What SHComputersysteme does

SHComputersysteme GmbH is a German ERP software vendor, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Speyer, that develops, sells, implements, and supports SHCware — a modular ERP system purpose-built for technical wholesale distribution. The product is delivered on an Oracle database stack (Oracle Forms, PL/SQL, Java, BI, Application Server) with all business logic stored in the database, and since July 2021 is offered via a browser-based Forms12 interface that scales from roughly 5 to over 800 users on Oracle RAC. SHCware is structured as a 'Baukastensystem' (building-block system) with core modules for warehouse management, financial accounting, CRM, and controlling, extended by industry-specific solutions for electrical wholesale (its flagship — the company claims market leadership in Germany by installation count), automotive parts, steel and metal, sanitary wholesale, and general technical wholesale.

The business model is a vertically specialized, enterprise-direct sale: SHC sells licenses, implementation services, and recurring maintenance/support to over 200 customers (with over 500 projects completed across branches) in the DACH region, with no resellers or marketplace channels. Go-to-market relies on Peter Uhl-led direct field sales, customer-hosted SHC-Infotage demo events, and the long-running annual Anwendertage user conference (33 editions since 1993), supplemented by ~10 working-group meetings per year that funnel customer requirements into the product roadmap. Pricing is quote-based, tied to selected modules, user counts, Oracle licensing, and implementation scope, with no publicly disclosed rates.

The company is independent and owner-operated, with three Managing Directors who are also shareholders (Jan Graevenstein, Riccardo Amato, Norman Hisgen), ~40+ employees, and a technology-partner ecosystem spanning Oracle, merlin.zwo (Oracle Platinum Partner), KASTO (steel warehouse automation), TecCom/TecAlliance (automotive aftermarket B2B), scireum/OXOMI (product information exchange), S&P/SuPCIS-L8 (intralogistics), edoc solutions (ECM), PTV Group (transport optimization), Proventus Analytics (BI), and Plato (AI sales intelligence). SHC occupies a defensible niche as a domain specialist rather than a generalist ERP, with switching costs reinforced by decades of customization and rarely-changed customer relationships.

Name

SHComputersysteme

Legal name

SHComputersysteme GmbH

Website

https://shcom.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SHComputersysteme GmbH is a German independent ERP software vendor (SHCware) specializing in technical wholesale verticals — electrical, automotive parts, steel, and sanitary — built on Oracle database technology and serving 200+ DACH-region customers via direct enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ERP Software for Technical Wholesale

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Distribution & Wholesale ERP (Inventory, Order, Warehouse) (HDAEAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core ERP Suites (Financials, Procurement, Projects) (HDAEAEAA), ERP Implementation & Systems Integration Services (BPAEAGAA)

Keywords

• Wholesale ERP software
• Technical wholesale
• Inventory management software
• Electrical wholesale software
• B2B e-commerce platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Speyer

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ERP Software Licensing and Maintenance: SHC develops, sells, implements, and supports the SHCware ERP system as a complete in-house solution. Revenue comes from software licensing (Oracle-based), implementation services, and ongoing support/maintenance contracts. The company acts as both software developer and systems integrator, providing the full lifecycle from conception through implementation to ongoing optimization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

SHComputersysteme develops, sells, implements, and supports SHCware®, a modular ERP software system built on Oracle database technology for technical wholesale distributors. The platform integrates warehouse management, financial accounting, CRM, and controlling, and adds vertical-specific modules for electrical, auto parts, steel, and sanitary wholesale. The company operates as both software developer and systems integrator, covering the full ERP lifecycle from conception and implementation through ongoing optimization and customer support.

Product overview

SHComputersysteme offers SHCware®, a modular ERP software system specifically designed for technical wholesale trade. The product architecture consists of a core platform with integrated Warenwirtschaft (warehouse management), Rechnungswesen (financial accounting), and CRM modules, extended through a modular 'building block' system. Industry-specific solutions include SHCware® autoteile (auto parts), SHCware® elektro (electrical wholesale - market leader in Germany), SHCware® sanitär (sanitary wholesale), and SHCware® stahl (steel wholesale). Additional modules cover Controlling (BI/analytics), serial number management, batch management, POS systems, complaint management, MDE (mobile data capture), field service app, and B2B e-commerce portal. Built on ORACLE database technology using FORMS, PL/SQL, Java, Reports, and Application Express development tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SHCware: Modular ERP software for technical wholesale, including warehouse management, accounting, CRM, and controlling modules, with specialized solutions for auto parts, electrical, sanitary, and steel wholesale.

