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ERP Survey 2002

	The Users Decide: 1st Place for abas Business Software!

	ERP study confirms the quality of the business standard software from Karlsruhe, Germany.

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	Publishing group Konradin Verlagsgruppe's yearly study of the use of ERP solutions by German industrial organizations having 50 staff members or more provides medium size companies with a valuable guide for selecting a suitable ERP system. The study, carried out by the independent market research institute A.M.A., asked over 1,500 organizations this year to provide information about the market share and brand recognition of ERP solutions. However, the central idea behind the study was also to evaluate user satisfaction with the ERP system currently being used. Users gave ratings ranging from 1 (excellent) to 6 (unsatisfactory).

	Top Rating for abas Business Software
	The software with highest overall rating (2.03) is from ABAS. The abas Business Software (ERP, MRP, eBusiness) was the only software of the 18 systems tested to achieve top ranking in all of the quality criteria covered in the study. The ratings for practicality, stability, update support and hotline quality reflect the high approval of abas Business Software among users. The abas users also awarded outstanding ratings not only in terms of the quality of support by contact persons, but also in terms of user friendliness, adaptability, price-performance ratio, industry-specific consultation and implementation support.

	ABAS Makes the Top Ten
	The Karlsruhe software company once again made powerful gains in brand recognition. ABAS jumped 4 places and gained 20 percentage points over last year's results and therefore, right after the providers listed on the stock exchange, counts as one of the 10 best known ERP manufacturers. A closer look reveals that the recognition of the abas brand reaches even farther. ABAS currently ranks 8th among companies with 50 to 99 employees and among industrial organizations with 100 to 499 employees.

	30% shorter implementation times with abas Business Software
	Implementing an ERP system commits a certain amount of a company's IT and user resources. This often leads to considerable costs. Therefore, implementation time and implementation strategy are important criteria for deciding on an ERP system. The combination of sophisticated implementation strategies provided by ABAS and their sales partners and ABAS's software, which excels in its ease of implementation, enabled companies to achieve an average implementation time of 7.2 months. In 50% of the cases, implementation of the software is complete after 3-5 months. An extraordinary value, since the average time for implementing standard ERP systems is 10.1 months. That's about 30% longer than abas.

	Transparency and Rapid ROI
	According to the ERP study, industrial organizations invest an average total of 397,000 euros before an ERP system is productive. This includes the costs for hardware, software, implementation and staff training. The average investment cost for standard implementation of the abas Business Software for 30 work spaces runs about 250,000 euros. This is a remarkable price-performance ratio indicating a rapid ROI (return on investment). The numbers show that ABAS's decades of software, hardware, implementation and service expertise with a constant focus on concrete client value gives abas users far-reaching savings. Of the abas Business Software users questioned, 63.6% invested far less than 250,000 euros. The optimization potential created by introducing the ERP system enables the company to achieve a rapid return on investment.

	Decisive Strategy for Providing Client Value Pays Off
	Client satisfaction is one of the most important objectives for ABAS Software AG and the abas sales partners. This commitment to the client, which has been honored since 1980, has been a factor for the sustained success of the Karlsruhe software team and has brought the company steady profits. This is no matter of course for IT companies in these turbulent times. Many clients come to ABAS by recommendation. The high quality of the abas Business Software combined with efficient implementation strategies enable a rapid return on investment. abas Business Software stands for continuity, competence, innovation and the most modern technologies from one source. The study convincingly confirms the trail being blazed and it is a stimulus to continuously expand on the standard for quality that has already been set.

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