<PAGE>

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2002.
                              File No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                        --------------------------------

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

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                                  MAPICS, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)

    Georgia                                                   04-2711580
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                          Identification Number)

                         1000 Windward Concourse Parkway
                            Alpharetta, Georgia 30005
                                 (678) 319-8000
    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive
                                    Offices)

         MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
 MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
       MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock
                                 Incentive Plan

                           (Full Titles of the Plans)
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                               <C>
                         MARTIN D. AVALLONE                                                  Copy to:
      Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary                            LAURA G. THATCHER
                            MAPICS, Inc.                                                 Alston & Bird LLP
                  1000 Windward Concourse Parkway                                       One Atlantic Center
                     Alpharetta, Georgia 30005                                    1201 West Peachtree Street, NW
                           (678) 319-8000                                           Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including                       (404) 881-7546
                  area code, of agent for service)
</TABLE>
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
===========================================================================================
                                        Proposed           Proposed
Title of Securities     Amount to        Maximum            Maximum           Amount of
 to be Registered     be Registered   Offering Price       Aggregate       Registration Fee
                                       Per Unit(1)     Offering Price(1)
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<S>                    <C>                <C>              <C>                   <C>
Common Stock           1,250,000(2)       $6.98            $8,725,000            $802.70

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</TABLE>

(1)  Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the registration fee calculation
     is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's Common
     Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 4, 2002.
(2)  Amount to be registered includes 1,000,000 shares to be issued pursuant to
     the grant or exercise of awards to employees, officers, consultants and
     directors under the MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term
     Incentive Plan, and 150,000 shares under the MAPICS, Inc. Amended and
     Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan and 100,000 shares
     under the MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors
     Stock Incentive Plan.

<PAGE>

PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN The SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     (a) The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     (b) Upon written or oral request, the Company will provide, without charge,
the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the
Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon
written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees
pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above mentioned information, should be
directed to Martin D. Avallone, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary, at (678) 319-8000.

PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The following documents have been filed by MAPICS, Inc. (the "Company")
(File No. 0-18674) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents:

     (1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2001;

     (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 2001;

     (3) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since September 30, 2001;

     (4) The description of Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated March 31, 1998, as amended on Form 8-A/A dated
August 21, 1998, filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

     (5) All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain
unsold.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities. Not Applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not Applicable.

                                      II-1

<PAGE>

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     As provided under the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the "Code"), the
Company's Articles of Incorporation provide that a director of the Company shall
not be liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for any
action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any
appropriation, in violation of his or her duties, of any business opportunity of
the Company, (b) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (c) for unlawful corporate distributions, or (d) for
any transaction from which the director received an improper benefit.

     Under its Bylaws, the Company is required to indemnify its directors and
board-appointed officers, and may indemnify its agents and employees, against
judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, and reasonable
expenses, including attorney's fees, resulting from various types of legal
actions or proceedings, including, but not limited to any threatened, pending,
or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative,
arbitrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, if the actions of
the party being indemnified meet the standards of conduct specified therein.
Determination concerning whether or not the applicable standard of conduct has
been met can be made by (a) the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested directors, (b) if such quorum cannot be obtained, a
majority vote of a committee of two or more disinterested directors, (c) special
legal counsel, or (d) the disinterested shareholders. No indemnification shall
be made (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Company,
except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it
is determined that the indemnitee has met the relevant standard of conduct, or
(ii) in connection with any other proceeding in which such person was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him or her.
The Company is required to advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable
expenses incurred by its officers and board-appointed directors if he or she
delivers to the Company (i) a written affirmation of his or her good faith
belief that he or she has met the relevant standard of conduct or that the
proceeding involves conduct for which such person's liability has been
eliminated under the Company's Articles of Incorporation; and (ii) his or her
written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if it is ultimately determined
that the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under the Bylaws
or the Code.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not Applicable.

                                      II-2

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Item 8. Exhibits

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit Number                             Description
--------------                             -----------

<S>              <C>
       4.1       Articles of Incorporation of the Company  (incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                 3.2 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on Form 10-Q for the  quarterly  period
                 ended December 31, 1999

       4.2       By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001

       4.3       Specimen  certificate  representing  the Common Stock  (incorporated by reference
                 from Exhibit 3 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated March 31, 1998, as
                 amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       4.4       Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 30, 1998, among MAPICS,
                 Inc., a Georgia corporation, MAPICS, Inc. a Massachusetts corporation, and
                 BankBoston, N.A., as its rights agent, which includes as Exhibit A the terms of
                 the Series F Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the Form of Rights Certificate, and as
                 Exhibit C the Form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (incorporated by
                 reference from Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 31,
                 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       5.1       Opinion of Counsel

       23.1      Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

       23.2      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

       24.1      Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

       99.1      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan

       99.2      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan

       99.3      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Incentive
                 Plan
</TABLE>

Item 9. Undertakings

     (a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

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

                                      II-3

<PAGE>

               (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 this 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 this Registration Statement;

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

          (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 being offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that 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 Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company'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 this
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 Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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.

