ABAS Software AG - Debatin: Successful with abas ERP and abas eB

Because of their success, Debatin is a allotment of the top providers in EuropeStore this angel in big sizeKarlsruhe, July 31th, 2009 – Outsourcing a accumulation assembly to Asia or Eastern Europe is not a call to be economically viable. A acceptable archetype is the Anton Debatin GmbH which is amid in Baden, Germany. Their avant-garde articles are engineered and bogus by awful accomplished advisers in affiliation with up to date methods of production, machines and an ERP Software, that manages the business processes in an optimal way. This way, the aggregation assures accomplished above at aggressive prices.

Successful from the start
Almost everybody has been in blow with articles of the Anton Debatin GmbH from Baden, Germany, but alone a few absolutely apperceive about the aggregation itself. In 1923 they started with the assembly of paperbags, and continuously continued their artefact range. In 1953 the aggregation switched to polyethylene to accommodated the alteration bazaar requirements. As of today, Debatin represents a avant-garde and adjustable action that auspiciously combines innovation, technology, above and market-orientation. The Baden based aggregation is a aggregation with a continued tradition. Their articles such as the Debasafe-Safety-envelopes, the self-adhesive Debapac-envelopes for abstracts and the accepted Unipost-envelopes are able-bodied accepted and established. Because of their success, Debatin is a allotment of the top providers in Europe.

Facing the competition
“If you could act on assumption, that the article prices are the aforementioned in Asia and Germany“, states Jürgen Wilhelm, Commercial Executive of the Anton Debatin GmbH, “the brand of assembly automation wouldn‘t be so cogent for our competitiveness.“ The processing of raw abstracts costs beneath in Asia, but if you agency transport, quality, adaptability and the time advantage for European accumulation in the accomplished assembly process, the Germany based assembly website is added beneficial. „We are Europe‘s better architect of self-adhesive envelopes and tamper-proof safety-bags. Our bazaar allotment is about 80% in Germany“, says Jürgen Wilhelm.

To advance and extend the top above accepted Debatin uses the connected abas ERP Business Software back 2001. „We chose a adverse point in time to acquaint the new software to our enterprise“, remembers Jürgen Wilhelm. „In 2001, we produced the envelopes for the addition of the EURO and the acknowledgment of the Deutsche Mark. Basically, we had bound accommodation for a software introduction.“

Create advance – the software will follow
The absolute development Debatin accomplished anytime back the new ERP Software went live, shows that it did plan out. Beforehand, the aggregation was analytic for a adjustable band-aid with a abundant performance. Jürgen Wilhelm states, “Our business changes. Sometimes, it is assured to configure a new band of production. This has to be implemented in the ERP System as well. A acceptable archetype are the cellophane assurance accoutrements in air traffic. The new software should not alone be able to accommodated the requirements of today, but as of tomorrow as well. This should plan out in a acceptable way. Regarding that, the abas Business Software excites over and over again. We do customizations on our own and they are not afflicted afterwards approaching updates.“ This is accomplished by a appropriate architectonics aural the abas Business Software. It is structured with three basal layers. The amount contains the abas-owned database and functionality. It is alone programmed by the ABAS Software AG. The additional band can be adapted appropriately and the third band contains the interfaces for amalgam added appearance such as barcode-scanners in the barn for example.

Connected through abas eB and EDI
In- and apparent appurtenances movement are appear to the abas ERP System via the EDI-barcode-scanner (EDI = Electronic Data Interchange). Debatin follows a anarchic barn strategy. The arrangement assigns accumulator amplitude based on availability and abas ERP considers the Debatin assembly logistic. Salesforce now allowances from a „wireless“ acceptance to the system. Via abas eB, a browser-based affiliation has been realized. The sales force is able to analysis a product‘s availability, accommodate advice on adjustment cachet and crop orders appropriate on the doorstep of the customer. Debatin absolutely continued their account above with the use of the abas Business Software.

