As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 1996
                                                Registration No. 333-_________

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                 ---------------------------------------------

                                   FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                ----------------------------------------------

                              SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.
            ------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Ohio                                     31-1083175
- -------------------------------             ------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

              2800 Corporate Exchange Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43231
             ----------------------------------------------------
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

              SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC. NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              FOR KEY EXECUTIVES
                  -------------------------------------------
                           (Full title of the plan)

                            MR. LAWRENCE W. DELEON
                              SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.
                         2800 CORPORATE EXCHANGE DRIVE
                             COLUMBUS, OHIO 43231
                 -------------------------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (614) 523-7000
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


<TABLE>
                        Calculation of Registration Fee

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum
Title of securities     Amount to be     offering price per     aggregate offering     Amount of
to be registered        registered       share (1)              price(1)               registration fee
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                     <C>              <C>                    <C>                    <C> 
Common Shares,          200,000          $15.5625               $3,112,500             $1,073

</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated  solely  for  purposes  of  calculating  the  registration  fee
     pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h);  based upon the average of the high and
     low sale prices of the Common  Shares as reported on the NASDAQ  National
     Market System on August 20, 1996.



                 (Page 1 of 15 pages; exhibit index on page 6)


<PAGE>


                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


ITEM 3.        Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

               The following  documents  previously  filed with the Securities
and  Exchange   Commission  (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated  herein  by
reference and made a part hereof as of the respective  dates of filing of such
documents:

        (1)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended June 30, 1995,  including any and all amendments thereto,
               filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities  Exchange Act
               of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act") and all other reports
               filed  with the  Commission  pursuant  to the  requirements  of
               Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since that date;

        (2)    The   description  of  the  Common  Shares  of  the  Registrant
               contained  in  the   Registration   Statement  filed  with  the
               Commission  pursuant  to  Section  12(g) of the  Exchange  Act,
               including  any  amendments  or reports filed for the purpose of
               updating such description.

               Any definitive  Proxy Statement or Information  Statement filed
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and all reports  which may be filed
with the  Commission  pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent  to the  date  hereof,  prior  to the  completion  of the  offering
contemplated  hereby,  also  shall be  deemed  to be  incorporated  herein  by
reference and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.

ITEM 4. Description of Securities.

               Not Applicable.

ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

               As of August 9, 1996,  members  of Vorys,  Sater,  Seymour  and
Pease and attorneys employed thereby, together with members of their immediate
families,  own  an  aggregate of  approximately  62,597  Common  Shares of the
Registrant. Duke W. Thomas, a Director of the Registrant, is a partner of such
firm.

ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

               Incorporated   by   reference   to   Item  6  of   Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-40546) filed with the Commission on
June 25, 1991.



                                     -2-
<PAGE>


ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

               Not Applicable.

ITEM 8. Exhibits.

               See the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

ITEM    9.     Undertakings.

A.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        (1)    To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales are being
               made,  a   post-effective   amendment   to  this   registration
               statement:

               (i)    To include any  prospectus  required  by section  10(a)(3)
                      of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)   To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising
                      after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement
                      (or the  most  recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)
                      which,  individually  or in  the  aggregate,  represent  a
                      fundamental  change  in the  information  set forth in the
                      registration  statement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,
                      any increase or decrease in volume of  securities  offered
                      (if the total dollar  value of  securities  offered  would
                      not exceed that which was  registered)  and any  deviation
                      from  the  low  or  high  end  of  the  estimated  maximum
                      offering   range   may  be   reflected   in  the  form  of
                      prospectus  filed  with the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule
                      424(b)  if, in the  aggregate,  the  changes in volume and
                      price  represent  no more than a 20% change in the maximum
                      aggregate  offering  price set  forth in the  "Calculation
                      of Registration  Fee" table in the effective  registration
                      statement; and

               (iii)  To include any material  information with respect to the
                      plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed in the
                      registration  statement or any  material  change to such
                      information in the registration statement;


               provided,  however,  that paragraphs  A(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) of
               this  section do not apply if the  information  required  to be
               included in a  post-effective  amendment by those paragraphs is
               contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or furnished to the
               Commission by the registrant  pursuant to section 13 or section
               15(d)  of  the  Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934  that  are
               incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

                                     -3-
<PAGE>



        (2)    That,  for the purpose of determining  any liability  under the
               Securities  Act of 1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment
               shall be deemed to be a new registration  statement relating to
               the  securities  offered  therein,  and  the  offering  of such
               securities  at the time shall be deemed to be the initial  bona
               fide offering thereof.

