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Trusted by hundreds of packaging manufacturers:
Where Packaging Meets Innovation
Our flexibility allows us to work with a variety to business types:
Abaca is a state-of-the-art packaging manufacturing solution designed to suit all complex production requirements with a single piece of software. Abaca’s fully integrated software architecture is ideal for an array of customers including those in corrugated packaging, distribution, and maintenance, while Abaca’s business management suite — accounting, reporting, scheduling, CRM, and document management capabilities — provides packaging customers with optimum performance in one secure, easy to use, and fully comprehensive solution.
Our flexibility packaging manufacturing software solutions allow us to work with a variety to business types:
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Corrugated
Whether you are an integrated plant, sheet plant or sheet feeder our system caters for your needs. Packaging 3000 is installed in over 130 corrugated factories.
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Paper Related
We handle most paper related product types including paper sacks, carton board, spiral wound tubes, drums and paper slitting and sheeting operations.
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Distribution & Maintenance
Our software handles both packaging and non-packaging materials distribution as well as managing the purchasing and control of spare parts at many of our bigger sites.
Scalable Packaging Manufacturing Software Tailored to Your Needs
A convenient all-in-one system, Abaca’s suite of packaging manufacturing software solutions covers every step of the distribution and packing process, from sales order processing, to invoicing and reporting. In addition to Packaging 3000, Abaca Systems offers additional products including RF3000 for barcoding functionality and Portal 3000, a web-based customer portal that allows businesses to conveniently get updates directly to their device.
Packaging Management
Whatever your operation, Abaca’s intelligent packaging system is designed to suit your needs. Whether you are in corrugated, paper products or distribution, we offer a complete solution to bring together all areas of your business within a centralized software package. Integration ensures data is only entered once, helping to improve efficiency and reduce errors. The consistent look and feel of each area of the software helps users to learn and gain confidence more easily than if operating different packages for different tasks. This fully integrated system allows authorised users unprecedented access to current, meaningful information subject to access permissions.
Accounting
Abaca’s Global 3000 accounting functionality goes way beyond statutory reporting. That’s because business today demands multi-dimensional analysis of revenues, costs, cash flow, and assets – down to any level of detail. Global 3000 offers full multi-company and multi-currency processing, with unlimited profit centres and the option to retain as much historical data as you require. The combination of extensive built-in analysis functions and easy data exchange with industry standard tools makes for a uniquely powerful management reporting system.
- General Ledger caters perfectly for companies with highly individual management accounting needs.
- Debtors Ledger maintains accurate control of your customer transactions and works with Packaging 3000 to provide real time credit and terms checking.
- Creditors Ledger maintains accurate control of your supplier transactions and works with Packaging 3000. The module includes full payment facilities and banking integration.
- Cash Manager provides a simple reconciliation between the accounting ledgers and your bank statements. A must have for the new HMRC make tax digital requirements.
Electronic Document Management
Our electronic document generation system creates digitally encrypted, tamper-proof Adobe documents which can be sent by EDI, emailed, or printed as required. Copies are not required as the system automatically files every instance of every generation of a document for simple retrieval on demand.
- A paperless solution is realised as each document is stored in a secure, encrypted PDF file on your server.
- Simple retrieval of any document image with details of how and when it was sent.
- Email to reduce overheads for long invoice or statement runs to eliminate folding, envelopes and postage.
Reporting and Analytics
Abaca includes a comprehensive suite of operational and management reports for packaging manufacturers. Each is delivered directly to your screen either as a pdf file or as an Excel spread sheet. You can then view, print. save or email giving you all the output options you might need.
- Reports can be filed electronically as encrypted PDF files, saving on paper and storage. Microsoft Excel format is also available.
- Print or distribute by e-mail selected sections of very long reports.
- Standardized report formats for easy readability.
- Sales colleagues can connect remotely to produce reports in preparation for client meetings.
Scheduling
Our visual planning board enables the scheduler to have a clear view of the whole production plan across all machines. Different scheduling algorithms enable you to select the scheduling method best suited to your plant after which individual jobs can be moved around and even across machines with all of their related stages moving in harmony.
- Multi-site scheduling
- Real-time view of machine/factory capacity
- Multi-stage scheduling
- Drag and drop overrides
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Abaca’s integrated CRM system ensures customer service-related data is not duplicated. Workflows can be triggered manually or automatically to deal with a range of activity such as ensuring sales representatives follow up enquiries or that tooling is ordered when an order is received for a new product.
Optional Modules
Whether you are in corrugated, paper products, or distribution, Abaca’s flexible packaging manufacturing software can be tailored to fit your unique industry needs. Additional modules include:
- Customer Portal: Portal 3000 is a multi-device solution which connects managers/reps and customers directly to the Abaca system 24/7, 365 days a year. Reps can now access key data on the move with sales figures and customer account information at the tip of their fingers. For management on the move, Portal 3000 allows instant access to company financials, sales performance, production statistics wherever and whenever needed. Accessible via internet browser or mobile phone app, your key business metrics will be accessible whenever you want them.
- Bar Coding Upgrade: RF 3000 provides bar-coded stock control without wires for maximum stock accuracy. Upgrade your Packaging 3000 stock control system by adding RF devices to bring material into stock, move goods around warehouses, and load vehicles. Stock taking can be done on a rotational basis and a stock check is as simple as scan and go.
Optimize Packaging Performance with Advantive & Abaca
Whatever your operation, Abaca’s intelligent packaging system is designed to suit your complex manufacturing requirements. From one-to-one training and on-site consultancy through to remote desktop support, Advantive’s specialized Abaca consultants are known for their continued high level of support and responsiveness.
Industry Expertise
Our skilled team of professionals all come from within the packaging industry. Understanding your needs and configuring a system that accurately and uniquely represents your business is our focus from day one.
Unrivalled Support
From one-to-one training and on-site consultancy through to remote desktop support, our customers consistently cite our level of support as one of the key reasons for their continued loyalty to Abaca Systems.
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Flexible Training
Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge and skills to maximize the use of our software. During the setup phase, consultants from Abaca deliver comprehensive training, incorporating industry-leading best practices.
