Merit and next-move have been working professionally to support Lawson M3 (Movex) users in Norway and Denmark within the areas of process and business development since 2005. The two companies share several core values, e.g. strong employee commitment and ownership, and a very explicit customer focus.

 
The fusion will provide next-move’s customers in Denmark with expanded services, partly by making available a number of products and services that next-move has not been able to offer earlier. In turn, this will enable the company to offer greater support for clients who wish to conduct projects across national borders. Merit’s current presence in Norway, Sweden, Finland, UK combined with the company’s expansion plans will be a great advantage in this regard.
 
The fusion between Merit and next-move leaves Merit with more than 160 consultants, all focusing exclusively on strengthening their customers’ benefits and results from Lawson M3.
 
“We consider the Nordic region a homogenous market, which makes it both natural and important to ensure our presence in Denmark. We look forward to benefiting from the high levels of competence and longstanding experience that next-move has achieved in the Danish market,” says Managing Director of Merit Globe, Erik Outzen, continuing:
“Several of our customers have their foundation in the Nordic region. They will benefit largely from this Danish-Norwegian collaboration. Through the next-move acquisition, we become the leading supplier of Lawson M3 in Denmark – as well as in Scandinavia as a whole. Moreover, we will also be one of few suppliers to offer complete business solutions with a local presence in the total Scandinavian market.”
 
“For next-move, it has been a long-term objective to develop our business, primarily in terms of product development, but also geographically. During recent years, we have been monitoring the market and partner development closely in order to find a collaborating partner that would contribute to the development of our business. Merit Consulting AS from Norway was that partner, thereby turning next-move a/s into Merit Consulting A/S, and the main reason for this was the large potential that a would be the result of a joint enterprise, but also the common values and employee cultures that both companies are founded upon,” says CEO of next-move, Hans Peter Schmidt, continuing:
“We feel confident that Merit Consulting AS have achieved their level of success through a dedicated focus on both their customers and employees. In addition, confirming statements from customers that are already receiving Merit’s services have supported our decision. Based on our joint competence and the consequential potential of serving our customers even better than before, we look forward to this collaboration and feel confident that the market will share this positive view.”
 
 
For further information, please contact:
Managing Director of Merit, Erik Outzen, telephone: + 47 95 19 89 99
or CEO of next-move, Hans Peter Schmidt, telephone: + 45 29 44 24 71