<PAGE>

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2000.
                               File No. 333-_____
================================================================================
                       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
                 MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                           (Full Titles of the Plans)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                 <C>
               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 telephone,           (404) 881-7546
 number including area code, of agent for service)
</TABLE>
                            _______________________

                        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)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                 <C>             <C>              <C>                 <C>
         Common Stock                2,000,000 (2)        $7.75          $15,500,000          $4,092
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</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 April 13, 2000.
(2) Amount to be registered includes 1,500,000 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, and 500,000 additional shares under the MAPICS,
    Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase 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, 1999;

       (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 1999;

       (3) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since September 30, 1999;

       (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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        Exhibit Number                                         Description
        --------------          --------------------------------------------------------------------------
        <C>                     <S>
                                Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference from
              4.1               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

             99.2               MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase 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:

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

                                      II-3
<PAGE>

               (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;

       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 April 17, 2000.


                              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 April 17, 2000.

            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

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

                                      II-5
<PAGE>

     /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


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

             99.2         MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2000.
                               File No. 333-_____
================================================================================
                       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
                 MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                           (Full Titles of the Plans)
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 telephone,           (404) 881-7546
 number including area code, of agent for service)
_______________________

                        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)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock                2,000,000 (2)        $7.75          $15,500,000          $4,092
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(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 April 13, 2000.
(2) Amount to be registered includes 1,500,000 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, and 500,000 additional shares under the MAPICS,
    Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase 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, 1999;

       (2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 1999;

       (3) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since September 30, 1999;

       (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 reference from
              4.1               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

             99.2               MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase 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-3
(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;

       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)

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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 April 17, 2000.

                              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 April 17, 2000.

            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

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

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/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

             99.2         MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan