On June 25, 2019 it became known that within the next two or three months the 1C company will create an international version of its ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning, enterprise resource planning) system, which will be easier to implement with customers abroad due to easier adaptation to local realities.
We set ourselves the goal of extracting a core from the Russian ERP, cleared of “Russian legislation,” which can be used in different countries as the basis for the development of local solutions. At the same time, from his words one could conclude that in the future Russian ERP will be developed on the basis of this particular core, |
The beta version of the international ERP with index 2.5.3 will be released in August or September 2019. Then its final development will begin based on incoming partner requirements.
Alexey Monichev is confident that 1C’s work on the English version of ERP will benefit not only foreign, but also Russian users - due to the accelerated development of its functionality.
In particular, according to the top manager, within the framework of this project there will be a significant development of the IFRS subsystem (international financial reporting standards) and a fully customizable RAS chart of accounts (Russian accounting standards published by the Ministry of Finance) will appear.
On October 18, 2017, the 1C-Rarus company announced preparations for the release of the product “1C: Customer-Developer. Module for 1C:ERP”, which allows you to automate the processes of construction, sale and rental of real estate and investment activities.
Regulated accounting
Accounting for non-current assets
A scenario has been added for organizing the accounting of non-current assets, in which:
HR management and payroll
Regulated personnel records and payroll calculations are unified with the configuration "Salaries and personnel management PROF", edition 3.1.3.
Service capabilities
Requirements
To switch to edition 2.4, you must install version no lower than 2.4.1 of the "ERP Enterprise Management 2" configuration. For edition 2.4 to work, the 1C:Enterprise platform version 8.3.10 or higher is required.
"1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2" can be purchased, rented or used in the cloud.
Generating transactions based on documents
At the level of enterprise plans
At the level of intershop management
At the level of intra-shop management
In July 2017, the flagship 1C product - 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2 - will become available from the 1cfresh.com cloud in test mode. This was announced by 1C director Boris Nuraliev.
To begin with, a pilot stage will begin, providing for free use of the application. In the future, the estimated cost of the service will be from 1,500 rubles per user per month.
1C believes that 1C:ERP in the 1C:Enterprise 8 via the Internet service will be convenient for small enterprises with complex production that require production planning and accounting capabilities. The product is also aimed at new enterprises that are ready to build their business processes based on the standard capabilities of 1C:ERP, geographically distributed small and medium-sized manufacturing and trading companies.
The product may also be of interest to users of other solutions who want to try using 1C:ERP on their data, the company believes.
Earlier, in May, 1C allowed partners to rent out 1C:ERP to clients. The minimum cost for one workplace in this case is from 1000 rubles. per month when installed on the client’s equipment.
Renting 1C:Enterprise programs is a fast-growing segment of the 1C business. As of May 2017, more than 60 thousand workplaces are rented out. Sales growth in 2016 was 37%. 1C Software Rental agreements have been concluded with 54 large corporations using more than 12 thousand licenses. A scheme has become popular when an insourcing company within a holding company becomes a tenant and provides software to its subsidiaries.
According to 1C, as of May 2017, the 1C:ERP Enterprise Management solution was used by about 1,600 organizations in Russia.
As of October 25, 2016: 1268 clients purchased the commercial version of 1C:ERP. 279 implementations were published on the 1C website.
Positioning of 1C:ERP relative to other 1C solutions
More than 100 specialists are involved in the development
Implementations in production
Development in version 2.2
Cost calculation in 1C:ERP
Treasury in 1C:ERP
Transition from other applications to 1C:ERP
System open to change
The platform-oriented approach allows you to:
Until this moment, UP 2.0 was in beta version status. Although quite large customers were also involved in the implementation of UP 2.0 in 2013, this was not about full-fledged commercial installations, but about customers exploring the possibility of switching to this ERP and preliminary acquaintance with the functionality.
