ABAS - Hannover Trade Fair 2007: Industry sector related and geared toward specific topics

Karlsruhe, March 07th, 2007 - From April 16th to 20th 2007, the ABAS Software AG will, together with its sales partners, present highlights regarding the abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness) at the Hannover Trade Fair in hall 17, stand B58. Among other things, the innovations and enhancements in the areas automotive, eBusiness, portal solutions, container management, service center, partial releases and combined production will be presented. The focus of the trade fair appearance is more and more placed on the international orientation of the business software.

Industry sector related and geared toward specific topics
Every year, the HANNOVER TRADE FAIR is one of the most important technological events worldwide. In addition to presenting the newest technological developments and innovations, the trade fair focus is also placed on the creative application of already existing knowledge. Thus, visitors can get an industry-spanning overview of entire value chains. For the abas group the HANNOVER TRADE FAIR is made attractive through comprehensive specific topics and the relation to specific industry sectors, as well as the high percentage of medium-sized exhibitors which already use the abas Business Software or could use it. This, and the increasing amount of international visitors has resulted in numerous top-class contacs in the past years.

International software for international businesses
Medium-sized companies have more and more production locations abroad. Worldwide around 50 abas software partners in 26 countries ensure quick reaction times and a high service quality. By using Unicode the abas Business Software can, for example, display Arabic, Cyrillic and Chinese characters. Country-specific characteristics are furthermore taken into account.
ERP solution for the automotive industry
abas ERP/Automotive is available specifically for automotive component suppliers. In the automotive area, adjustments to the current requirements of the automotive component suppliers will be presented. All automotive relevant fields have been integrated into the EDI Center, such as blanket order number, delivery schedule number, function of the message, cumulative received and delivered quantity. The specifications of the automotive industry, such as VDA, Odette, EDIFACT, ANSI X 12 are taken into account when exchanging data. The application of EDI provides full control of the entire goods, data and money flow. Thus, a flexible partner network is fully controllable.

eBusiness software with new functions and new portal solution
The current version of the eBusiness solution abas eB has many new functions. eB screens can be generated from ERP screens by clicking on a button. An additional Transformation Tool was added to the abas eB workbench, using which individual or several abas ERP screens can be quickly transferred to abas eB.
In Version 2007 the abas Portal will be made available to abas Business Software customers for the first time. It provides customizable access to data and services of the abas Business Software, as well as to internal and external applications, such as databases, Web services or Web applications. Information from various applications can be compiled for the external sales force, management level, administration or customers.
Innovations of the abas Business Software:
container management, partial releases, combined production, service center
Through respective interfaces the abas container management can be operated manually, through a barcode connection or using RFID support. In the production area the function "Partial releases" will be presented among other things – this procedure results in numerous simplifications in the organization of the work orders. It will also be presented how the abas Business Software supports the combined production and how this new function cooperates with scheduling and costing. In the accounting area innovations in financial accounting, materials valuation, cost accounting and fixed asset accounting will be presented. By means of the external sales force connection of the abas Business Software the communication between the control center and external sales force can be automated and accelerated. The abas Service Center supports the service technician when preparing an assignment on customer site. By means of abas eB, the Service Center can be operated in the browser and can be accessed by the service employees via the Internet worldwide - up-to-date information as a necessity for quality in the service business.

More than 1,800 customers have opted to use ABAS as their IT specialist and for the integrated abas Business Software, which has become one of the most successful ERP programs on the international market during the past few years. ABAS has as their customers top companies (with 10 to 1000 employees) from various business sectors. The list of references includes well-known companies such as Würth Elektronik, Dortmunder Westfalenhallen, Mafell, Robbe, Lufthansa LEOS and HOMA Pumpenfabrik. The ABAS Software AG has established a qualified partner network of over 400 IT organizational and application consultants for their customer support. The abas Software Partners provide on-site support and a range of services including implementation, hardware and network support, customization and a helpdesk.
Around 40 abas software partners ensure quick reaction times and a high quality service. International partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Latin America and the USA represent ABAS Software AG throughout the world. The partner network is continuously expanded.

ABAS Software AG
Suedendstrasse 42
76135 Karlsruhe/ GERMANY
Tel. 49 (0) 721/9 67 23-0
Fax 49 (0) 721/9 67 23 -100

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