Hans Schwarz Metallgießerei GesmbH & Co. KG in Wels (A), www.hans-schwarz.at

ERP project description: Project highlights: In November 1999, Metallgießerei decided it would implement abas Business Software on one condition: the ERP implementation must be concluded in five months. Day by day, the advantages and true potential behind abas Business Software became more apparent as the tool was used. Not only did Metallgießerei’s management and com- mercial department profit from the ERP solution, its design and production areas also use the system intensively. Production and foundry now operate without a work schedule since abas ERP satisfies this requirement. Not only are the most up-to-date product master files available for these areas, they also contain design drawings produced using Autodesk Mechanical Desktop and Inventor. • Problem-free data transfer • More flexibility in purchasing and cost accounting • Quality improvement • Improved on-time delivery
”Nowadays we can plan in more detail and improve our delivery reliability as a result. This was received positively by our customers.” Christian Kirchschlager, Acting CEO Project supervision: Employees: 100abas customer since: 2000Licenses: 9 Nittmann & Pekoll GesmbH Products: pre-finished cast parts made of aluminium, yellow brass and bronze

SMW Autoblok Spannsysteme GmbH in Meckenbeuren (D), www.smwautoblok.de

ERP project description: Project highlights: In an export company with such a wide range of products as SMW-AUTOBLOK, the sales side is very important. Implementing abas ERP not only optimized the sales pro- cesses, significant improvements were also realized in other business areas: increased transparency, lower production lead times, improved machine load. The production is now transparent and free capacity or bottlenecks are clearly displayed. WIP (work in progress) orders can be edited – in which case only the job ticket is printed for machine and time. The integrated PDC system is completely sufficient for SMW-AUTOBLOK’s requirements. The abas infosystems provide extensive options in all areas to quickly and visibly evaluate the data. • Efficient sales control• Work preparation is less time- consuming • Production lead time has been improved• Machine load optimization
”After eight years of cooperative working with ABAS I can still to this day say: It was the right decision to make. We started after a nine month preparation period with 40 licenses in the old ASCII interface and an IT department with 1.5 people. Now we work with 68 licenses in the modern graphical interface with has many new options. The annual upgrades are imported without problems and our individual adjustments remain. The IT department still consists of just 1.5 people.” Joseph Wirth, Head of IT Employees: 150abas customer since: 1998Licenses: 68 Products: vice systems Project supervision: abas Informationssysteme GmbH
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