Exercitation N.

1
Introduction to 1C:Drive

Course: Business Information System 1 (Prof. Chiara Francalanci)

Exercitator: Dott. Eng. Michele Brustia
Definitions
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the
integrated management of core business
processes, often in real-time and mediated by
software and technology.
• Customer-relationship management (CRM) is an
approach to manage a company's interaction with
current and potential customers.
• Accounting is the measurement, processing,
and communication of financial information
about economic entities such
as businesses and corporations.
• A business process is a collection of related,
structured activities or tasks by people or
equipment with a specific sequence.
Definitions
• Invoice: commercial document issued by
a seller to a buyer, relating to a sale transaction
and indicating products, quantities, and prices.
• A (sales) quote allows a prospective buyer to see
what costs would be involved for the work they
would like to have done.
• Double-entry is a system of bookkeeping so
named because every entry to an account requires
a corresponding and opposite entry to a different
account.
• A chart of accounts (COA) is a created list of
the accounts used by an organization to define
each class of items for which money or the
equivalent is spent or received.
Software delivery model for ERP
• On-premises software (also known as on-
premise) is installed and runs on computers on the
premises of the person or organization using the
software, rather than at a remote facility such as
a server farm or cloud.
• Software as a service (abbreviated often as
SaaS) is a software licensing and delivery model in
which software is licensed on a subscription basis
and is centrally hosted.
Main vendors of ERP Software
LEADER

CHALLENGER

LOCAL
Some ERP Interfaces
1C:Enterprise
• 1C:Enterprise platform is a universal cloud and on-
premise system of programs for automating a
company’s financial and wider operational
activities.
• With 1C usually we consider a wide range of
application based on 1C:Enterprise platform
• 1C:Enterprise has been developed by the Russian
Software company “1C” since 1991
• It is commercialized in over 80 countries in the
world
• Around 1,5 millions of companies has solutions
based on 1C:Enteprise
Platform vs Applications
Application: 1C:Drive
• It is a ERP developed on 1C:Enterprise platform
specially developed for Small Medium Enterprises
(SMEs)
• Key features:
• Full range of functionalities
• User friendly interface
• Easy to customize
• Competitive price
• Fully personalizable
• Easy to connect to any equipment, software,
website, etc.
• It is the application we will use for project and
exercitations
Samples of Business Processes
Demand Production
Quotation
forecast order

Purchase Purchase
Sales order
order order

Payment Goods receipt Production

Supplier Cost
Good issue
Invoice allocations

Inventory
Sales invoice Payment
Transfer
Important
• Business processes differ from company to
company
• The ERP system defines how each business
process should be performed defining rules,
permits, blocks, automations and so on
• The so called “Best Practices” are usually common
ways to perform processes
• There are companies that prefer a rigid approach
(very strict rules) and companies that prefer a more
flexible approach
• 1C:Drive is designed for companies requiring
flexibility (common situation for SMEs)