Kuala Lumpur, 3 January 2020 – Censof Holdings Berhad (“Censof”) has completed the acquisition and subscription of a 51% stake in enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) software provider, Netsense Business Solutions Sdn Bhd and Netsense Business Solutions Pte Ltd (“Netsense Group”) for approximately RM 0.64 million.
With offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, Netsense Group offers a wide array of business solutions ranging from Acumatica Cloud ERP Software, Accounting Software, CRM, HR Solutions, Payroll, Project Management, Business Intelligence Tools, Customised Dashboards, Mobile Apps and e-Commerce Solutions. Censof is an OEM partnership with Acumatica Inc., a leading innovator in cloud ERP that enables technology partners like Censof to customize its applications to suit the needs of end-users
Censof Group Managing Director, Encik Ameer bin Shaik Mydin said, “Having built a strong market presence in providing financial management solutions to the public and private sector, we have in recent years expanded our service offerings to include other functions such as human resource management, customer relationship management, e-commerce and many others.”
Censof as a group is an established market leader in the SME industry. This acquisition will only strengthen the presence and complement our position in the SME industry.
“By acquiring Netsense, a company with an existing portfolio of SME clients who are using the Acumatica ERP application, this will fast track our expansion into the private sector. We look forward to this venture with Netsense Group and incorporate our other technologies within the Group to deliver innovative solutions that support the business growth of SMEs,” he added.
With the rapid advancement of technology, the SMEs’ requirement for increasing automation and productivity in their business is evolving day by day. This need will serve as an opportunity in creating demand for an industry specific EPR solution.
Netsense Chief Executive Director, Abdul Rehman Khalid said, “A partnership with Censof came at the right time, as we have planned our next major leap into the implementation of industry specific solutions for SMEs such as the Acumatica Field Service edition, Construction edition and Manufacturing edition.”
“To add on, we have also made arrangement for payment plans such as monthly payments, so that our SME clients can adopt these systems without affecting their cashflow.”
The equity stakes in the two newly acquired companies, Netsense Business Solutions Sdn Bhd and Netsense Business Solutions Pte Ltd will be held by Censof Holdings Berhad, and not Century Software (M) Sdn Bhd as previously announced in May 2019.
Netsense Group currently supports around 90 reputable clients across more than 15 industry verticals. The industries served are retail, distribution, trading, professional services, logistic, F&B, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, construction and supply chain management, amongst others.