The price of the main supply (platform version 8.3, application solution and license for one workstation) was the same and for all partners amounted to 14.5 thousand rubles. excluding the 1C application server (72 thousand rubles in the case of one server, without clustering; for various server options prices range from 14.4 thousand rubles to 180 thousand rubles) and directly licenses for workstations (for 100 workstations - 300 thousand rubles, for 500 workstations - 1.48 million rubles) The vendor did not tell the partners the exact price for the final version of the main delivery of UP 2.0 "1C", voicing only the range of 300-450 thousand rubles.
Now the amounts have become known: the recommended retail price for UP 2.0, which goes on sale on December 31, 2013, is 360 thousand rubles. This kit does not include server and multi-user licenses, but includes the 1C:Enterprise 8.3 platform, ERP Enterprise Management 2.0 and Application Solutions Design System configurations, a configurator, a license for one workplace and documentation.
Also for 990 thousand rubles. you can buy a second extended kit: a corporate version of UP 2.0 with document management, server and 100 user licenses. Let us remember that the vendor previously promised that when the final version of UE 2.0 appears, the company will provide a 70% discount to customers who have already used the beta version and can confirm this. “1C” took this percentage of the base delivery price and subtracted the resulting 252 thousand rubles. from the prices of both delivery sets. The total price for beta version users is 108 thousand rubles. and 738 thousand rubles. respectively.
The solution “1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0” is a development of the most widely used ERP-class system “1C:Manufacturing Enterprise Management” version 1.3 (1C:UPP) currently used in Russia and the CIS countries and takes into account the experience accumulated over 10 years of using this systems in large-scale projects involving hundreds and thousands of jobs (more than 16,000 enterprises use the 1C: Manufacturing Enterprise Management solution). More than 500 enterprises have already become users of 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0.
Benefits of the solution
Automation of production processes and financial activities increases business efficiency and the competitiveness of the enterprise, improves the conditions for conducting internal and external audits, and contributes to the growth of the company’s investment attractiveness. The “1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0” solution allows you to build a comprehensive enterprise management information system that ensures timely adoption of management decisions, transparency of business processes and assessment of the efficiency of the enterprise, individual departments and personnel.
Development and innovation in 1C:ERP relative to 1C:UPP:
Features of the flagship solution from 1C
Monitoring and analysis of enterprise performance indicators
The target indicator monitor is used to monitor and analyze the target indicators of the enterprise. The tools of the 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0 solution allow you to analyze the current values of indicators and the dynamics of their changes, obtain a short or extended form of presenting indicators, with a graphical display of data and decoding of values.
Main features:
Performance monitoring and analysis tools allow you to:
Supports work on mobile devices. “1C: ERP Monitor” is a special application for mobile devices that allows you to:
The 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0 solution implements a set of reports that allows management and performers to obtain the necessary information from the system for timely management decisions.
Planning system
The use of “1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0” ensures the coordinated operation of enterprise services to build and execute sales, production and procurement plans.
The system supports several planning levels:
Manufacturing control
Product data management
"1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0" allows you to organize a unified database of regulatory and reference information necessary for production management. Resource specifications set the regulatory need for material and labor resources for product production and describe the production process of manufacturing the product. The manufacturing route is set by production stages at the level of departments (shops) with the ability to specify key resources. The production stage can be detailed with a route map prior to technological operations.
Production order management
“1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0” implements two levels of production management. At the top level (the level of the chief dispatcher), in accordance with the product manufacturing route, a volumetric production schedule is formed to coordinate the activities of production departments. The principle of interval control has been implemented, which makes it possible to reduce the dependence of planning quality on the reliability of time standards.
At the level of shop planning, operational dispatching of production is carried out taking into account the load of equipment and the execution of tasks received from the chief dispatcher within the required time frame. At the workshop level, operational planning is provided using optimization criteria, and tools for modeling the production program are implemented.