        (3)    To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
               amendment any of the securities  being  registered which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.   The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for  purposes of
     determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
     of the  registrant's  annual report  pursuant to section 13(a) or section
     15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
     filing of an employee  benefit  plan's annual report  pursuant to section
     15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by
     reference  in the  registration  statement  shall be  deemed  to be a new
     registration  statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and
     the  offering of such  securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

C.   Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the Securities
     Act of 1933 may be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling
     persons  of the  registrant  pursuant  to the  foregoing  provisions,  or
     otherwise,  the  registrant  has been  advised that in the opinion of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
     policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the
     event that a claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other
     than the  payment by the  registrant  of  expenses  incurred or paid by a
     director,  officer  or  controlling  person  of  the  registrant  in  the
     successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
     director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
     being  registered,  the  registrant  will,  unless in the  opinion of its
     counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
     court   of   appropriate   jurisdiction   the   question   whether   such
     indemnification  by it is against  public  policy as expressed in the Act
     and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                     -4-

<PAGE>


                                  SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant  certifies that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on Form  S-8 and has duly  caused  this
registration  statement  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of Columbus,  State of Ohio,  on the
22nd day of August, 1996.

                                                 SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.

                                    By /s/Lawrence W. DeLeon
                                       _______________________________________
                                       Lawrence W. DeLeon
                                       Chief Financial Officer, Vice President
                                       and Secretary

               Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,
this  registration  statement has been signed by the following  persons in the
capacities indicated on the 22nd day of August, 1996.

        SIGNATURE                                   TITLE
        ---------                                   -----

Lawrence J. Fox*                           Chairman of the Board and
___________________________________        Chief Executive Officer
Lawrence J. Fox                            (Principal Executive Officer)

Stephen A. Sasser*                         Chief Operating Officer,
___________________________________        President and Director
Stephen A. Sasser

/s/Lawrence W. DeLeon                      Chief Financial Officer, Vice
___________________________________        President and Secretary
Lawrence W. DeLeon                         (Principal Financial Officer)

James A. Rutherford III*                   Director
____________________________________
James A. Rutherford III

Larry L. Liebert*                          Director
____________________________________
Larry L. Liebert

John Tait*                                 Director
____________________________________
John Tait

Duke W. Thomas*                            Director
____________________________________
Duke W. Thomas

*By Power of Attorney

/s/Lawrence W. DeLeon
___________________________________________
Lawrence W. DeLeon (Attorney-in-Fact)



                                     -5-
<PAGE>


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                                               Page
- ---------------                                        ----------

4(a) Registrant's Amended Articles of     Incorporated herein by reference to   
     Incorporation, particularly          Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's      
     articles Fourth and Seventh          Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                          (No. 33-38878) filed March 21, 1991   
                                                                                
4(b) Registrant's Amended Code of         Incorporated herein by reference to   
     Regulations, particularly            Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's      
     article One                          Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                          (No. 33-38878) filed March 21, 1991   

5    Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour     7 
     and Pease as to legality                                                   

23(a) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP        9

23(b) Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour    --
      and Pease (included in Exhibit 5)                                         

24    Powers of Attorney                  10 through 15
                                          



                                     -6-
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 1996
                                                Registration No. 333-_________

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                 ---------------------------------------------

                                   FORM S-8
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                ----------------------------------------------

                              SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.
            ------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Ohio                                     31-1083175
- -------------------------------             ------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

              2800 Corporate Exchange Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43231
             ----------------------------------------------------
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

              SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC. NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              FOR KEY EXECUTIVES
                  -------------------------------------------
                           (Full title of the plan)

                            MR. LAWRENCE W. DELEON
                              SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.
                         2800 CORPORATE EXCHANGE DRIVE
                             COLUMBUS, OHIO 43231
                 -------------------------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                (614) 523-7000
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        Calculation of Registration Fee

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum
Title of securities     Amount to be     offering price per     aggregate offering     Amount of
to be registered        registered       share (1)              price(1)               registration fee
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Shares,          200,000          $15.5625               $3,112,500             $1,073
(1)  Estimated  solely  for  purposes  of  calculating  the  registration  fee
     pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h);  based upon the average of the high and
     low sale prices of the Common  Shares as reported on the NASDAQ  National
     Market System on August 20, 1996.

                 (Page 1 of 15 pages; exhibit index on page 6)
PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.        Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

               The following  documents  previously  filed with the Securities
and  Exchange   Commission  (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated  herein  by
reference and made a part hereof as of the respective  dates of filing of such
documents:

        (1)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended June 30, 1995,  including any and all amendments thereto,
               filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities  Exchange Act
               of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act") and all other reports
               filed  with the  Commission  pursuant  to the  requirements  of
               Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since that date;

        (2)    The   description  of  the  Common  Shares  of  the  Registrant
               contained  in  the   Registration   Statement  filed  with  the
               Commission  pursuant  to  Section  12(g) of the  Exchange  Act,
               including  any  amendments  or reports filed for the purpose of
               updating such description.

               Any definitive  Proxy Statement or Information  Statement filed
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and all reports  which may be filed
with the  Commission  pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent  to the  date  hereof,  prior  to the  completion  of the  offering
contemplated  hereby,  also  shall be  deemed  to be  incorporated  herein  by
reference and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.

ITEM 4. Description of Securities.

               Not Applicable.

ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

               As of August 9, 1996,  members  of Vorys,  Sater,  Seymour  and
Pease and attorneys employed thereby, together with members of their immediate
families,  own  an  aggregate of  approximately  62,597  Common  Shares of the
Registrant. Duke W. Thomas, a Director of the Registrant, is a partner of such
firm.

ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

               Incorporated   by   reference   to   Item  6  of   Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-40546) filed with the Commission on
June 25, 1991.

                                     -2-
ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

               Not Applicable.

ITEM 8. Exhibits.

               See the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

ITEM    9.     Undertakings.

A.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        (1)    To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales are being
               made,  a   post-effective   amendment   to  this   registration
               statement:

               (i)    To include any  prospectus  required  by section  10(a)(3)
                      of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)   To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising
                      after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement
                      (or the  most  recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)
                      which,  individually  or in  the  aggregate,  represent  a
                      fundamental  change  in the  information  set forth in the
                      registration  statement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,
                      any increase or decrease in volume of  securities  offered
                      (if the total dollar  value of  securities  offered  would
                      not exceed that which was  registered)  and any  deviation
                      from  the  low  or  high  end  of  the  estimated  maximum
                      offering   range   may  be   reflected   in  the  form  of
                      prospectus  filed  with the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule
                      424(b)  if, in the  aggregate,  the  changes in volume and
                      price  represent  no more than a 20% change in the maximum
                      aggregate  offering  price set  forth in the  "Calculation
                      of Registration  Fee" table in the effective  registration
                      statement; and

               (iii)  To include any material  information with respect to the
                      plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed in the
                      registration  statement or any  material  change to such
                      information in the registration statement;

               provided,  however,  that paragraphs  A(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) of
               this  section do not apply if the  information  required  to be
               included in a  post-effective  amendment by those paragraphs is
               contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or furnished to the
               Commission by the registrant  pursuant to section 13 or section
               15(d)  of  the  Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934  that  are
               incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

                                     -3-
(2)    That,  for the purpose of determining  any liability  under the
               Securities  Act of 1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment
               shall be deemed to be a new registration  statement relating to
               the  securities  offered  therein,  and  the  offering  of such
               securities  at the time shall be deemed to be the initial  bona
               fide offering thereof.

        (3)    To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
               amendment any of the securities  being  registered which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.   The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for  purposes of
     determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
     of the  registrant's  annual report  pursuant to section 13(a) or section
     15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
     filing of an employee  benefit  plan's annual report  pursuant to section
     15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by
     reference  in the  registration  statement  shall be  deemed  to be a new
     registration  statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and
     the  offering of such  securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

C.   Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the Securities
     Act of 1933 may be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling
     persons  of the  registrant  pursuant  to the  foregoing  provisions,  or
     otherwise,  the  registrant  has been  advised that in the opinion of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
     policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the
     event that a claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other
     than the  payment by the  registrant  of  expenses  incurred or paid by a
     director,  officer  or  controlling  person  of  the  registrant  in  the
     successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
     director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
     being  registered,  the  registrant  will,  unless in the  opinion of its
     counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
     court   of   appropriate   jurisdiction   the   question   whether   such
     indemnification  by it is against  public  policy as expressed in the Act
     and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                     -4-
SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant  certifies that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on Form  S-8 and has duly  caused  this
registration  statement  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of Columbus,  State of Ohio,  on the
22nd day of August, 1996.

                                                 SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.

                                    By /s/Lawrence W. DeLeon
                                       _______________________________________
                                       Lawrence W. DeLeon
                                       Chief Financial Officer, Vice President
                                       and Secretary

               Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,
this  registration  statement has been signed by the following  persons in the
capacities indicated on the 22nd day of August, 1996.

        SIGNATURE                                   TITLE
        ---------                                   -----

Lawrence J. Fox*                           Chairman of the Board and
___________________________________        Chief Executive Officer
Lawrence J. Fox                            (Principal Executive Officer)

Stephen A. Sasser*                         Chief Operating Officer,
___________________________________        President and Director
Stephen A. Sasser

/s/Lawrence W. DeLeon                      Chief Financial Officer, Vice
___________________________________        President and Secretary
Lawrence W. DeLeon                         (Principal Financial Officer)

James A. Rutherford III*                   Director
____________________________________
James A. Rutherford III

Larry L. Liebert*                          Director
____________________________________
Larry L. Liebert

John Tait*                                 Director
____________________________________
John Tait

Duke W. Thomas*                            Director
____________________________________
Duke W. Thomas

*By Power of Attorney

/s/Lawrence W. DeLeon
___________________________________________
Lawrence W. DeLeon (Attorney-in-Fact)

                                     -5-
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                                               Page
- ---------------                                        ----------

4(a) Registrant's Amended Articles of     Incorporated herein by reference to   
     Incorporation, particularly          Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's      
     articles Fourth and Seventh          Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                          (No. 33-38878) filed March 21, 1991   
                                                                                
4(b) Registrant's Amended Code of         Incorporated herein by reference to   
     Regulations, particularly            Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's      
     article One                          Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                          (No. 33-38878) filed March 21, 1991   

5    Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour     7 
     and Pease as to legality                                                   

23(a) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP        9

23(b) Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour    --
      and Pease (included in Exhibit 5)                                         

24    Powers of Attorney                  10 through 15
                                          

                                     -6-