ABAS: Over 500 innovations and enhancements

abas Business Software Version 2006

Karlsruhe, October 20, 2006 - The current version 2006 of the abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness) offers more than 500 innovations, enhancements and improvements in many function areas.

The ABAS Software AG employs a continuous upgrade strategy. A new version of the abas Business Software is provided each year. With each upgrade the users benefit from extensive function expansions and modern technologies. An updgrade is quickly implemented, company specific adaptations remain intact and the user is spared time and cost-intensive modifications.

Purchasing
In the purchasing area the function "Provided materials" was enhaced. There is now for example an infosystem for stock levels in subcontracting and provided parts can now be scheduled.

Production/Production planning and control (PPC)
The organization of work orders has been facilitated through partial releases. The current version of the abas Business Software supports the combined production, in which several different products are created in one production process. Preliminary costing was also improved, the valuation of stock movements has been expanded, e.g. in regard to withdrawal strategies.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
In Version 2006, relevant fields for the automotive sector of industry have been integrated into the EDI Center which provides an overview of all EDI processes. The automatic comparison of credit notes has been expanded. The abas container management optimizes the flow of material and manages the valuable and scarce resource load carrier. The new function price history provides an overview of a product's price development. The EDI packing slip in purchasing and the EDI payment advice note in sales are also new.

Accounting
The financial accounting area features extensive innovations and expansions: financial entries can be created and repeated in defined intervals by means of recurring entries. Accounts can now be better assinged to VAT items. There are numerous new functions in reminders, as well as payment suggestions. Moreover, there are several new infosystems available in Version 2006.
The fixed asset accounting of the abas Business Software has also been expanded: abas users can now use different financial reporting regulations, the fixed assets are managed and depreciated according to different valuation approaches.
In the cost accounting the transaction figures of computation rules are always available. Computation rule and EDS form can be used by several users at the same time. The infosystem BABNEU can now be called from the EDS form. The cost accounting configuration and the document report have also been expanded.
There are also innovations in the material valuation area: the infosystem product stock has been expanded by the stock level account. The revaluation of the material valuation and valuation of production activity also affects the final costing. In addition to material and production direct costs, the overheads are now integrated into the stock of finished and unfinished products.

eBusiness
In Version 2006 of the eBusiness solution many innovations and expansions are available, e.g. the creation of abas eB screens by clicking on a button. The Webshop also has been further developed, new for example are the cross selling and up selling function, as well as accessories.

Portal
The new abas Web Portal enables a central access to the IT world with which employees, customers or business partners can access individually tailored, internal and external business information and services.

ABAS Software AG
Suedendstrasse 42
76135 Karlsruhe/ Germany
Tel.: 49 721 967 23 01
Fax: 49 721 67 96 51
info@abas.de
www.abas.de

Company profile of the ABAS Software AG
The core competence of ABAS Software AG is the development of flexible ERP and eBusiness software for medium-sized companies with up to 1,000 employees. More than 1,750 customers throughout the world have opted for both ABAS as IT specialist, and for the integrated abas Business Software. The company ABAS that was once characterized by students has now become a group of companies. ABAS Software AG in Karlsruhe employs about 85 people, together with over 50 abas partners worldwide that is a total of approx. 545 employees. The abas software partners provide on-site support and a range of services including implementation, hardware and network support, customization and a helpdesk and ensure short reaction times and high service quality. International partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Egypt, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Australia, and the USA represent the ABAS Software AG throughout the world.

abas Business Software – product profile
The brand name abas Business Software includes the products abas ERP for production, abas Trade for trade and service companies and the eBusiness solution abas eB. abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness), a solution for medium-sized companies, is flexible, adaptable and future-proof. The clear structure and well thought-out implementation strategy of the system enables a short implementation period, as well as a trouble-free integration into the company structure. Specific adaptations can be integrated with very little effort. With every upgrade new functions and technologies are constantly added to the standard software. As a result, abas users are always using the most up-to-date product. abas Business Software can be run using Linux, Unix and Windows. ABAS has supported the open source operating system Linux since 1995. Approximately 80% of over 1,750 abas installations are based on Linux.
abas Business Software - range of services: Sales/sales order processing/shipping, purchasing/purchase order processing, warehouse management, scheduling, logistics, materials management/MRP, production/PPC, financial accounting, fixed asset accounting, cost accounting, controlling, eBusiness, etc.

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