Formation of a production schedule
The production schedule is formed on the basis of sales and production plans, customer orders, internal orders, including orders for equipment repairs. The need for production is converted in the system into a queue of production orders, taking into account priorities and the required production times. Problems to be solved:
In-shop management
A production schedule with established deadlines for the execution of production stages is the basis for organizing work in departments. Planning of work within the production stage is carried out by a local dispatcher. The local dispatcher draws up a work schedule in planning intervals based on the current production situation; the “drum-buffer-rope” method and MES/APS algorithms are supported. Automated accounting of work performed using a bar coding system is provided.
Local dispatcher functions:
Organization of repairs
The functionality for managing equipment maintenance and repair has been implemented. Automation of repair activities is designed to ensure the efficient use of enterprise assets:
The functionality of the subsystem solves the following tasks:
Cost management and costing
To build an effective cost control system at the enterprise, use existing reserves and consistently reduce costs, advanced techniques and a set of functional tools are used. In "1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0" expenses are identified that form:
To analyze and build a cost management system, the following approaches are used:
The financial result shows the efficiency of the enterprise and characterizes the state of equity capital for the reporting period. 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0 tools ensure the generation of financial results and provide tools for their analysis, automating the following tasks:
The use of “1C-Electronic Document Flow” (1C-EDF) allows organizations to use the exchange of legally important electronic documents instead of paper media. Paperless document flow not only helps reduce costs for postage, consumables, and archiving, but also increases the efficiency of the organization.
Implementation of 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0
The 1C company recommends that users implement 1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0 in close cooperation with partners of the 1C company who have the necessary competencies in the field of complex automation of enterprises on the 1C:Enterprise 8 platform, a staff of certified specialists - partners with status "1C: ERP Center".
1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0
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« 1C:ERP Enterprise Management" was created on the innovative platform " " version 8.3 by a project team of specialists from the 1C company with the participation of a specially created expert council, which included specialists from leading 1C partners (ERP Centers, 1C Development Centers) and heads of specialized departments of large industrial enterprises.
Before the release of this software product, thorough testing was carried out both by a team of specialists and by practical implementation in enterprises.
In turn, budgeting has become more transparent thanks to a tabular mechanism for generating estimates, an obvious calculation of the required performance indicators, flexible implementation of operational changes and a reliable regime for maintaining confidentiality. Significant progress has been made in automating logistics and warehouse business processes and improvements have affected the following areas:
Borrowing “ ” functionality: analysis of warehouse occupancy and reserving space for priority deliveries, control of reusable containers, management of goods transportation.
Regarding the organization of accounting in this ERP system, it is now possible to regulate individual principles for documenting transactions, promptly control wiring in the context of primary documentation, it is important to correct the transactions performed, automate the administration of special VAT accounts, and create in detail mandatory financial reporting forms.
There was also development in the subsystem of workforce management and the calculation of salaries and bonuses. Now it is convenient to maintain a staffing table, carry out fair calculations of wages according to actual labor productivity, and correctly display labor costs in management and accounting.
Depending on the required type of access to the system, the appropriate operating mode is applied: full-fledged, thin and cloud client.
The operation of this system is based on generally accepted principles of carrying out entrepreneurial activities according to a business model.
Thus, the entire system is easily customizable; if necessary, unnecessary modules are simply not deployed. The company that will implement “1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0” must comply with the requirement IDEF0 standard, which implies a detailed analysis of the interaction of individual subsystems for each specific project. As a result, stable functioning of the entire system is achieved with significant compliance with the needs of the enterprise.
This article continues the series of publications about the new ERP system released by 1C at the end of 2013, “1C:ERP Enterprise Management 2.0”. The article is devoted to the organization of production planning in the 1C:UP2.0 program. The author is Ekaterina Smirnova, a leading consultant on the implementation of ERP systems at the Razdolye EC.
I would like to note that the planning concept in 1C:ERP is fundamentally different from the mechanisms laid down in SCP 1.3. The theory of limitations of systems (TOS) by E. Goldratt is taken as a basis, namely: the performance of the system as a whole is determined by the performance of its “weak link”. Accordingly, the task of the production planning subsystem is to optimize the load of just such a work center. In other words, a work center that prevents a company from selling more products is called a bottleneck or drum.
