1C:Enterprise Platform

1C:Enterprise represents a combination of the Platform and Applied Solutions (ready-made applications). Consisting of cloud-based and on-site program products, 1C:Enterprise is not just a way to automate established business processes but rather a set of software tools designed by developers and benefited from by users. These tools have the whole breadth of capabilities to deal with any needs of a company’s business, especially relating to finances and operations. It’s very easy to distinguish between the Platform and Applied Solutions: the Platform is a ‘foundation’ to support the applications run on it. The Platform is actually unique, whereas applied solutions can be many (see the diagram below).

In summary, 1C:Enterprise Platform is characterized by these features:

Apart from being a platform for business automation, 1C:Enterprise serves as a development environment allowing creation of necessary business applications promptly.

This can be done thanks to its ‘configurability’, which means that the system can be easily customized to suit the specific needs of different companies and their existing operational setup. It involves creating tailor-made applications aimed to connect such organizational divisions, as Sales, Procurement, Warehousing, Manufacturing, Accounting, and HR, enabling them to manage their business processes securely and reliably.

In summary, 1C:Enterprise Platform is characterized by these features:

• 100% configurable — adjustable the workflows to better meet the company needs
• Compatible with the database management software of different types
• Has embedded Business Intelligence which allows producing a series of customizable reports for company directors
• Regulates access through granting the rights and controlling the data handling for each user’s role
• Offers various delivery mechanisms, both on-site and via web hosting, including Windows client or tablet
• Can be used as a single environment for designing new applications in desktop and mobile versions as well as cloud-based ones
• Provides an extensive library of patterns for programming which accelerate and unify the processes of developing customizing, and supporting the apps
• Enables seamless integration with third party products as well as other apps developed on the basis of the 1C:Enterprise platform via web-services and interfaces

With 1C:Enterprise, you will be able to:

Let the software system ‘find a common language’ with users and specialists in the respective field.
Have applied solutions developed faster and in a more standardized way while making it easier to implement, customize, and maintain them.
Have applied solutions developed faster and in a more standardized way while making it easier to implement, customize, and maintain them.

As a rule, 1C:Enterprise Platform includes:

• A Data/Process Layer which determines the system features, allowing it to work with diverse databases, have a server to run applications, as well as the components of a web server and related web services.
• Business Components represent the preset visually configurable templates widely used as building blocks for enterprise-specific applications. The diagram below shows the different types of Business Components:

By applying the Business Components, you can drastically reduce the cost of developing apps within a company, because it allows focusing on the improvement of the business processes an enterprise has in place rather than trying and setting up the basic system functions from the ground up.

Finally, some figures to show how widespread the 1C:Enterprise platform is:

Deployed in around 100 countries of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Northern, and Southern America
1.5 mln+ enterprises have it implemented
5 mln+ employees are active users of the 1C:Enterprise apps
7K+ 1C:Enterprise partners develop customized solutions on the basis of this platform