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1. abas Business Software:
Big ERP solution for small businesses

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According to analysts, small businesses around the world have
extensive financial disadvantages because they do not have a con-
sistent and uniform data basis. Key performance indicators such as
sales order stock, stock value or liquidity can only be determined
through a high manual effort – if even possible at all!
The ability to innovate these companies suffers from the fact that the available
personnel is used to deal with administrative tasks in day-to-day business. The
actual core business, such as product development or strategic development of
customer and vendor relations is often neglected. When asked, why they do not
use an integrated business software, management answers, “we are too small
for this!”
However, when looking more closely at their tasks, it becomes obvious that
small companies have similar requirements to large ones. Small companies
often lack the budget and the necessary personnel resources required for an
ERP implementation as is common on the market.
The right ERP package – also for small businesses
ABAS and its software partners are tackling this challenge. The outcome: a
package explicitly consisting of software and implementation methodology,
which fulfills small business requirements. Contrary to the usual approach in
the ERP market, “big ERP” was not simply slimmed down to create an entry-
level solution. Quite the opposite! Especially for small companies, ABAS has
defined best practices that can be provided in the system. Combined with a
role-based and user-centric representation of relevant information, the imple-
mentation and training effort can be reduced dramatically, which has an effect
on external as well as internal costs.
Too small for a big ERP solution? Why small businesses
also need a fully-developed ERP solution!
“We started using abas ERP because the system is really easy to use, the support they provide
is excellent and they have great people to talk to. It has allowed us to do a much better job keeping track
of our inventory.” Troy Johanson, Seed Hawk
Sector of industry: Seeding systems · Number of licenses: 12 · www.seedhawk.com

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The key for a successful implementation is an adequate methodology.
For this, the well-established abas implementation methodology was matched
to the generally low budget and personnel resources. This procedure differs
considerably from those of other ERP providers. Small companies – especially
start-ups – are often still in their identification and orientation phase in terms
of company organization. Therefore, ABAS provides them with the most-expe-
rienced ERP organizational consultants for the project. Thus, small companies
can rely on the best practices and the extensive experience of consultants from
“large ERP projects” from all industries and company sizes.
Ready for growth!
As your company will change in the course of time, as a rule, your requirements
regarding your ERP system will also change. This is often the time when many
software solutions that are customized to small businesses reach their limits in
terms of functionality or scalability. As a consequence, either permanent com-
promises have to be made or a new “real” ERP system has to be acquired. The
investment made before will then be lost.
From the very beginning, ABAS provides you with an ERP system that is also
used by midsize and large abas customers. Right from the start you should opt
for the ERP solution, which provides you with all possibilities for the future with
its full function range and full flexibility in terms of scalability and growth.
Every step of the way your abas software partner will accompany you with his
experience and advice. This long-term partnership ensures a unique high level
of customer satisfaction that is a driving force and of high value for ABAS.
“ABAS has impressed and convinced us from the very beginning. The extremely short
implementation period of only 2 months, even though a very high number of tasks had to be managed,
proves that the decision for abas Business Software and the implementation partner was
the right one. We are still impressed and very happy with ABAS.”
Michael Jagdt, Manager, lignotecMassivHolz GmbH
Sector of industry: Wood processing · Number of licenses: 6 · www.lignotec.com
Ready for growth!

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abas Business Software service range –
efficient software solutions for your company
abas Business Software includes abas ERP, abas Distribution and
abas eB.
This provides small and midsize industrial, distribution, and service companies
with a complete solution, which provides a broad spectrum of functions: from
purchasing and sales through to materials management, production planning
and production through to financial accounting and eBusiness. Long-term expe-
rience combined with a high level of innovation is the basis for the further deve-
lopment of abas Business Software. When you choose abas Business Software,
you are choosing competence, continuity, and state of the art technology.
“abas Business Software has greatly improved our productivity. It has helped us improve our raw
material and production scheduling. Tracking and traceability went to a new level. Also, our job cost overview
and controlling has been much better. The quick access to information that we have because of
abas ERP has allowed us to develop better relationships with our customers.” Sebastian Kranz, Ernst + Moore
Sector of industry: Tool making and metal forming · Number of licenses: 15 · www.ernst-moore.com
Performance spectrum of abas Business Software