So, in accordance with TOC, the system must plan the operation of the bottleneck. Work centers located in the production chain before and after the drum, unless they are constraints, are not planned. They are counted only as temporary buffers, that is, the program gives the department time to perform production operations, but does not control their load. It is understood that due to their greater productivity than the drum, such work centers will be able to complete the entire production program.
Due to the fact that the performance of the system is determined by the performance of the drum, the rhythm of launching materials into production should also be determined by the operation of the drum. This methodology is called Buffer Drum Rope (DRR).
It should be noted that 1C:ERP does not limit the operation of the planning subsystem to only one bottleneck. If the enterprise has several machines/work centers that need to be controlled, the program allows you to define production routes on several drums.
Together with the BBB, the concept of rhythmic planning is used. This is implemented in the system as follows: all work of a production unit is divided into equal planning intervals (they can be from one hour to a month), and planning is carried out within the interval.
To ensure rhythm, processing operations for one batch of products at different work centers are distributed over different time intervals. Even if two operations fit into one time slice, they will be distributed in different intervals, and the remaining time can be scheduled for executing an operation in another batch.
It should be noted that within 1C:ERP, buffers for executing other operations not involved in planning also take up at least one entire planning interval, even if the execution of the operation takes only part of this time.
Production planning is divided into 2 levels:
Let's look at the planning principles described above using an example.
Before you begin planning operations, you need to enter regulatory and reference information into the system.
The first thing that must be defined in the system is the structure of the enterprise: a list of production units that will participate in the production process.
The information required for the planning subsystem is located on the “Production unit parameters” tab
The work schedule determines the periods of availability of the production unit. If it is not specified, then the value of the main schedule specified for the enterprise as a whole is taken.
Each department can have its own work schedule, which will be inherited by work centers.
A very important parameter is the materials warehouse. When planning, the availability of materials for production will be assessed exactly at the warehouse specified for the department.
The planning interval is a time slice that determines the rhythm of the department’s work. This could be one hour, a day, a week or a month. Each department can have its own scheduling interval.
The option for managing route sheets is also indicated here. As part of the article, we will consider the Drum Buffer Rope technique.
The next reference book that should be completed before planning begins is the work center structure. The directory consists of two parts: Types of work centers (groups of machines of the same type), and the work centers themselves.
The global dispatcher, who controls the production process as a whole, works specifically with types of work centers.
The local dispatcher ensures and controls the load of each work center separately.
The main parameters significant for planning are specified in the form of a work center
The type of work center must be subordinated to the site (division). Work center types can have their own work schedule, different from the work schedule of the department or the enterprise as a whole, but the planning interval is taken from the department.
Maximum availability is a parameter that determines the maximum operation time that can be performed on a given type of work center. This means that if the maximum availability time is 8 hours, an operation that takes 16 hours to complete will take 2 days to process. Moreover, if it takes 16 hours to process one product, then several machines will allow you to process more products, but will not speed up the processing of one.
The maximum significant buffer is a parameter that determines the time (in percentage) that will be taken into account when planning. If the buffer is smaller, it will be ignored and will not occupy the scheduling interval.
If the “Take into account availability according to work schedule” flag is not set, then it is assumed that work centers of this type can perform any amount of work.
The availability reserve allows you to set the percentage of the safety margin of time for correcting defects, urgent orders, etc. When planning, by default, this time is not used. To use it, you must set the appropriate permission in the production order.
The “Schedule work for” parameter determines the default period for scheduling the availability of the DC.
If you need to plan changeovers in 1C:ERP, then when you set the “Setup options are used” flag, you can set the time.
Specific machines are entered into the “work centers” directory with reference to the type of work center. An individual work schedule and “Work Time Coefficient” can be specified for a work center. The coefficient allows you to operate machines with different productivity within the same type of control center. When planning, the required processing time from the specification will be multiplied by it.
Next, for planning purposes, you need to set the availability of work centers. This operation is performed using the “Work Center Availability” document. The document consists of 2 bookmarks. The first tab lists the types of work centers. The list can be compiled by division and by work centers for which the availability schedule is not completed.
