<PAGE>
 
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1999.

                              File No. 333-48989
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                            -----------------------
                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 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
                           (Full Titles of the Plan)


             RICHARD C. COOK                                 COPY TO:
   President and Chief Executive Officer                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                   (404) 881-7546
telephone number, including area code, of 
          agent for service)

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

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       Proposed           Proposed
                                                       Maximum            Maximum                           
       Title of Securities        Amount to         Offering Price       Aggregate            Amount of     
         to be Registered      be Registered         Per Unit (1)     Offering Price (1)   Registration Fee 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>                  <C>                <C>                 <C>
Common Stock                  1,000,000 (2)            $7.34375         $7,343,750.00          $2,041.56
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</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 22, 1999.
(2) Amount to be registered includes 1,000,000 additional 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.
<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 Plan 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, 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, 1998;

      (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 1998;

      (3) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since September 30, 1998;

      (4) The description of Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement 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
<PAGE>
 
Item 8.  Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number                          Description
--------------                          -----------
                Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by 
     4.1        reference from Exhibit 4.1 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)
 
     4.2        By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from 
                Exhibit 4.2 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)

     4.3        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)

    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

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:

                 (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

                                      II-3
<PAGE>
 
         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;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference 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 22, 1999.


                                    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 22, 1999.
 
            Signatures                              Title
            ----------                              -----
 
/s/ Richard C. Cook              President, Chief Executive Officer and
------------------------------   Director
Richard C. Cook                  (Principal Executive Officer)
 
                              
/s/ William J. Gilmour           Vice President of Finance and Chief
------------------------------   Financial and Accounting Officer
William J. Gilmour               (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
/s/ George A. Chamberlain 3d     Director
------------------------------
George A. Chamberlain 3d

                                      II-5
<PAGE>
 
/s/ Stephen P. Reynolds          Director
------------------------------
Stephen P. Reynolds
 

/s/ Roger Heinen, Jr.            Director
------------------------------
Roger Heinen, Jr.
 

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

/s/ Terry H. Osborne             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
 
Exhibit Number                          Description
--------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------
     4.1        Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by 
                reference from Exhibit 4.1 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)
 
     4.2        By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from 
                Exhibit 4.2 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)

     4.3        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)

    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
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1999.

                              File No. 333-48989
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                            -----------------------
                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 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
                           (Full Titles of the Plan)

             RICHARD C. COOK                                 COPY TO:
   President and Chief Executive Officer                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                   (404) 881-7546
telephone number, including area code, of 
          agent for service)

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

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed           Proposed
                                                       Maximum            Maximum                           
       Title of Securities        Amount to         Offering Price       Aggregate            Amount of     
         to be Registered      be Registered         Per Unit (1)     Offering Price (1)   Registration Fee 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock                  1,000,000 (2)            $7.34375         $7,343,750.00          $2,041.56
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(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 22, 1999.
(2) Amount to be registered includes 1,000,000 additional 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.
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 Plan 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, 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, 1998;

      (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 1998;

      (3) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since September 30, 1998;

      (4) The description of Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement 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
--------------                          -----------
                Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by 
     4.1        reference from Exhibit 4.1 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)
 
     4.2        By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from 
                Exhibit 4.2 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)

     4.3        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)

    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

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:

                 (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

                                      II-3
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;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference 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 22, 1999.

                                    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 22, 1999.
 
            Signatures                              Title
            ----------                              -----
 
/s/ Richard C. Cook              President, Chief Executive Officer and
------------------------------   Director
Richard C. Cook                  (Principal Executive Officer)
 
                              
/s/ William J. Gilmour           Vice President of Finance and Chief
------------------------------   Financial and Accounting Officer
William J. Gilmour               (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
/s/ George A. Chamberlain 3d     Director
------------------------------
George A. Chamberlain 3d

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/s/ Stephen P. Reynolds          Director
------------------------------
Stephen P. Reynolds
 

/s/ Roger Heinen, Jr.            Director
------------------------------
Roger Heinen, Jr.
 

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

/s/ Terry H. Osborne             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
--------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------
     4.1        Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by 
                reference from Exhibit 4.1 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)
 
     4.2        By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference from 
                Exhibit 4.2 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)

     4.3        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)

    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