Products and services

• SHCware® Modular ERP software system for technical wholesale trade providing integrated warehouse management, financial accounting, and CRM on an Oracle database platform with a modular 'Baukasten' (building block) architecture. Used by over 200 customers across electrical, auto parts, steel, sanitary, and general technical wholesale.
• SHCware® Warenwirtschaft (Inventory Management) Comprehensive warehouse and inventory management module covering sales, purchasing, tour management, POS systems, warehouse logistics, inventory tracking, and data import/export. For technical wholesale distributors needing integrated goods flow management.
• SHCware® Rechnungswesen (Financial Accounting) Financial accounting module including booking systems, cost accounting, and fixed assets accounting, fully integrated with warehouse management. Includes interface to DATEV for tax consultant data exchange.
• SHCware® CRM Customer relationship management module with partner info system, sales monitor, executive info system, address management, activities and tasks, and marketing analytics.
• SHCware® Controlling Business intelligence and analytics module providing multidimensional analyses, standard statistics for articles, customers, suppliers, representatives, and operational reporting integrated with Oracle BI and Discoverer.
• SHCware® technik (Technical Wholesale) Industry-specific ERP solution for general technical wholesale covering mass data management, individual process configuration, and cross-branch functionality from automotive, electrical, steel, and sanitary sectors combined with complaint management and archive integration.
• SHCware® autoteile (Auto Parts) Specialized ERP solution for automotive parts wholesale and retail with vehicle management, deposit (Pfand) management, hazardous goods control, used parts VAT, full integration of parts catalog portals (TecDoc, TecCom), and automatic pricing based on purchase conditions.
• SHCware® elektro (Electrical Wholesale) ERP solution for electrical wholesale featuring full ETIM article classification with BMEcat import, metal surcharges and copper pricing, cable drum and length management with deposit invoicing, workshop/service/repair invoicing, and electronic catalog integration. SHC claims market leadership in this vertical in Germany.
• SHCware® sanitär (Sanitary Wholesale) ERP solution for sanitary wholesale with interfaces to DATEV, multiple DMS systems (d3 Archiv, EASY, DOCUWARE, HABEL, SAVIS), kitchen planning software (CARAT), and extensive data exchange capabilities for catalogs and tender processing.
• SHCware® stahl (Steel Wholesale) ERP solution for steel wholesale with high-bay storage system interfaces (KASTO), length and batch management, construction steel processing, structural steel solutions, subcontracting (e.g., galvanizing), tour management, and automated certificate management (Zeugnisverwaltung).
• SHCware® B2B Shop Oracle-powered B2B e-commerce portal with direct ERP database connection providing real-time prices and inventory, customer-specific pricing, article search, multiple shopping carts, favorites, budget management, and mobile-ready access.
• SHCware® Kassensysteme (POS Systems) Point-of-sale systems including wholesale cash register for normal sales and retail cash register with emergency cash function. Fully integrated with warehouse management and accounting for retail counters within wholesale operations.
• SHCware® Reklamationsverwaltung (Complaint Management) Complaint management module with free parameterization of complaint processes, all activities tracked under one case number, and support for pickup slips, return slips, and credit memos.
• MDE-Systeme (Mobile Data Capture) Mobile data capture devices integrated throughout the logistics process from goods receiving through picking to goods issue, enabling real-time warehouse updates via WLAN with vehicle loading confirmation.
• SHCware® Außendienst-App (Field Service App) Field service application for tablets providing sales and customer information, order processing, and reporting directly on-site for field sales representatives of wholesale customers.
• Seriennummernverwaltung (Serial Number Management) Module for managing serial numbers used for warranty documentation of devices, enabling traceability and warranty claim handling in wholesale operations.
• Chargenverwaltung (Batch Management) Module for batch tracking, particularly important in steel trade for batch-accurate linking of goods receipt with certificates.
• LV-Bearbeitung (Tender Processing) GAEB file processing for reading and writing tender documents in construction, integrating with MWM tool for import/export of GAEB and Ö-Norm files directly into the Oracle database.
• SHCware® Forms12 Browser Interface Browser-based user interface for SHCware deployed via Oracle Application Server, replacing the legacy client-server Forms technology and enabling remote access over WAN/LAN.

