Abas ERP for Production Companies Product Brochure
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abas ERP abas ERP for production companies Product brochure ERP • PPC • MRP • eBusiness C o n t e n t s Your flexible and future-proof solution for 1 medium-sized businesses Contents Overview of abas ERP ......................................................... 3 Your advantages in using abas ERP........................................... 4 Functions of abas Business Software ........................................ 8 Software architecture of abas ERP............................................ 14 Software upgrade................................................................. 16 Interfaces to other software worlds........................................... 18 abas eB ............................................................................ 20 ERP & eBusiness for medium-sized businesses ............................ 22 for production companies for trade and services* eBusiness for medium-sized businesses* *Please note that there are also product brochures for abas Trade and abas eB. abas Business Software – efficient software solutions for your company The brand name abas Business Software includes the products abas ERP, abas Trade and abas eB. Thus, a complete solution which provides a broad spectrum of functions is available to medium-sized industrial, trade and service companies: from purchasing and sales through to materials management, production planning and production through to accounting and eBusiness. Overview of abas ERP abas Business Software is based on a combination of the most modern technology and many years of experience. When you choose abas 1 Business Software you are opting for competence, continuity and first class technology. The abas Business Software provides a widely diversified function range – for manufacturing companies, as well as for commerce and the service industry. Company-specific customization is uncomplicated and flexible. For many business sectors Production companies Trading and service companies • Plant engineering • Medical engineering • Accounting services • Cleaning services and • Automotive • Metal working and finishing • Concrete and laundries • Building trade • Furniture production building materials • Toys • Chemical engineering • Food processing industry • Electrical goods trade • Steel trade • Electrical engineering • Jewelry industry • Catering • Sound equipment • Car production • Textile industry • Wholesale • Supermarkets • Wood industry • Packaging industry • Media services • Advertising material… • Plastics production • Workshops for the disabled • Medical equipment • Mechanical engineering • Vendors and • Petroleum products trade subcontractors… • Furniture and office equipment ”abas Business Software continues to leave us impressed - even after many years of use: it is easy to understand and operate. Flexibility and upgradeablity are both great features. However, the best thing about abas Business Software is that the system is a simple and optimal solution for medium-sized companies.“ Rosemarie Sudergat, IT Manager, Sengewald Klinikprodukte GmbH & Co. KG, hospital products 3 Your advantages in using abas ERP Scope to deal with essentials. 2 Conduct business processes efficiently Short implementation periods “The implementation concept also impressed The clear structure of the abas Business Software and sophisticated implementation us. Before the actual software implementation strategies facilitate short implementation times, as well as the quick and smooth there were numerous training courses provided integration into the company structure and existing software environments. Through for the employees. This ensured that the ERP methodical software implementation the introduction periods are reduced by software could be introduced both smoothly approx. 25% and the ROI (Return on Investment) is reached in a significantly and efficiently.“ Stefan Ruprecht, business shorter time. executive, ADA Consulting GmbH, distributor of high-quality cosmetics Excellent price/performance ratio “If one looks at the increase in transparency, abas ERP provides users with an extensive function range. Additional functions productivity and the saving in time since the and adjustments can be made easily, flexibly and therefore cost efficiently – by implementation of abas Business Software in our the user or through the abas Software Partner. The high flexibility of abas ERP is company, our ERP investments have more than exceptionally valuable for your company and enables new requirements to be paid off in as soon as 12 months.“ satisfied. The ERP solution provides a multifaceted optimization and use potential, Gerhard Herdt, Project Manager of EPHY- such as an increase in productivity, improvement of transparency and service, MESS GmbH, industrial temperature measuring increase in competitive strength, cost savings, and much more. These advantages methods bring cost benefits in the user operation. The abas Business Software shines through with this above-average and excellent price/performance ratio. 4 Product brochure ERP For your benefit: the quick ERP implementation, the excellent price/ performance ratio, investment security, platform independence, user 2 friendliness, flexibility, internationality and customer satisfaction are convincing arguments in favor of abas ERP. Future-proof and a secure investment The ABAS Software AG has a continuous upgrade strategy to ensure that the “We are glad that we decided to go for ABAS. business software will also be reliable in the future. A new version of abas The abas Business Software has grown Business Software is provided each year. New functions and technologies are alongside our company. With each additional always integrated into the software standard, abas users are always up-to-date. year the software has become more and more valuable to our company. We introduced an ERP software which permanently integrates the most current technology.“ Susanne Lägler, CEO of Eugen Lägler GmbH, world leader in parquet sanding technology Select your platform Whatever operating system is best suited to your IT environment – abas Business “Since introducing abas Business Software Software runs using Linux, Unix and Windows. ABAS has supported the Open our IT operation has become more secure and Source operating system Linux since 1995, about 80% of over 1,700 abas stable. One reason for this is the operation installations are based on Linux. The flexible standard business software is also in of the abas Business Software using the Linux the front end range using Linux. As has already been the experience on the server operating system. Also, the susceptibility to side, Linux is also distinguishing itself on the client side through great stability and virus and worm attacks is considerably lower excellent performance. compared to other operating systems. In the long term we save effort and money.” Jürgen Enghofer, Head of IT of Lenhardt Maschinenbau GmbH, machines and equipment for insulation glass manufacturing 5 Your advantages in using abas ERP User friendly ”The abas Business Software is easy to handle The continuous uniform user interface, the systematic screen structure, the field, and was immediately accepted by all employees. screen and topic related Online Help and the structure of the models according to the We activated abas ERP and it worked.“ related functions make it possible to work securely, intuitively and effectively with the Volker Schurr, CEO of the Wäscherei Büchele abas Business Software after only a short introduction. Whether browser based or via GmbH & Co. KG, laundry services the graphical user interface – you decide how you want to operate abas ERP. Customized, flexible and always up-to-date “That´s why the flexibility of the ERP system and its Be it business processes, screens or database structures – your specific requirements easy adaptability to changes in the workflow is so can always be easily integrated into your ERP Software. abas Business Software important to us. The speed at which these adjust- can adjust perfectly to suit your organizational structure. The value and usefulness ments were implemented was stunning. For example, of your company software appreciate with each passing year. You partake in this changes discussed whilst running through the con- progress – with every new version. Even after an upgrade your individual modi- tract were then made in the coffee break.“ Michael fications are retained as, for example, individual fields in screens, own standard Kummer, Head of IT of the Binder+Co AG, machine lists, new functions or own macros. and plant engineering for the processing technology, environmental engineering and packaging technology. International and multilingual “Purchase and delivery is mainly in Germany abas Business Software is multilingual in the user menu, as well as in the display and production takes place in Hungary. Raw language. You can work with the same database in different operating languages. materials or goods are constantly being This simplifies working with your subsidiaries in other countries. credited and debited. Furthermore, there At present, abas Business Software is available in over 25 languages. ABAS is are one or two lorries daily driving between represented internationally by more than 50 partners worldwide, the partner Germany and Hungary. Whereas our ERP network is being continuously extended. system works centrally, the file server for the abas Business Software is in Germany so that the Hungarian employees can always access the most current data.“ Thomas Saalborn, Head