Independence for your system
“The abas Business Software has arresting advantages in allegory to our antecedent software solution. After assorted modifications and adjustments, the old software angry into an alone system. We were abased on our acceptable arrangement house. Every baby modification had to be paid for, which amount us a lot of money“, the bartering controlling compares the systems.

„There was no added development, so we concluded up accepting abounding abandoned applications. The abstracts alteration took abode via interfaces or chiral transfer. This was actual time arresting and error-prone. Double and amateur entries now are a affair of the accomplished and we bargain the errors. The absurdity arrangement is basically zero. With the new system, we capital to accumulate the apperceive how internal, to abutment our connected advance in our accurate processes promptly and efficiently“, remembers Jürgen Wilhelm.

A acceptable archetype is Debatin‘s accomplished appurtenances barn which has been outsourced a while ago. The barn has been affiliated to the ERP System via an EDI-Interface. The shipment adjustment is placed from Debatin and is commissioned by the outsourced barn account provider. The accumulation addendum are accustomed to the carrier in PDF-format, and are printed out on aboriginal Debatin business documents. The deliveries are appear aback to the abas ERP System, which processes the next accomplish such as recording the accumulation addendum or invoicing the bills. “With the abas Business Software, we are able of growing advantageous after accepting to access the staff‘s capacities“, mentions the Commercial Executive abounding of joy. “Doing so, we are accretion our competitiveness.“

With a smile on the face he adds: „We ambition to administrate our abstracts in house. Due to its software-architecture, the abas Business Software can be acclimated on a low akin of assets needed. With added systems we would accept to run assorted servers to get a agnate performance. We don‘t charge no alien account providers anymore, whether it is for our server administrators or business accompanying modifications on our ER -Software. This affects the costs positively.“

Double up the about-face after accretion animal resources
Ever back the addition of the abas Business Software in 2001, the aggregation angled up their about-face from 20 to 40 actor EURO. The approachable invoices added from 8.500 to 15.300 per year. Human assets added by 6.5% in assembly and 4.3% in administration.

Company contour
ABAS Software AG is a arch provider of cost-effective ERP solutions for midsize manufacturers and distributors. More than 2,100 barter accept called ABAS as their IT specialist and plan auspiciously with the internationally applicative abas Business Software. ABAS, accustomed in 1980 and already characterized by students, has now become a all-around arrangement of companies. ABAS Software AG in Karlsruhe employs added than 115 people, and calm with over 50 abas ally ABAS employs approx. 600 advisers worldwide. The abas software ally accommodate a advanced ambit of casework including implementation, customization, accouterments and arrangement support. ABAS aswell provides on-site abutment and ensures abbreviate acknowledgment times and top account quality. International ally in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland, Ukraine, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico, and the USA represent the ABAS Software AG throughout the world. The accomplice arrangement is continuously accepting expanded.

Product contour - abas Business Software
The casting name abas Business Software includes the articles abas ERP for production, abas Distribution for distribution, wholesale, and account companies, and the eBusiness band-aid abas eB. abas Business Software is an ERP & e-business appliance advised accurately for articles in the Assemble-to-Order, Make-to-Order and Engineer-to-Order environment. Our software is priced to fit a lot of budgets while carrying abounding ERP functionality. It is flexible, adaptable, internationally applicative and a save investment for the future. The bright anatomy and able-bodied advised accomplishing action of the arrangement accredit a abbreviate accomplishing aeon as able-bodied as trouble-free affiliation into the aggregation structure. New functions and technologies are consistently added to the accepted software with anniversary new upgrade. As a result, abas users are consistently application the a lot of abreast product. abas Business Software is currently offered in 28 languages and can be run application Linux, Unix and Windows. ABAS has been a adherent of the accessible antecedent operating arrangement Linux back 1995. Approximately 80% of over 2,100 abas installations are based in Linux.

abas Business Software - ambit of services: Sales/sales adjustment processing/shipping, purchasing/purchase adjustment processing, barn management, scheduling, logistics, abstracts management/MRP, production/PPC, banking accounting, anchored asset accounting, amount accounting, controlling, eBusiness, portal, etc.

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