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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                 MAPICS, INC.
                       2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

Article 1 - Purpose
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     The MAPICS, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (hereinafter the "Plan")
is intended as an incentive to, and to encourage stock ownership by, all
eligible employees of MAPICS, Inc. (the "Company"), and its participating
subsidiaries (as defined in Article 17) so that they may share in the growth of
the Company by acquiring or increasing their proprietary interest in the
Company. The Plan is designed to encourage eligible employees to remain in the
employ of the Company. It is intended that options issued pursuant to this Plan
will constitute options issued pursuant to an "employee stock purchase plan"
within the meaning of Section 423(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code").

Article 2 - Administration of the Plan.
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     The Plan may be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Committee"). Any action which may be taken by the
Committee hereunder may be taken instead by the full Board of Directors and, in
such event, the word "Committee" wherever used herein shall be deemed to mean
the full Board.

     The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provisions of
the Plan or of any option granted under it shall be final, unless otherwise
determined by the Board of Directors. The Committee may from time to time adopt
such rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan as it may deem best,
provided that any such rules and regulations shall be applied on a uniform basis
to all employees under the Plan. No member of the Board of Directors or the
Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith
with respect to the Plan or any option granted under it. In the event the Board
of Directors fails to appoint or refrains from appointing a Committee, the Board
of Directors shall have all power and authority to administer the Plan. In such
event, the word "Committee" wherever used herein shall be deemed to mean the
Board of Directors.

Article 3 - Eligible Employees.
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     All employees of the Company or any of its participating subsidiaries shall
be eligible to receive options under this Plan to purchase the Company's Common
Stock, and all eligible employees shall have the same rights and privileges
hereunder. Persons who are employed on the first day of any Payment Period (as
defined in Article 5) shall receive their options as of such day. Persons who
are employed after any date on which options are granted under this Plan shall
be granted options on the first date of the next succeeding Payment Period on
which options are granted to all eligible employees. Directors who are not
employees of the Company shall not be eligible to receive options
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under this Plan. In no event may an employee be granted an option if such
employee, immediately after the option is granted, owns stock possessing five
percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes
of stock of the Company or of its parent corporation or subsidiary corporations,
as the terms, "parent corporation" and "subsidiary corporation" are defined in
Section 424(e) and (f) of the Code. For purposes of determining stock ownership
under this paragraph, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply, and
stock which the employee may purchase under outstanding options shall be treated
as stock owned by the employee.

     For purposes of this Article 3, the term "employee" shall not include an
employee whose customary employment is twenty (20) hours or less per week or
whose customary employment is for not more than five (5) months in any calendar
year.

Article 4 - Stock Subject to the Plan.
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     The stock subject to the options under the Plan shall be shares of the
Company's authorized but unissued Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, or
shares of such Common Stock reacquired by the Company, including shares
purchased in the open market.  The aggregate number of shares which may be
purchased pursuant to the Plan is 500,000, subject to adjustment as provided in
Article 12.  In the event any option granted under the Plan shall expire or
terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease
for any reason to be exercisable in whole or in part, the unpurchased shares
subject thereto shall again be available under the Plan.

Article 5 - Payment Periods and Stock Options.
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     The Payment Periods during which payroll deductions will be accumulated
under the Plan will be the six-month periods from January 1 through June 30 and
from July 1 through December 31 of each year, respectively.  Payroll deductions
made from bonus and commission payments will be deemed accumulated under the
Plan during the Payment Period during which such payments are made.  All other
payroll deductions will be deemed accumulated under the Plan during the Payment
Period during which the regular payroll period to which it relates ends.

     Twice each year, on the first business day of each Payment Period, the
Company will grant to each eligible employee who is then a participant in the
Plan an option to purchase on the last day of such Payment Period, at the Option
Price hereinafter provided for, a maximum of One Thousand (1000) shares, on
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condition that such employee remains eligible to participate in the Plan
throughout such Payment Period. The participant shall be entitled to exercise
such option so granted only to the extent of the participant's accumulated
payroll deductions on the last day of such Payment Period. In the event that the
participant's accumulated payroll deductions on the last day of the Payment
Period would enable the participant to purchase more than 1000 shares except for
the 1000-share limitation, the excess of the amount of the accumulated payroll
deductions over the aggregate purchase price of the 1000 shares shall be
promptly
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refunded to the participant by the Company, without interest. The Option Price
for each Payment Period shall be the lesser of (i) 85% of the fair market value
of the Company's Common Stock on the first business day of the Payment Period,
or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock on the last
business day of the Payment Period, in either event, rounded up to avoid
fractions of a dollar other than 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4. The foregoing limitation on
the number of shares which may be granted in any Payment Period and the Option
Price per share shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Article 12.

