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Improve throughput for jobs with similar setup
Planners can use Abel to help them optimize the schedule for jobs that have similar setup. The goal is to minimize setup and clean times and therefore improve throughput. This suits operations that have a mixture of jobs with common… Read more »
...November 21st, 2023 / BY
Abel’s Interface for Shopify® or WooCommerce® Websites
Abel can interface with both Shopify and WooCommerce websites. In this article, we’ll focus on Shopify as an example. Abel’s Shopify interface includes both Retail (B2B) and Trade (B2C) workflows. The workflow includes receiving orders, processing despatches and (for trade… Read more »
...November 13th, 2023 / BY
Group Similar Orders For Efficiency with Abel
Adding to our recent Shop Orders blog, some Abel customers use Shop Orders to group similar orders for efficiency in their plant. Shop Orders are an “umbrella” structure used to bring related manufactures together so you can manage them more… Read more »
...November 1st, 2023 / BY
Split a Large Manufacture into Lots with Abel
Within Abel’s Shop Order (see last week’s blog), there’s a useful feature that splits a manufacture into lots or batches to suit the equipment in your plant. The Split function automatically creates multiple manufactures in lot sizes that you specify.… Read more »
...October 16th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s Shop Orders for Complex Manufactures
Abel’s Shop Orders provide a group view of complex manufactures. A Shop Order is an “umbrella” process used to manage a group of related manufacturing processes. Shop orders complement Abel’s scheduling functionality, making it easier to manage multiple manufactures to… Read more »
...October 10th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s Online User Guide
Abel’s online user guide provides searchable, browser-based documentation to Abel users everywhere. The structure of the online documentation matches Abel’s standard menus. This makes it easy for users to find the topics they need. The user guide (like the standard… Read more »
...October 5th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s 3PL Logistics with Electronic Documents
Business to Business Electronic Data Interchange (B2B EDI) can be used to automate logistics documents with your distributors and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). Examples: These EDIs work through supported third-party VAN providers such as SPS Commerce, B2BE and Crossfire or… Read more »
...September 26th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s B2B Trading with Electronic Documents
Business to Business trading with Electronic Data Interchange (B2B EDI) can be used to automate trading activities with your Customers and other trading partners. This means you can exchange documents electronically between systems instead of emailing them. Examples: Some EDIs… Read more »
...September 18th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s Inventory Management – Consignment Stock
Abel’s Inventory Management includes features that are especially for managing consignment stock. Consignment stock is stock held at a customer location awaiting sale or consumption. Abel’s consignment stock sits within standard Abel workflows but with a special consignment line type… Read more »
...September 7th, 2023 / BY