What Volume Software does

Volume Software is a French ERP software publisher founded in 1982 and headquartered in Tours, France, specializing in vertical ERP solutions for the packaging and graphic industries. The company serves corrugated board converters, solid board converters, corrugators, printing companies, label manufacturers, and papermaking businesses, with a customer base of more than 500 organizations spread across approximately 12 countries in Western Europe, North Africa, and West Africa. Its customers range from mid-market companies (PMIs) to large international groups, served by a team of approximately 30 employees including roughly 10 developers.

The product portfolio is anchored on three core ERP solutions — VoluPack (corrugated packaging), VoluPrim (printing and flat cardboard), and VoluLabel (labels) — complemented by add-on modules including Direct Planning (production scheduling, marketed as a standalone brand), ReflexClient CRM with Cubes (business intelligence), VS Mobile/VS Commercial (sales mobile application), VoluPack Workshop (corrugator reel consumption monitoring), Dock Manager (warehouse logistics dashboard), and an Electronic Invoicing Module for Factur-X compliance. The technical stack combines legacy 4GL Genero and Oracle/SQL Server backends with modern C# (WPF/WinForms), Angular/React frontends, and REST APIs on .Net Core, while its wholly-owned subsidiary treeDiM delivers a C++/MFC-based CAO suite (Picador, used in 62 countries, plus PackLib, StackBuilder, and PackStress).

Revenue is generated through a mix of perpetual and SaaS licensing for the ERP platform, recurring services for SaaS hosting, and professional services covering consulting, implementation, training, and ongoing technical support. Go-to-market is sales-led, with expert business consultants handling full-cycle delivery from needs analysis through deployment, supplemented by a Sage partnership, an active presence at industry trade shows (ALL4PACK, FEFCO Technical Seminar, CCE International, C!print), and a multilingual website serving the French, English, and Polish markets. The company has operated without external funding for over 40 years.

Name

Volume Software

Legal name

Volume Software

Website

https://volume-software.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Volume Software is a French ERP publisher, founded in 1982, serving corrugated packaging, printing, and label manufacturers. It delivers vertical ERP modules, CAD tooling via its treeDiM subsidiary, and implementation services to 500+ clients across 12 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tours

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. ERP Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Volume Software sells and supports ERP software licenses (perpetual) and SaaS (rental) models. The highly modular ERP covers estimates, commercial management, purchasing, production, planning, and logistics. SaaS rental model includes data backup, security, mutualized costs, and on-demand payment with eased software updates.
2. SaaS Hosting: Remote-access software delivery model (Software as a Service) offered as an alternative to on-premise installation. Provides rapid deployment, data backup and security, cost mutualization (no hardware or license investment), reduced internal costs, and on-demand payment.
3. Implementation, Consulting, and Training Services: Full-service integrator offering hardware, software, implementation services, and ongoing support. Expert business consultants customize ERP implementations to each client's specific needs. Includes training services.
4. ReflexClient CRM and Direct Planning: ReflexClient (CRM and business intelligence) and Direct Planning (production scheduling) sold as standalone or integrated products, potentially as add-on modules to core ERP solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Volume Software publishes vertical ERP solutions for the packaging and graphic printing industries. Its modular platform covers commercial estimates, purchase management, production management, scheduling, and logistics, tailored to corrugated cardboard manufacturers, solid board converters, printers, label producers, and papermakers. The company also delivers implementation, consulting, training, hosting, and ongoing support services for its software.