     For purposes of this Plan, the term "fair market value" on any date means
(i) the average (on that date) of the high and low prices of the Company's
Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common
Stock is traded if the Common Stock is then traded on a national securities
exchange; or (ii) the last reported sale price (on that date) of the Common
Stock on the Nasdaq National Market, if the Common Stock is not then traded on a
national securities exchange; or (iii) the average of the closing bid and asked
prices last quoted (on that date) by an established quotation service for over-
the-counter securities, if the Common Stock is not reported on the Nasdaq
National Market.  If the Company's Common Stock is not publicly traded at the
time an option is granted under this Plan, "fair market value" shall mean the
fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by the Committee after
taking into consideration all factors which it deems appropriate, including,
without limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Stock in private
transactions negotiated at arm's length.

     For purposes of this Plans the term "business day" means a day on which
there is trading on the Nasdaq National Market or on the aforementioned national
securities exchange, whichever is applicable pursuant to the preceding
paragraph.

     No employee shall be granted an option which permits the employee's right
to purchase common Stock under this Plan, and under all other Section 423(b)
employee stock purchase plans of the Company or any parent or subsidiary
corporations, to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of
such stock (determined at the time such option is granted) for each calendar
year in which such option is outstanding at any time.  The purpose of the
limitation in the preceding sentence is to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the
Code.

Article 6 - Exercise of Option.
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     Each eligible employee who continues to be a participant in the Plan on the
last business day of a Payment Period shall be deemed to have exercised his/her
option on such date and shall be deemed to have purchased from the Company such
number of full shares of Common Stock reserved for the purpose of the Plan as
his/her accumulated payroll deductions on such date will pay for at the Option
Price, subject to the 1000-share limit of the option.  If a participant is not
an employee on the last business day of a Payment Period, he/she shall not be
entitled to exercise his/her option.  Only full shares of

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Common Stock may be purchased under the Plan. Unused payroll deductions
remaining in an employee's account at the end of a Payment Period (other than
amounts refunded to the employee pursuant to Article 5) will be carried forward
to the succeeding Payment Period.

Article 7 - Authorization for Entering the Plan.
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     An employee may enter the Plan by filling out, signing and delivering to
the Company an authorization:

          A.   Stating the percentage to be deducted regularly from the
employee's pay; and

          B.   Authorizing the purchase of stock for the employee in each
Payment Period in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

     Such authorization must be received by the Company at least ten (10) days
before the beginning date of the next succeeding Payment Period.

     Unless an employee files a new authorization or withdraws from the Plan,
the deductions and purchases under the authorization the employee has on file
under the Plan will continue from one Payment Period to succeeding Payment
Periods as long as the Plan remains in effect.

     The Company will accumulate and hold for the employee's account the amounts
deducted from his/her pay.  No interest will be paid on these amounts.

Article 8 - Maximum Amount
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     An employee may authorize payroll deductions in an amount (expressed as a
percentage) not less than one percent (1%) but not more than ten percent (10%)
of the employee's total compensation, including base pay or salary and any
bonuses or commissions.

Article 9 -Change in Payroll Deductions.
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     Deductions may not be increased or decreased during a Payment Period.
However, an employee may withdraw in full from the Plan.

Article 10 - Withdrawal from the Plan
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     An eligible employee may withdraw from the Plan in whole but not in part,
at any time prior to the last business day of each Payment Period by delivering
a withdrawal notice to the Company, in which event the Company will promptly
refund the entire

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balance of the employee's deductions not previously used to purchase stock under
the Plan.

     To re-enter the Plan, an eligible employee who has previously withdrawn
must file a new authorization at least ten (10) days before the beginning date
of the next Payment Period.  The employee's re-entry into the Plan cannot,
however, become effective before the beginning of the next Payment Period
following his/her withdrawal.

Article 11 - Issuance of Stock.
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As soon as practical after each Payment Period, the Company shall in its
discretion either (a) have the Company's transfer agent deliver a certificate
for stock issued to participants, or (b) transfer the stock in book form to a
broker retained by the Company.  Stock purchased under the Plan will be issued
only in the name of the employee participant.

Article 12 - Adjustments.
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     Upon the happening of any of the following described events, an optionee's
rights under options granted under the Plan shall be adjusted as hereinafter
provided.

     A.   In the event shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be subdivided
or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if, upon a
reorganization, split-up, liquidation, recapitalization or the like of the
Company, the shares of the Company's Common Stock shall be exchanged for other
securities of the Company, each optionee shall be entitled, subject to the
conditions herein stated, to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock or
amount of other securities of the Company as were exchangeable for the number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company which such optionee would have been
entitled to purchase except for such action, and appropriate adjustments shall
be made in the purchase price per share to reflect such subdivision, combination
or exchange; and

     B.   In the event the Company shall issue any of its shares as a stock
dividend upon or with respect to the shares of stock of the class which shall at
the time be subject to option hereunder, each optionee upon exercising such an
option shall be entitled to receive (for the purchase price paid upon such
exercise) the shares as to which he/she is exercising his/her option and, in
addition thereto (at no additional cost), such number of shares of the class or
classes in which such stock dividend or dividends were declared or paid, and
such amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares, as is equal to the number of
shares thereof and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares,
respectively, which he/she would have received if he/she had been the holder of
the shares as to which he/she is exercising his/her option at all times between
the date of the granting of such option and the date of its exercise.

