled solutions featuring Stockman.  Mid-Comp has relationships under IBM’s ISV Advantage program and VIP program. 

Bridges says: “Mid-Comp is a key element in IBM’s aggressive iSeries push into the Microsoft white space territory.  Odyssey/Stockman is the only product from Asia Pacific that has qualified for the VIP program.”

Mid-comp is also working closely with California-based OZ Global Software, Inc. to locate supply chain resellers in the USA and Latin America.

Based on the same code as Odyssey, the competitively priced Stockman is packaged with an impressive selection of functions that are easily tailored to SMB supply chain requirements.  Competing with products from suppliers like Microsoft, Stockman offers the capacity to grow from 20 to unlimited users with no change in code.

Stockman is a fully integrated, real-time distribution and accounting system that focuses on supply chain efficiency.  Built to run via standard web browsers, the solution provides true integration between all elements of the supply chain.  Basic and advanced business functions can be performed by internal or external staff, customers and auditors (based upon pre-a