                         (signatures on following page)

                                      II-4

<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

The Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Company 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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on March 8, 2002.

                                  MAPICS, Inc.


                                  By: /s/ RICHARD C. COOK
                                      -------------------
                                      Richard C. Cook
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Richard C. Cook and Martin D. Avallone, and each
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of the, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of March 8, 2002.

        Signatures                                 Title
        ----------                                 -----


/s/ RICHARD C. COOK              President, Chief Executive Officer and
-------------------              Director
Richard C. Cook                  (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ MICHAEL J. CASEY             Vice President of Finance and Chief
--------------------             Financial and Accounting Officer
Michael J. Casey                 (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

                                      II-5

<PAGE>


/s/ GEORGE A. CHAMBERLAIN, 3d    Director
-----------------------------
George A. Chamberlain, 3d


/s/ JULIA B. NORTH               Director
------------------
Julia B. North


/s/ EDWARD J. KFOURY             Director
--------------------
Edward J. Kfoury


                                 Director
---------------------
Terry H. Osborne


/s/ H. MITCHELL WATSON, JR.      Director
---------------------------
H. Mitchell Watson, Jr.

                                      II-6

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                       TO
                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit Number                              Description
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<S>              <C>
       4.1       Articles of Incorporation of the Company  (incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                 3.2 of the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on Form 10-Q for the  quarterly  period
                 ended December 31, 1999

       4.2       By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001

       4.3       Specimen  certificate  representing  the Common Stock  (incorporated by reference
                 from Exhibit 3 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated March 31, 1998, as
                 amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       4.4       Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 30, 1998, among MAPICS,
                 Inc., a Georgia corporation, MAPICS, Inc. a Massachusetts corporation, and
                 BankBoston, N.A., as its rights agent, which includes as Exhibit A the terms of
                 the Series F Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the Form of Rights Certificate, and as
                 Exhibit C the Form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (incorporated by
                 reference from Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 31,
                 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       5.1       Opinion of Counsel

       23.1      Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

       23.2      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

       24.1      Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

       99.1      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan

       99.2      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan

       99.3      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Incentive
                 Plan
</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2002.
                              File No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                        --------------------------------

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

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                                  MAPICS, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)

    Georgia                                                   04-2711580
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                          Identification Number)

                         1000 Windward Concourse Parkway
                            Alpharetta, Georgia 30005
                                 (678) 319-8000
    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive
                                    Offices)

         MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
 MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
       MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock
                                 Incentive Plan

                           (Full Titles of the Plans)
MARTIN D. AVALLONE                                                  Copy to:
      Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary                            LAURA G. THATCHER
                            MAPICS, Inc.                                                 Alston & Bird LLP
                  1000 Windward Concourse Parkway                                       One Atlantic Center
                     Alpharetta, Georgia 30005                                    1201 West Peachtree Street, NW
                           (678) 319-8000                                           Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including                       (404) 881-7546
                  area code, of agent for service)
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===========================================================================================
                                        Proposed           Proposed
Title of Securities     Amount to        Maximum            Maximum           Amount of
 to be Registered     be Registered   Offering Price       Aggregate       Registration Fee
                                       Per Unit(1)     Offering Price(1)
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Common Stock           1,250,000(2)       $6.98            $8,725,000            $802.70

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(1)  Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the registration fee calculation
     is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's Common
     Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 4, 2002.
(2)  Amount to be registered includes 1,000,000 shares to be issued pursuant to
     the grant or exercise of awards to employees, officers, consultants and
     directors under the MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term
     Incentive Plan, and 150,000 shares under the MAPICS, Inc. Amended and
     Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan and 100,000 shares
     under the MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors
     Stock Incentive Plan.
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN The SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     (a) The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     (b) Upon written or oral request, the Company will provide, without charge,
the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the
Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon
written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees
pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above mentioned information, should be
directed to Martin D. Avallone, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary, at (678) 319-8000.

PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The following documents have been filed by MAPICS, Inc. (the "Company")
(File No. 0-18674) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents:

     (1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2001;

     (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 2001;

     (3) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since September 30, 2001;

     (4) The description of Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated March 31, 1998, as amended on Form 8-A/A dated
August 21, 1998, filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

     (5) All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain
unsold.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities. Not Applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not Applicable.

