Metalworking industry expertise
abas ERP in the metalworking industry
Medium-sized companies in the metalworking industry are facing major challenges: Customized adjustments, complex supply chains, rising raw materials prices and material bottlenecks. Increasing quality requirements call for maximum flexibility, simultaneous cost control, and process efficiency. With abas ERP, metalworking companies are well equipped.
- Demand-based and cost-efficient procurement
- Flexible planning and control of production processes
- Exact advanced planning and scheduling
Whitepaper
Selecting a Manufacturing ERP System in 7 Easy Steps
The Selecting an ERP System in 7 Easy Steps whitepaper includes guidelines on
- Organizing and prioritizing your requirements
- Compiling internal documents
- Preparing a company presentation
- And much more!

abas Customers in the metalworking industry
Customer story ERNST Umformtechnik

Data exchange via EDI, extended workbench, B2B portal: abas ERP supports the Hidden Champion Ernst Umformtechnik with efficient business processes at several international sites.
Function Highlights
Important ERP features for the metalworking industry
abas ERP is the tailored solution for metalworking companies. The ERP software ensures efficient and secure processes and helps you to act flexibly while competing internationally.


Success factor: Purchasing
Optimized procurement
Rising raw material prices and, in some cases, long procurement periods make material planning and scheduling the decisive factor for demand-based and cost-efficient procurement in the metalworking industry.
Strong in Production
Planning and control of production processes
Production is the heart of abas ERP. Whether one-off, repetitive, project, contract or subcontracting production - our ERP system offers you the planning processes that are right for you and gives you full transparency and control in production management.




Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Integrated Advanced Planning and Scheduling
The advanced planning and scheduling fully integrated in abas ERP helps you meet the complex challenges of your industry. With APS, you keep track of your work orders and production capacity utilization, detect bottlenecks and perform simulations.
Abas ERP functions
A comprehensive solution with over 20 powerful functional areas
Abas ERP delivers continuous support in all business processes - from purchasing, sales and scheduling to production, warehouse, service and financial accounting. Learn more about some of the most important functional areas and how they can help you master your daily tasks.
Scheduling – The Abas brain
Your company has to monitor and control an enormous number of parallel processes on a daily basis. Abas ERP scheduling makes this complexity manageable. Fully automated, it permanently updates your material requirements and planning.
Production – Abas' strength
Production is the linchpin of Abas ERP. Our ERP solution helps you successfully tackle all challenges in the production environment - from production planning and execution to production control.
Financial accounting – Integrated
Benefit from the complete integration of finance in Abas ERP: From financial and fixed asset accounting, controlling, costing, and valuation to material costs posting and reporting. Always stay on top of you costs.
Customization
Thanks to our high adaptability with simultaneous upgrade compatibility, you can rely on standard software and still remain unique. Quickly and easily map your individual business processes and secure competitive advantages.
Sales – Your customer in focus
Abas ERP supports you throughout the entire sales process - starting with the sales opportunity, the efficient preparation of quotes, and order management and continuing through recording packing slips and invoices to mobile features for your external sales force.
Purchasing – Greater deadline adherence
With Abas ERP Purchasing, you can efficiently control all purchasing processes - from requests and order suggestions to incoming goods with quality control and invoice verification. With the help of the scheduling integration, you can ensure quantities and deadlines are met.
Connectivity – Made easy
Networking and interfaces are more important than ever before. Abas ERP contains powerful standard connectors (DMS, MS SQL and PDM) and, thanks to its integration tool, enables the easy connection of third-party systems without any programming effort.
Mobile applications – Anytime
Our mobile applications are intuitive to use and focus your employees on the essentials: They support your production and warehouse in real time and are also available offline for your external sales force and customer service teams.
Warehouse – Manage in Abas ERP
With the help of Abas ERP Warehouse Management, you can manage all processes relating to your material movements directly in the ERP system - from withdrawals and receipts to transfers - and easily keep an eye on stocks and delivery availability.

Customer Story
WMH Group relies on abas ERP
For more than 80 years WMH has been known for first-class products made from aluminum. During the search for a new ERP system, abas ERP scored with flexibility and innovative capability. Highlights include the traceability of material and processes, the ERP connection to the automated high-bay warehouse or the cut optimization, which is already included in preliminary costing and communicated to the panel sawing centers.