The second tab contains a list of created availability graphs.
In order to generate a document, on the “Types of work centers” tab, you need to highlight the line and click the “Set work schedule” button.
The document is compiled for the type of RC; the RCs themselves are listed in the rows of the tabular part of the document.
The period is set automatically as the current date plus the number of days specified in the “Schedule work for” parameter of the work centers type. The period can be adjusted manually.
Work center availability is determined in hours for each planning interval, taking into account work schedules and availability reserves.
If necessary, availability can be changed manually. A sign of manual adjustment appears in the field of the changed value.
Availability must be set for all types of work centers involved in the production process, since the planning subsystem takes data for constructing schedules from this document.
Another required object for planning purposes is the resource specification. It is in the specification that the stages of production and the need for materials are specified.
Specifications are set from the “Nomenclature” directory card on the “Production” tab.
All specifications are complete. On the “Output Product” tab, one or several output products are specified. It is mandatory to indicate the share of the cost even if one product is planned to be released. The cost share is important to the cost accounting subsystem.
On the “Materials and Works” tab, a list of raw materials, semi-finished products or work required to produce the product is specified. For each line, you must specify a costing item. This detail is not involved in planning, but is significant for calculating the cost, so an empty detail will lead to errors when registering the issue.
In the specification for products for the production of which semi-finished products of own production are used, the semi-finished product can be specified in two ways:
The production process in 1C:ERP can be either in-house (Single-stage/Multi-stage) or carried out by a third-party processor.
In this article I will talk about planning on my own work centers.
Consider a variant of a one-stage production process:
For a stage, the department in which it will be performed is indicated. The division is the limiter for the selection list of work center types.
If necessary, you can set the “Split route sheets by” flag. The mechanism is used if there is an optimal batch size for launching products into processing.
In order to indicate the types of work centers whose work you want to schedule, you must check the “Schedule the work of types of work centers” flag.
Then you need to add a type of work centers to the table section.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that despite the fact that work centers are indicated in the tabular section, the system will plan only for one of them. It makes sense to indicate several types of work centers in the case when you do not know exactly which of them is the key one. With this method of specifying the RC, the system itself will determine the key one during planning and install it in the production schedule.
The “Operation time” field indicates the time required to complete the operation on the number of products specified in the “Simultaneously produced quantity” field.
If the "continuous" flag is set, then the stage cannot be interrupted by an unavailable work period (such as a weekend).
The algorithm for specifying a multi-stage production process does not differ much from a single-stage one.
To create a multi-stage process, the corresponding attribute is set. A new stage is created in the “Stages” tabular section. It indicates the name of the stage.
The department and details similar to the one-step process must be indicated.
For multi-stage specifications, the sequence of execution of the stages is important, so if the stage is the last, you need to clear the “Next No.” field in it. stage".
Also, for multi-stage specifications, the optimal amount of transfer between stages can be determined. If this quantity is different from one, then the system will not schedule the start of the next stage until the optimal number of items in the previous stage has been processed.
Another important point is the status of the specification. A specification in the “In development” status is available for changes, but is not available for selection in documents. In order for the specification to become available, the status must be set to “Valid”! Current specifications are not available for revision.
In order for the specification to be automatically selected in documents, you must set the “Main in any department” flag.
The result of entering specifications can be viewed through the “Specification Tree” report.
It is very important that within the production phase, operations can be performed in which the output products are not fixed. At the same time, materials and labor costs can be written off and operating expenses can be distributed to them.
At the same time, operations can be performed that result in output products, but there are no costs. Plus, when calculating the cost, all the costs of the first stage, and, if necessary, additional costs will be included in the stage as a result of which the final product will be obtained.
At this point, the entry of regulatory and reference information is completed, and planning can begin.
The main source of data for planning is the production order. It can be found in the "Production" section.
In the “Dispatcher Division” field, a division is indicated by which orders can later be filtered in the global dispatcher workplace (it does not have to coincide with the issuing division).
