Neels van Tonder has had a challenging 24 months. When UCS Group acquired many of its competitors in the retail software space, Van Tonder was tasked with integrating the resultant seven companies and 15 software products. The aim? To create and operate SA`s first ‘software factory`, named UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM).

“Following the acquisitions, UCS Group decided that it needed to strategically integrate the companies it had acquired, and create a single entity to house all of the Group`s product development skill and intellectual property.