     Upon the happening of any of the events specified in paragraph A or B
above, the class and aggregate number of shares set forth in Article 4 hereof
which are subject to

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options which have been or may be granted under the Plan and the limitations set
forth in the second paragraph of Article 5 shall also be appropriately adjusted
to reflect the events specified in paragraph A or B above. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to paragraph A or B shall be made only
to the extent that the Committee, based on advice of counsel for the Company,
determines that such adjustments will not constitute a change requiring
shareholder approval under Section 423(b)(2) of the Code.

     If the Company is to be consolidated with or acquired by another entity in
a merger, a sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or
otherwise (an "Acquisition"), the Committee shall, with respect to options then
outstanding under this Plan, either (i) make appropriate provision for the
continuation of such options by arranging for the substitution on an equitable
basis for the shares then subject to such options the consideration payable with
respect to the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock in connection
with the Acquisition or (ii) terminate all outstanding options in exchange for a
cash payment equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares subject
to the options (determined as of the date of the Acquisition) over the Option
Price thereof (determined with reference only to the first business day of the
applicable Payment Period).

     The Committee or Board of Directors shall determine the adjustments to be
made under this Article 12, and its determination shall be conclusive.

Article 13 - No Transfer or Assignment of Employee's Rights.
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     An employee's rights under the Plan are the employee's alone and may not be
transferred or assigned to, or availed of by, any other person other than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution.  Any option granted under the Plan
to an employee may be exercised, during the employee's lifetime, only by the
employee.

Article 14 - Termination of Employee's Rights.
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     An employee's rights under the Plan will terminate when he/she ceases to be
an employee because of retirement, voluntary or involuntary termination,
resignation, lay-off, discharge, death, change of status or for any other
reason, except that if an employee is on a leave of absence from work during the
last three months of any Payment Period, he/she shall be deemed to be a
participant in the Plan on the last day of that Payment Period.  A withdrawal
notice will be considered as having been received from the employee on the day
his/her employment ceases, and all payroll deductions not used to purchase stock
will be refunded without interest.

     If an employee's payroll deductions are interrupted by any legal process, a
withdrawal notice will be considered as having been received from the employee
on the day the interruption occurs.

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Article 15 - Termination and Amendments to Plan.
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     Unless terminated sooner as provided below, the Plan shall terminate on
December 31, 2007.  The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Company's
Board of Directors but such termination shall not affect options then
outstanding under the Plan.  It will terminate in any case when all or
substantially all of the unissued shares of stock reserved for the purposes of
the Plan have been purchased.  If at any time shares of stock reserved for the
purpose of the Plan remain available for purchase but not in sufficient number
to satisfy all then unfilled purchase requirements, the available shares shall
be apportioned among participants in proportion to their options and the Plan
shall terminate.  Upon such termination or any other termination of the Plan,
all payroll deductions not used to purchase stock will be refunded without
interest.  The Committee or the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt
amendments to the Plan provided that, without the approval of the shareholders
of the company, no amendment may (i) increase the number of shares that may be
issued under the Plan or change the class of employees eligible to receive
options under the Plan or (ii) cause Rule 16b-3 under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 to become inapplicable to the Plan.

Article 16 - Limits on Sale of Stock Purchased Under the Plan.
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     The Plan is intended to provide shares of Common stock for investment and
not for resale.  The Company does not, however, intend to restrict or influence
any employee in the conduct of his/her own affairs.  An employee may, therefore,
sell stock purchased under the Plan at any time the employee chooses, subject to
compliance with any applicable Federal or state securities laws; provided,
however, that because of certain Federal tax requirements, each employee agrees
by entering the Plan, promptly to give the Company notice of any such stock
disposed of within two years after the date of grant of the applicable option
showing the number of such shares disposed of.  THE EMPLOYEE ASSUMES THE RISK OF
ANY MARKET FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRICE OF THE STOCK.

Article 17 - Participating Subsidiaries.
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     The term "participating subsidiary" shall mean any subsidiary of the
Company, as that term is defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, which is
designated from time to time by the Board of Directors to participate in the
Plan.  The Board of Directors shall have the power to make such designation
before or after the Plan is approved by the shareholders.

Article 18 - Optionees Not Shareholders.
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     Neither the granting of an option to an employee nor the deductions from
his/her pay shall constitute such employee a shareholder of the shares covered
by an option until such shares have been actually purchased by the employee.

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Article 19 - Application of Funds.
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     The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Common Stock pursuant
to options granted under the Plan will be used for general corporate purposes.

Article 20 - Governmental Regulations.
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     The Company's obligation to sell and deliver shares of the Company's Common
Stock under this Plan is subject to the approval of any governmental authority
required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such shares,
including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue
Service.

Article 21 - Approval of Shareholders; Effectiveness.
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     The Plan, as amended and restated, shall be subject to approval by the
holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock of the Company present
or represented by proxy at a duly called meeting of shareholders, which approval
must occur by December 1, 2000.

Date Plan adopted by Board of Directors: November 3, 1999
Date Plan approved by Shareholders: February 10, 2000

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