Founded in Athens, Greece, in 1996, Mantis Group is a leading international provider of WMS and logistics software. With 120 employees and offices in 9 countries and many qualified partners, Mantis is present in 30+ countries in Central-Eastern Europe, Israel, USA / Canada & Latin America, Middle East & North Africa and Asia-Pacific. Mantis’ flagship Logistics Vision Suite (LVS) goes well beyond the management of the warehouse to automation and optimization. Its design represents a great leap in WMS / logistics technology, offering unique adaptability & outstanding upgradeability, enabling its customers to respond fast to their continuously evolving needs while at the same time enjoying an unbeatable low multi-year TCO. Mantis 600+ customers spread across many vertical markets, such as Consumer Products, Food & Beverage, Fashion, Pharmaceuticals & H&B & Medical, Grocery Chains, ICT & Appliances & Electronics, Construction Materials, Home Improvement, Tools & Industrial Equipment, Tobacco, Spare Parts & Accessories, Books & Office Supplies, Electro-Technical & Cables, etc.
Logistics IT specialist ecovium, a leading provider of SCE software and hardware solutions for Supply Chain processes, and Athens-based Mantis Group, a leading international WMS vendor, recently announced their merger under the umbrella of the ecovium Group today. The merger takes effect immediately and supports ecovium’s goal of establishing the German-headquartered company internationally as a provider of sustainable logistics solutions. Ecovium and Mantis join forces to offer integrated SCE solutions, especially to companies seeking global coverage and support. The transaction was supported by FSN Capital Partners, a leading Northern European private equity firm and advisor to the FSN Capital Funds. FSN Capital, with €4 billion in assets under management and offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Munich, is ecovium’s lead investor.
“Logistics is increasingly global, spanning multiple companies. Our customers must meet diverse requirements more and more quickly because logistics processes know no borders. A single IT provider is no longer able to support all processes. That’s why we have positioned ourselves as a group with interlocking logistics modules. Through the complementary portfolio and know-how of Mantis, we can offer our customers international supply chain management solutions,” says Jasmino Burkic, CEO of ecovium Group.
" Logistics is increasingly global, spanning multiple companies. Our customers must meet diverse requirements more and more quickly because logistics processes know no borders "
With 120 employees and offices in 9 countries as well as many qualified partners, Mantis is present in 30+ countries in CentralEastern Europe, Israel, USA / Canada & Latin America, Middle East & North Africa and Asia-Pacific. Mantis’ flagship Logistics Vision Suite (LVS) is an innovative WMS / logistics software suite that can be easily adapted for enterprises with sophisticated warehousing & distribution operations and automations. More than 600 enterprises, many of them leading multinationals, representing all major industries (3PL, Retail, Wholesale / Distribution & Manufacturing) and selling channels (traditional & multichannel e-commerce) rely on Mantis to manage, optimize, and automate their distribution and e-fulfilment centers.
With the strategic move of Mantis joining the ecovium Group, both companies are taking an important step in their respective growth strategies.
“Enterprises are looking for comprehensive and seamlessly integrated SCE software suites and turn-key solutions with a proven track record in their particular vertical markets and geographical regions. Following this market trend, we have been actively looking to join forces with successful logistics software and solutions providers with a complementary portfolio and geographical coverage. In this context, ecovium is an ideal match for Mantis. The merger will make ecovium a global provider, backed by leading private equity firms, with a 360-degree SCE solutions portfolio. With this positioning, ecovium will play a key role in international markets,” adds Yiannis Panagiotopoulos, CEO of Mantis.
As a result of the merger, the ecovium Group will become a global software and solutions provider with a total of more than 400 employees at 21 locations worldwide serving about 4,000 customers in a wide range of industries.
“We are very impressed with Yiannis Panagiotopoulos and his team. They have done an outstanding job in establishing Mantis as a leading WMS provider with global reach, and their extensive expertise complements our strategy perfectly. We are very much looking forward to working together to enable our customers to work sustainably, fairly and economically at all process levels and to set the course for new approaches in logistics”, concludes Jasmino Burkic.
Omonia Trans has adopted the company’s solution to achieve fast, perfect, and flawless order fulfillment because of its recent strategic partnership with Mantis. The company takes advantage of Mantis Warehouse Management System (WMS) Logistics Vision Suite (LVS) unique benefits of true adaptability and flexibility to offer a premium but also cost-effective customer experience to its clients / depositors who represent popular brands in the fashion, apparel footwear and accessories industry, cosmetics, temperature-controlled products, high-value merchandise, and other dynamic sectors.
Omonia Trans, one of the strongest 3PL and transport players in the Greek market and a pioneer in Fashion Logistics services was established in 1979 in Athens. The company needed to assure stock availability, top apparel management, order accuracy and even higher speed for its clients / depositors who face seasonality challenge and large-scale fluctuations both at supply and demand site under the existing volatile market environment.
Traditionally investing in technological innovation, the company was in research for the best-of-breed WMS, ready to deliver uncompromised quality and high value. The management team of Omonia Trans opted for Mantis WMS LVS due to its advanced functionality which guarantees inventory transparency, stock attributes adapted to the fashion industry such as size, color etc., full traceability, faster order execution, elimination of picking errors, an impressive increase of warehouse productivity and radical cost-reduction.
Mantis WMS LVS is deployed at the privately-owned warehouse facilities of Omonia Trans with a total capacity of 8,000 sq.m. of covered storage space, which serves as a Logistics Hub for the local and international market.
“We focus on the customization of our logistics and transport services, aiming at offering an excellent customer experience, unique for each one of our clients. By inaugurating our strategic collaboration with Mantis, we made the necessary step forward to empower our dominant presence in the market through WMS innovation,” says Panagiotis Theodorou, IT & Logistics Manager, Omonia Trans.