Product overview

Volume Software is an ERP software publisher offering a modular platform architecture for the packaging and graphic printing industries. The core product portfolio includes three specialized ERP solutions—VoluPack (for corrugated cardboard and packaging), VoluPrim (for printing and flat cardboard), and VoluLabel (for labels)—complemented by add-on modules including VS Mobile (sales mobile app), ReflexClient CRM with Cubes (customer relationship management), Direct Planning (production scheduling), Prosper (printing-specific ERP), and specialized modules for workshop management, dock logistics, and electronic invoicing. The company also provides professional services including SaaS hosting, consulting/integration, training, and support. Direct Planning operates under its own brand with dedicated web presence, while other products are offered as integrated modules within the ERP ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VoluPack ERP Core ERP solution for corrugated cardboard manufacturers, corrugated board converters, and packaging industries. Covers vertical estimates, commercial management, purchase management, production management, scheduling, and logistics.
• VoluPrim ERP Core ERP solution for printing industries and flat cardboard converters. Manages commercial operations, production, and scheduling for graphic arts businesses.
• VoluLabel ERP ERP solution dedicated to label manufacturers. Covers business management functions tailored to label production workflows.
• Prosper ERP solution for printing industries, presented alongside VoluPrim at industry events.
• VS Mobile Mobile application suite for sales teams that syncs with ERP to deliver revenue distribution analysis, KPI indicators, customer geolocation, and offline data access on iOS and Android.
• ReflexClient CRM Customer relationship management product with agenda, appointments, tasks, absences, announcements, custom lists, and analytics cubes. Syncs with Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
• Direct Planning Industrial production scheduling software sold as a standalone solution under its own brand. Features planning assistance engine, production declaration management, alerts, ERP data import, zoom system, and configurable display modes.
• SaaS Hosting Cloud-based software hosting service enabling remote access to ERP solutions without local installation. Includes data backup, security, mutualized costs, and eased software updates.
• Consulting and Integration Expert business consultant services for ERP needs analysis, customization, hardware provisioning, deployment, and ongoing support, delivered by in-house trade specialists.
• Training Professional training services for ERP users covering product modules and workflows.
• Support Technical helpdesk providing software and technical support, with online extranet for incident reporting, development requests, and real-time project tracking, plus AnyDesk remote assistance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ clients served across packaging and printing industries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SagecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVolume Software is a Sage Partner, reselling or integrating Sage products as part of its ERP ecosystem offering. This partnership extends the company's solution portfolio beyond its own proprietary ERP to include Sage's broader business management software.
• treeDiMcoreTechnology or IntegrationtreeDiM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volume Software, specializing in CAO (CAD) software for the packaging industry. Its suite includes Picador (packaging CAD used in 62 countries), PackLib (2D/3D packaging library), StackBuilder (palletization optimization), and PackStress (packaging strength calculation). treeDiM develops in C++, C#, and MFC/WPF, and collaborates with Volume Software's R&D team.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CERM: CERM is a Belgian-headquartered ERP publisher focused squarely on the printing, label, and packaging industries. Like Volume Software, it sells vertical ERP to converters, printers, and label manufacturers across Europe, making it the closest direct comparable on product scope, customer base, and go-to-market motion.
• Esko: Esko (part of Veralto) provides design-to-production software for packaging, including CAD, prepress, and workflow automation. It competes for the same corrugated, folding carton, and label converters' technology budget, and its PackLib- and StackBuilder-equivalent features overlap directly with treeDiM's PackLib, StackBuilder, and PackStress.
• EFI (Electronics For Imaging): EFI provides MIS/ERP, print workflow, and inkjet solutions to commercial print, packaging, and label converters worldwide. Its EFI PrintSmith/EFI Radius/EFI Corrugator software stack directly overlaps with Volume Software's VoluPack, VoluPrim, and VoluLabel product positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen: Heidelberg is a global incumbent in offset and digital printing equipment, with adjacent Prinect workflow and MIS offerings. It addresses the same graphic and packaging printers from a machinery-and-software standpoint, offering broader portfolio reach but with less specialization than Volume Software in corrugated and solid board.
• Kodak: Kodak provides Prinergy workflow, CTP, and broader print-production software, and serves commercial and packaging printers globally. It competes with Volume Software for workflow and shop-floor software spend inside the same packaging and printing customer base.
• Sage: Sage is a global mid-market ERP/accounting vendor, and notably Volume Software's partner. Sage X3/Sage 100 compete for the same manufacturing-ERP wallet at PMI and mid-market packaging customers, and customer overlap is direct; Sage's broader suite bundles financials, HR, and BI that Volume does not.
• Epicor: Epicor Kinetic (formerly Epicor ERP) is a manufacturing-focused ERP vendor with strong adoption among make-to-order and discrete manufacturers including packaging customers. It competes for mid-market packaging groups evaluating a broad, modern Cloud ERP versus vertical ERP specialization.

Regional players

• Visma: Visma is a Northern European ERP/accounting software group (Visma.net, Visma Business, e-conomic) primarily serving SMBs across the Nordics, Netherlands, and DACH. It overlaps in regional ERP footprint and competes for the same mid-market manufacturing and distribution customer base in European geographies where Volume Software also operates.
• Cegid: Cegid is a French mid-market ERP, accounting, and HR software vendor headquartered in France. As a fellow French business-software publisher, it competes for the same domestic SMB and mid-market enterprise buyer and is a realistic acquirer or horizontal competitor in Volume Software's home market.

Emerging players

• Tharstern: Tharstern is a UK-based print MIS/ERP vendor targeting commercial and packaging printers. It is comparable as a vertical MIS specialist with a narrower footprint than Volume Software and overlapping customer type in label and packaging production.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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