The finished product is specified in the product, the quantity and date of requirement are indicated. The release warehouse is indicated.
It is very important to note that after entering the product range and selecting the specification, the system copies the data to the order specification.
This is a separate object within the production order, which can be viewed by clicking on the field under the exclamation mark. The order specification defines the item used for production, options for providing it, as well as details of the production process.
The order specification is created based on the product specification, but can be changed. Production planning will take data specifically from the order specification.
The purpose of this object is to make it possible to make changes that will apply to a specific production order. For example, analogues can be used in this document. You can also manually change the planned quantity of materials, and this change will apply only to a specific document.
Only those orders that have the status set to “For production” are sent to the global dispatcher.
The global dispatcher works in the "Production Schedule" form in the "Production" section.
The form is divided into 3 parts:
The following planning options are possible:
The operations in which the buffer was specified in the example are offset by one interval. After operations in which a buffer is specified in the example, there is also an empty interval.
To analyze the production schedule, you can click on the diagram element and the production schedule diagnostic form will open.
The local dispatcher works in the “Production dispatching” form. The form is intended for units working using the BBB method.
This form is used to reflect the current tasks of the unit dispatcher, as well as to navigate through the rest of the local dispatcher’s work areas.
The form provides selections by Division, work center, team and period.
The first action that the local dispatcher must perform is the formation of route sheets.
The route sheet is the main document for operational production accounting.
Firstly, it is used to clarify the nuances of planning: it specifies the specific machines that will be used to perform the operation, as well as the operating time of the machines.
Secondly, the document reflects the actual progress of production: the actual time of start and completion of work, the actual output, the actual use of materials.
During normal production processes (without deviations from the plan), work with the document is carried out automatically.
To generate route sheets, you need to click on the link “Generate route sheets” in the upper right part of the form.
Route sheets are generated all at once for the selected date, according to the division specified in the RM.
The route sheet indicates the type of work center and the amount of work in hours. Output products (if any) and required materials and work (if any).
Before planning, the production period is specified equal to the planning interval.
The tool “Creating a RC schedule” is intended for this purpose.
In the header of the form, selections for production stages (route sheets) are specified. Selection by division, type of distribution center, period is available.
In the upper left table there is a list of route sheets for which no dispatch center is specified and no schedule is assigned.
The list of work centers contains a list of work centers available for scheduling, indicating their current load. The bottom list displays the generated schedule.
In order to assign a work center to a stage, you must perform the following steps: select the desired stage in the left list, select the desired work center in the right list and click the assign button.
If the operation is completed successfully, the route sheet disappears from the upper left list and appears in the lower “Schedule” list.
In this case, the operation execution time is adjusted by the coefficient specified for the selected work center.
If necessary, production stages can be divided into several stages, each of which can be assigned to its own DC. To do this, you need to click the button above the left list. A form will open in which you can divide the route sheet into several parts.
The generated schedule can be viewed on the diagram, which is located on the “Occupancy schedule” tab.
If necessary, the stage schedule can be deleted using the corresponding button. Then the route sheet will again appear in the upper left list, and the schedule for it can be generated anew.
Route sheets for which a RC is assigned and a schedule is set must be transferred for execution. This also happens in the “Production Dispatching” PM.
In the “Tasks” menu, route sheets can be:
In this article we will talk about the ERP system “Manufacturing Enterprise Management”. When automating manufacturing companies, this product often turns out to be the optimal solution, and I have been involved in the implementation of 1C UPP for different organizations more than once.
While working, I noticed that there are practically no reviews of this software product. There are technical documentation, some advice for programmers on solving specific problems in this system, and training courses. But for users there is no clear description of the entire system. And very often, before implementing this software product, I have to explain the features, advantages and disadvantages of “Manufacturing Enterprise Management” practically “on my fingers”.
Even on Habré in the ERP section there was still no information about this system. It was this gap that I decided to fill. In addition, I hope that my article will help entrepreneurs and IT specialists at the stage of choosing software for automating a manufacturing enterprise and prepare them for the features that need to be taken into account when implementing this system.