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“Implementing abas Business Software was carried out according to plan.
Everything we had agreed upon was realized 100% in terms of time and budget.”
Dirk Schirmbrand, Manager, MF-Schirmband KG
Sector of industry: Mechanical engineering, plant engineering and equipment engineering ·
Number of licenses: 4 · www.mf-schirmbrand.de
Your advantages
with abas Business Software
“The decision to select abas ERP was the right one. We were able to make considerable
savings and improvements in our company organization. abas Business Software is a state of the art
ERP system, which allows us to quickly react to changes on the market.”
Thomas Simon, Managing Director, Labelident GmbH
Sector of industry: Label printing · Number of licenses: 17 · www.labelident.com
More than 2,500 companies in production, distribution, and service
sectors have already selected abas Business Software. There are
excellent reasons for this midmarket solution:
⋅ Excellent price /performance ratio
⋅ Short implementation periods and easy implementation
⋅ Excellent customer satisfaction
⋅ Long-term security of software investment and fast
return on investment (ROI)
⋅ Broad function coverage
⋅ Intuitive operation
⋅ Scalability (number of users, clients)
⋅ Permanent software modernizations through upgrades
⋅ Upgrade -secure modifications enable high-level of flexibility
⋅ International and multilingual
“abas ERP is geared toward our type of business. The sales team is very responsive,
and the software is flexible so we could customize it to fit our company.
The product works right out of the box.” Tom McNutt, Systecon
Sector of industry: Quality water management systems · Number of licenses: 15 · www.systecon.com

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Since its inception in 1980, ABAS aspires to be a leader in business
and technology solutions that provide true value to midsize manu-
facturing, distribution and service enterprises. We encourage and
empower our employees to use their knowledge and creativity to
produce smart solutions that help our customers attain success in
an ever-changing world. ABAS is committed to product excellence,
business leadership,and anopenculture,enhanced byadiverseand
international community.
ABAS provides smart solutions for doing business in the hyperconnected
economy. In a world where smart devices are everywhere and connect in real
time, abas Business Software will become the business logic platform that
helps businesses operate in a virtual economy. To support our clients, abas
applications will operate with data from multiple sources, through a presenta-
tion tier users will design, and most of all, with a variety of information delivery
mediums. This vision is built on openness, interoperability, ease-to-use, and
increased flexibility of business solutions based on abas business logic. The
future will include applications that snap on to the abas business layer and
present seamless solutions for any business requirements.
Software from a midsize business
for midsized businesses
“The reason for implementing abas ERP was the simple usage of Cyrillic characters,
which is very important for our day-to-day business. This requirement was easily realized by ABAS and helps
us being more competitive on a global market.” Lydia Simonowa, System Management, Itraco GmbH
Sector of industry: Global distributor / Printing sector · Number of licenses: 16 · www.itraco.de
“We have come to know and appreciate abas ERP as the appropriate system for us as a mecha-
nical engineering company. Thanks to the flexibility of abas ERP, our customized business
processes are displayed within the system and even remain after software upgrades.”
Stefan Kuhlmann, Accounting, dft technology GmbH
Sector of industry: Mechanical and plant engineering · Number of licenses: 12 · www.dft-technology.de

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Business philosophy: “The Spirit of ABAS”
Satisfaction, quality, and service go together – ABAS is guided by this principle
in its daily work. The main idea is that the abas customers can concentrate on
what is of most importance to them: their core business. ABAS lives with its
users and looks for the constructive dialog with them, their suggestions give
important impetus for the further development of abas Business Software.
Directness and trust contribute to a continually profitable cooperation. ABAS
has proven this for over 30 years.
Solid economic basis
ABAS has always relied on a stable economic basis. It is the requirement to
invest in innovations and for long-term planning. ABAS has been making profit
for the past 15 years. The strategy of the sustainable development in connection
with independence of banks and investors will also be important for ABAS in
the future.
Global partner network through common dedication
ABAS has assembled a global network of qualified implementation partners:
about 50 abas software partners in 30 countries worldwide know the requi-
rements of their local markets. They guarantee short reaction times and high
service quality. With the international abas implementation methodology, which
has been proven in numerous projects, ABAS ensures implementation success
even across borders.
Sector of industry: Adhesive tapes · Number of licenses: 20 · www.gorsel.net
Sector of industry: Visual merchandising solutions · Number of licenses: 14 · www.gorsel.net
“Our primary reason to chose abas ERP and abas eB as our enterprise software, was the friendly
user interface, its flexibility, and the always up-to-date technological advantages by its multi-layer
architecture.” Ugur Ercan, Director, Görsel Group
“As a company which has never used an ERP software before, we needed consultancy services
to optimize our production. The experienced technical and functional abas ERP consultants contributed to
adapt and to implement the software in our company.”
Gökhan Isık, Deputy Project Manager, Bento Bantçılık ve Temizlik Maddeleri

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