SSA Global Technologies, Inc. provides enterprise software applications and related services in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers SSA ERPLX, an enterprise resource planning software application, which operates mixed mode manufacturing environments; SSA ERPLN that offers manufacturing, distribution, and logistics functionalities; SSA Financial Management, which provides Web-integrated applications that manage strategic planning, forecasting, and budgeting and routine accounting transactions; SSA Human Capital Management, which allows employers to organize various employee-related data; and SSA Corporate Performance Management that enables a customer to plan, monitor, and analyze both the financial and operational aspects of its business through customized views. It also offers SSA Customer Relationship Management, which automates marketing, sales, customer, and partner services; SSA Product Lifecycle Management to track, manage, monitor, and analyze products throughout their manufacturing process; SSA Supplier Relationship Management that provides analysis, auctions, negotiation and contract management, procurement, and supplier collaboration; and SSA Supply Chain Management, which provides management and execution components to manage a customer’s supply chain. SSA Global Technologies offers its products to companies in a range of industries, including discrete and process manufacturing, retail, wholesale, and technical information services, as well as the public sector. It sells its products and services primarily through direct sales force. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As of July 28, 2006, SSA Global Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Infor Global Solutions, Inc.