In this review I want to tell you what the UPP ed. system is. 1.3, so that whoever decides to buy and implement it is more aware and more conscious in choosing this expensive product. I will try to give an objective assessment of the system, based on my experience with it and the experience of my clients. This review will help someone make a positive decision regarding the purchase of the program, and someone will decide to abandon it.
In order to understand the features of a software product, you need to answer the following questions:
The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system is a corporate information system that is designed to control, record and analyze all types of business processes and solve business problems on an enterprise scale.
When implementing the “Manufacturing Enterprise Management” product, the developers tried to combine the maximum possible list of functions in the system. If you look at the documents, you can count as many as 15 subsystems. The fact is that in 1C documents are grouped into subsystems:
For this standard configuration, many modified, so-called industry versions have been created: 1C.Mechanical Engineering, 1C.Meat Processing Plant, 1C.Furniture Production, 1C.Printing, etc.
Industry solutions are created by 1C partner companies based on the basic configuration. This usually happens as follows: modifications are made for a specific customer, after which they are “assembled” into a new version intended for the selected industry. The modified configuration is named after the industry for which it was written and is sold as a “boxed solution.”
Any license, for example, from 1C Accounting or 1C Trade and Warehouse is suitable for this system. Naturally, the cost of licenses for these products is the same.
As when working with other products, licensing is carried out according to one of the options accepted in 1C: for a computer (device) and for a user (connections from any device). I will not go into detail here, since all the information is on the 1C website. You can get acquainted with it at the link: http://v8.1c.ru/enterprise/
A lot has been written about the 1C program itself. I also wrote about this platform, for example, in the article “Why 1C is bad and why 1C programmers are so disliked.” Taking into account the fact that the “Manufacturing Enterprise Management” system operates on the basis of 1C. Enterprise 8.3, all the advantages and disadvantages of the basic software are also present in it.
And detailed information about all goods that can be sold is stored in the Nomenclature directory.
A nomenclature is a directory that is designed to store information about goods and services that can be provided to the buyer. And in this system, nomenclature is one of the most complex reference books.
The following can be stored here:
Using the example of sewing production, work on an order is divided into the following stages:
Production should see orders immediately after they are received, but only that part of the orders for which products need to be produced.
But this option cannot be called very convenient, since there is one more step in the work, completely dependent on the human factor. Those. After creating an order, the manager may forget to create a production order, make a mistake, and so on. As a result, the required goods will not be delivered to the production plan on time, and the customer will not receive the ordered products on time. Naturally, with full automation of the enterprise, such situations are unacceptable. On the other hand, this problem can be completely solved by creating additional processing.
We have created the following solution for a clothing company. An additional plugin was written that creates a production order automatically based on a certain list of different conditions.
This processing determined whether the required items were in stock. If not, then the next step was to analyze available items in production. If there are no such products or they are scheduled for a date later than specified in the order, a production order is automatically generated.
Conclusion: The system has everything you need to store information about products and customers. It is possible to create an order and transfer it to production. But to fully automate the work, it will still require modification to suit the needs of a specific enterprise.
This is implemented in one of two ways:
In the basic configuration, any changes in deadlines and determination of the stage of order fulfillment are carried out manually by employees, as a result of which the unpredictable human factor is included in the work. But here improvements will help solve the issue.
Initially, this report was created for production workers so that they could monitor their work and make adjustments if necessary. But later we opened the same report to the sales department so that managers could also see the status of a particular order.
Conclusion: The configuration does not provide for automatic data exchange between the sales department and production after the order is submitted for processing. But it is possible to implement similar solutions based on this configuration by creating additional reports and processing.
How this work should happen:
Specification (Bill of Material) is a reference book that describes all the parameters of a particular material, its qualities, features, tolerances. For a finished product or “semi-finished product,” the specification indicates what the product consists of.