Quantifiable outcome

• Market leader in electrical wholesale in Germany with the most installations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers39 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration44 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ORACLE Deutschland GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationOracle is the foundational technology partner. SHC builds its entire SHCware ERP on Oracle database and development tools (Forms, PL/SQL, Reports, Java, Discoverer, Application Express, Application Server, BI). Oracle provides database licensing at special rates in connection with SHCware. As an Oracle Platinum Partner, merlin.zwo provides specialized Oracle database support to SHC customers.
• Proventus AnalyticscoreTechnology or IntegrationProventus Analytics provides BI (Business Intelligence) services to SHC customers. Their BI base solution on top of SHCware provides a 360° information system. They deliver automated reporting and real-time information based on SHC customer data.
• edoc solutions agcoreTechnology or Integrationedoc is a leading German ECM (Enterprise Content Management) specialist providing document digitization and automation of business processes. They deliver seamless implementation and German-language service for SHC customers needing document management integration (scanning, processing, compliant archiving) with SHCware.
• KASTO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KGcoreTechnology or IntegrationKASTO is a world-leading provider of metal sawing machines and automated storage/material handling systems with over 180 years of experience. Deep integration with SHCware: master data exchange, storage assignment at goods receipt with feedback, retrieval order with feedback, and inventory taking of high-bay storage.
• merlin.zwo InfoDesign GmbH & Co. KGcoreTechnology or Integrationmerlin.zwo is an Oracle Platinum Partner and SHC's specialist for Oracle databases. With over 20 years of Oracle specialization, they provide fast and experienced support and comprehensive consulting around Oracle databases and high-availability solutions for SHCware customers.
• Opti-Consult GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOpti-Consult provides holistic digital transformation consulting for organizations, focusing on the connection of strategy, technology, and people. They develop practical concepts for optimizing organization, processes, and personnel structures.
• S&P Computersysteme GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationS&P has provided software and IT solutions for demanding logistics requirements since 1985. As a leading intralogistics IT provider, they develop the modular warehouse management platform SuPCIS-L8. Subsidiary of Element Logic (Norway) with locations in Leinfelden-Echterdingen and Georgsmarienhütte. SuPCIS-L8 controls robots and conveyor systems, integrated with SHCware.
• scireum GmbHcoreTechnology or Integrationscireum supports over 1,700 companies with web-based B2B software solutions for product information, eCommerce, and messaging. Their OXOMI platform for product information exchange between industry and wholesale connects via a jointly developed interface to SHCware, enabling real-time product documentation access in SHC sales and B2B shop.
• STAHLGRUBER GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSTAHLGRUBER is a major automotive parts distributor. Listed as an SHC partner on the partner page; relationship specifics not detailed in available source material.
• TecCom (TecAlliance)coreTechnology or IntegrationTecCom is the leading B2B platform for the global automotive aftermarket, standardizing and automating order processing between parts manufacturers and wholesalers. TecCom works with ERP providers including SHC as 'ERP Provider Partners' to implement TecCom solutions and ensure platform connectivity with SHCware.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SelectLine Software: German ERP vendor with a strong footprint in wholesale, manufacturing, and service SMBs. Competes with SHC in the lower end of the technical wholesale customer segment with comparable pricing and on-premise deployment.
• Amicron Software: German ERP vendor focused on wholesale, trade, and service companies with a similar Mittelstand customer profile. Amicron's Warenwirtschaft and Faktura products overlap directly with SHCware's core modules in the technical wholesale vertical.
• Microtech GmbH: German midmarket ERP and wholesale software vendor providing Warenwirtschaft, financial accounting, and POS solutions. Targets the same German small-to-mid wholesale segment as SHC, with similar on-premise or hosted deployment models.
• Oxaion AG: German midmarket ERP vendor serving industrial, wholesale, and service businesses. Comparable to SHC in targeting the German Mittelstand with integrated ERP, financials, and CRM, though with broader vertical reach.
• Varial GmbH: German ERP for project-based service, wholesale, and manufacturing companies. Comparable to SHC in serving the German Mittelstand with an integrated suite, though generally weighted more toward project services than pure distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Cloud ERP from Microsoft increasingly adopted by German Mittelstand wholesalers and distributors. Represents a strategic incumbent threat: broader functionality, cloud-native, and embedded AI, though with less wholesale-specific logic than SHCware.
• PSI Software AG: German software vendor with ERP, WMS, and supply chain solutions for energy, retail, and wholesale. Competes with SHC in the wholesale distribution space with broader portfolio, larger headcount, and public-company resources.
• Sage GmbH (Sage 100 / Sage b7): Global SMB ERP incumbent with a large installed base among German wholesalers and distributors. Competes with SHC at the higher end of SHC's segment and in adjacent verticals, with broader portfolio but less vertical depth.
• SAP Business One / SAP S/4HANA Cloud: Enterprise and midmarket ERP from SAP with significant German wholesale installed base. Competes with SHC for the larger end of the technical wholesale market with much broader functionality and global support.

Emerging players

• weclapp GmbH: Cloud-native German ERP/CRM platform targeting small and mid-sized wholesale, trade, and e-commerce companies. Represents the modern, SaaS-first competitive threat to SHC's on-premise Oracle Forms architecture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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