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ABAS at the Hannover Trade Fair 2006

	ABAS at the Hannover Trade Fair 2006

	Karlsruhe, March 7th, 2006 - In Hall 16, stand C21, ABAS will, together with its sales partners, present news concerning abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness). The Digital Factory has established itself as the most important platform for IT based solutions in the industry. At ABAS, the focus is laid on the new Service Center, which supports the service technician when preparing the next assignment on customer location. Further topics are the integration of RFID systems into abas ERP, a portal solution, data exchange between several production locations (MultiSite), the international focus, as well as enhancements in all function areas of abas Business Software.

	Service Center facilitates customer service

	The technician is provided with an overview of the planned service assignments. Using a machine specification sheet, the technician can check numerous relevant information, such as documentation on the plant or product, warranty information, maintenance intervals or the location of the plant. A plant history that is specific to the date is recorded in the archive BOM. It displays when which parts were exchange or mounted additionally, when the last maintenance took place and which spare parts can be exchange preemtively. The technician can thus prepare specifically and, for example, procure the necessary spare parts and take them to the customer, and can enter changes directly on location. In abas eB the Service Center can be operated in the browser and can be used worldwide via the Internet. Therefore, proximity to customers and quality in the service business requirements are provided for.

	Data exchange between several production locations (MultiSite)

	The new "MultiSite" function in abas ERP enables the configurable data exchange (import and export) between abas ERP clients. The data retention takes place centrally with distribution to several clients. Transaction data is also exchanged. For example, a sales order is exported from client 1and imported as a purchase order into client 2. In the future, an external sales force connection will be available. Field workers can then have a copy of selected company clients on their laptop, if necessary, without sensitive data. The data which the sales representatives enter via their laptops are transferred to the central company client via the configurable data exchange. The copies on the field worker's laptop are updated from time to time by using a shadow client.

	Manifold function expansions

	The new version of abas Business Software contains extensive innovations in many function areas. In production, for example, there is now the new function "combined production". It depicts by-products in the system which occur during production. In the area of the graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical screen designer is in process, the Linux GUI is also further enhanced and in the future further Linux distributors will be supported. There are further innovations and improvements in production/PPC, materials management, accounting, interfaces, database, EDI and eBusiness, amongst others. The international orientation of the abas Business Software is also a focus of the trade fair. By using the Unicode character set, it is for example possible to depict Chinese, Arabic or Cyrillic fonts. The abas Business Software is now being used in over 25 languages. About 50 abas partners provide worldwide on-site service.

	Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) integrated

	An RFID interface has been integrated into the current version of the abas Business Software. RFID is already being used in numerous installations of the abas Business Software. This way products can be recorded, traced and assigned to one customer via RFID. A history can be maintained for every RFID label. Thus, at any point in time it can be traced where the goods are. The received goods are then automatically separated, for example, according to product groups. The sorting with chips can also be carried out easily and quickly using RFID technology. The respective packing slips are automatically generated and all data are transferred to the abas Business Software for further processing.

	Personalized portal

	In the future, the abas Portal provides users with a configurable and personalized access to abas ERP data and services, as well as other internal and external applications, such as databases, Web services or Web Applications. Using the pre-configured abas Portal, company portals can be implemented for office workers, as well as field workers, business partners and customers. The abas Portal enables fast, specific access to data which is needed frequently and to application cases (keyword “Management dashboard”). HANNOVER TRADE FAIR: 24. April until 28. April 2006 ABAS at the HANNOVER TRADE FAIR: Hall 16, Stand C21

	Further information on ABAS: pr@abas-software.com (Press and Public Relations) Phone: +49 (0) 721 96 72 30; Fax: +49 (0) 721 96 72 31 00

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