1C:Enterprise the system of programs

Business applications

An applied solution is the part of the program system that a user interacts with, using forms, documents and business logic provided by the business application to solve relevant business tasks of the user. Business logic of an applied solution defines business logic of final business application.

A business application is an independent entity and may be a separate software product, but it is based on the platform technologies.

 

There are two big groups of business applications: boxed business applications (developed by 1C Company and its partners) and special (individual) business applications (developed by 1C Companys partners only)^*.

Among the boxed solutions there are standard, regional and vertical business applications. Standard ones include business applications for Trade Management, Human Resource Management, Enterprise Accounting and Manufacturing Enterprise Management. Regional business applications are adapted standard applications (to make them meeting a particular regions conditions). Vertical business applications are standard ones adapted for requirements of a certain industry. This adaptation work and further maintenance is performed by 1C companys partners. Apart from adaptation of standard solutions, the partners can create and supply their own business applications both based on boxed ones from 1C, as well as created by them from scratch.

Special (individual) solutions are created by partners, too, and aimed to a particular business task or enterprise, which dont fit any industry or regional group.

All solutions can be customized corresponding a particular enterprises needs and conditions. This adaptation work can be done by 1C specialists, certified specialists of a partner company or by staff of the enterprise itself, with or without participation of the solutions suppliers specialists.

Along with these groups of business applications there is one more term 1C:Compatible Certified. The certificate is assigned by 1C Company to a business application which has passed examination of its specialists for meeting a number of strict requirements, such proper code structure, general business application architecture, user dialog convenience, etc. The certificate implies that the business application is ready for replication. All boxed business applications are 1C:Compatible from the beginning, as well as vertical solutions and regional solutions. Other solutions supplied by 1C companys partners or other companies may be or not 1C:Compatible certified.

Standard applications composition and correspondence diagram

There are several applied solutions produced by 1C Company itself (i.e. boxed business applications):

• 1C:Accounting 8 provides everything necessary for an accounts department's activity.
• 1C:Enterprise 8. Trade Management for small and middle sized trade business.
• 1C:Enterprise 8. HR Management includes management and regulated accounts.
• 1C:Enterprise 8. Manufacturing Enterprise Management (including MRP, CRM, SCM, ERP functionality and meeting IAS tandards) for automation of manufacturing enterprises, holdings, etc.

The solutions have modular structure and the same modules may be used in different business applications and various combinations. For example, CRM module is used in Trade Management application, as well as in Manufacturing Enterprise Management (see the picture below).

For more information on applied solutions refer to '1C:Enterprise The Business Applications' section.

All 1C:Enterprise users, as well as all 1C partners receive all the same development tools as 1C Companys developers have. They have full control over the solutions, too. Business applications created by 1C partners, or by ordinary users, may include some of modules from boxed business applications, with some modifications in them or as they are, or they may also create their own modules using just some parts of those, or create entirely new modules interacting with them somehow, etc. Any combinations are possible.

For example, there is a payroll module in HR Management applied solution, providing a ready mechanism for payroll calculation, flexibly adjustable for any country, economic conditions and payroll calculation rules. Its easier to use this module in a new business application and adjust it, than to create a new one from scratch, as this task may be very sophisticated.

For more information on issues concerning development on 1C:Enterprise platform see 1C:Enterprise - the platform section.

* Including business applications based on 1C:Enterprise platform of previous versions

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