                                      II-1
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     As provided under the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the "Code"), the
Company's Articles of Incorporation provide that a director of the Company shall
not be liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for any
action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any
appropriation, in violation of his or her duties, of any business opportunity of
the Company, (b) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (c) for unlawful corporate distributions, or (d) for
any transaction from which the director received an improper benefit.

     Under its Bylaws, the Company is required to indemnify its directors and
board-appointed officers, and may indemnify its agents and employees, against
judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, and reasonable
expenses, including attorney's fees, resulting from various types of legal
actions or proceedings, including, but not limited to any threatened, pending,
or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative,
arbitrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, if the actions of
the party being indemnified meet the standards of conduct specified therein.
Determination concerning whether or not the applicable standard of conduct has
been met can be made by (a) the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested directors, (b) if such quorum cannot be obtained, a
majority vote of a committee of two or more disinterested directors, (c) special
legal counsel, or (d) the disinterested shareholders. No indemnification shall
be made (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Company,
except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it
is determined that the indemnitee has met the relevant standard of conduct, or
(ii) in connection with any other proceeding in which such person was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him or her.
The Company is required to advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable
expenses incurred by its officers and board-appointed directors if he or she
delivers to the Company (i) a written affirmation of his or her good faith
belief that he or she has met the relevant standard of conduct or that the
proceeding involves conduct for which such person's liability has been
eliminated under the Company's Articles of Incorporation; and (ii) his or her
written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if it is ultimately determined
that the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under the Bylaws
or the Code.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not Applicable.

                                      II-2
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Number                             Description
--------------                             -----------
4.1       Articles of Incorporation of the Company  (incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                 3.2 to the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on Form 10-Q for the  quarterly  period
                 ended December 31, 1999

       4.2       By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001

       4.3       Specimen  certificate  representing  the Common Stock  (incorporated by reference
                 from Exhibit 3 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated March 31, 1998, as
                 amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       4.4       Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 30, 1998, among MAPICS,
                 Inc., a Georgia corporation, MAPICS, Inc. a Massachusetts corporation, and
                 BankBoston, N.A., as its rights agent, which includes as Exhibit A the terms of
                 the Series F Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the Form of Rights Certificate, and as
                 Exhibit C the Form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (incorporated by
                 reference from Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 31,
                 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       5.1       Opinion of Counsel

       23.1      Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

       23.2      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

       24.1      Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

       99.1      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan

       99.2      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan

       99.3      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Incentive
                 Plan
Item 9. Undertakings

     (a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

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

                                      II-3
(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 this 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 this Registration Statement;

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

          (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 being offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that 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 Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company'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 this
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 Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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.

                         (signatures on following page)

                                      II-4
SIGNATURES

The Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Company 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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on March 8, 2002.

                                  MAPICS, Inc.

                                  By: /s/ RICHARD C. COOK
                                      -------------------
                                      Richard C. Cook
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Richard C. Cook and Martin D. Avallone, and each
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of the, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of March 8, 2002.

        Signatures                                 Title
        ----------                                 -----

/s/ RICHARD C. COOK              President, Chief Executive Officer and
-------------------              Director
Richard C. Cook                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ MICHAEL J. CASEY             Vice President of Finance and Chief
--------------------             Financial and Accounting Officer
Michael J. Casey                 (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

                                      II-5
/s/ GEORGE A. CHAMBERLAIN, 3d    Director
-----------------------------
George A. Chamberlain, 3d

/s/ JULIA B. NORTH               Director
------------------
Julia B. North

/s/ EDWARD J. KFOURY             Director
--------------------
Edward J. Kfoury

                                 Director
---------------------
Terry H. Osborne

/s/ H. MITCHELL WATSON, JR.      Director
---------------------------
H. Mitchell Watson, Jr.

                                      II-6
EXHIBIT INDEX
                                       TO
                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number                              Description
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4.1       Articles of Incorporation of the Company  (incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                 3.2 of the  Company's  Quarterly  Report  on Form 10-Q for the  quarterly  period
                 ended December 31, 1999

       4.2       By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001

       4.3       Specimen  certificate  representing  the Common Stock  (incorporated by reference
                 from Exhibit 3 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  dated March 31, 1998, as
                 amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       4.4       Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 30, 1998, among MAPICS,
                 Inc., a Georgia corporation, MAPICS, Inc. a Massachusetts corporation, and
                 BankBoston, N.A., as its rights agent, which includes as Exhibit A the terms of
                 the Series F Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the Form of Rights Certificate, and as
                 Exhibit C the Form of Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (incorporated by
                 reference from Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 31,
                 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A, dated August 21, 1998, File No. 000-18674)

       5.1       Opinion of Counsel

       23.1      Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)

       23.2      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

       24.1      Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

       99.1      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan

       99.2      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan

       99.3      MAPICS, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Non-Employee Directors Stock Incentive
                 Plan