The production of each product requires certain materials and semi-finished products. Materials can be ordered immediately based on specifications. For semi-finished products, it is necessary to take the next step - to figure out what materials, in turn, this or that semi-finished product consists of. And also add the necessary materials to the order.
Thus, each finished product is automatically divided into materials using several steps. For example:
The suit consists of trousers, a jacket and packaging (package). Trousers and a jacket are semi-finished products that need to be decomposed in the next step; to create a package, the material can be immediately added to purchases. In the second step, the trousers are “divided” into different types of fabric, thread, zipper, and buttons. Similarly, a jacket also consists of different types of fabric, threads and buttons. All these materials are added to the purchasing plan.
For sewing production, we solved the issue as follows. Based on the report developed for production, as well as information on orders, the need for the necessary materials was automatically calculated. Next, materials stored in the warehouse were subtracted from this list, and a report was created with the help of which purchases could be made. Suppliers then tell you how quickly they can deliver the materials. And this information is manually entered into the system, on the basis of which sellers will be able to notify customers about the timing of order production.
I don’t know how this problem is solved in different cases. So far, I have come across options where management agreed with this shortcoming and preferred to rely on employees. The only method of protection against human error that has been implemented is to set the default checkboxes. In principle, in the small and medium-sized businesses with which I usually work, this is really enough.
If you look at it from a production point of view, you will definitely need to load data on product release dates, semi-finished products and materials into the system. The purchasing department uploads delivery notes and other receipt documents into the system. The sales department must upload information about orders and so on. In addition, different situations are possible in production, and it is very important that the system promptly receives information about material consumption, defect rates, rescheduling of production due to some difficulties that arose during the work process, etc.
For example, at a sewing enterprise, integration was carried out with a cutting machine. Integration with some CAD software, with the company’s website, and with other solutions is also often required. And this stage of work often takes up to 30% of the budget.
At the same time, without such comprehensive solutions, the use of an EPR system will not be effective; you will not be able to reach a new level of control and automation of the enterprise. This is very important to understand.
Any system is only as effective as its weakest link. And if during implementation you refuse to integrate in one case or another, and rely on the human factor, errors will certainly accumulate, and the entire system will become unstable.
For example, if we are talking about designing a new product, then all design documentation should be uploaded from the design system (CAD) to the ERP system automatically. And then, if any questions or difficulties arise, it will always be possible to understand what specific product we are talking about. And designers will be able to make the necessary changes quickly and without errors.
When it comes to production, it is very important to receive timely and error-free information about incoming orders (for example, from a website or from a special order form) that need to be produced, as well as timely and error-free transmission of information about the actual materials used, which will allow work to continue no downtime.
I already mentioned above that at the sewing enterprise it was necessary to integrate with a cutting machine that cut 36 layers of fabric simultaneously; it was necessary to obtain information about the scraps, the amount of scrap, and distribute this scrap among the cost of the entire batch of products. Accordingly, an add-on was required that directly integrated with the machine so that the system understood the data that came out of it and sent data to the machine in a format that it could understand. In addition, processing was required for the data received from the machine to calculate defects and product costs.
Also, in many other cases, relying on the human factor is unacceptable, since errors, inaccuracies in the system, and untimely entry of information lead to disruptions in work. Therefore, integration is, of course, not a quick and expensive process, but it is necessary to improve the quality of work.
Now on the 1C website you can find such configurations for almost any industry. But it is very important to understand the following points:
This system is also created on the basis of 1C, the configuration is also comprehensive, not modular. Therefore, all the features of 1C products, in principle, as well as the problems encountered when implementing complex 1C configurations, are also inherent in this system.
On the one hand, version 1C. UPP ERP 2.0 really features an expanded set of functions, primarily related to automation and management issues. But this software product was created relatively recently. And I believe that it is too early to switch to this version due to the fact that it has not yet been fully developed.
It is constantly updated with new features, new reference books, documents, reports, unlike 1C. UPP, to which updates only include corrections of identified bugs and updates to accounting and tax reporting related to changes in legislation.
In addition, the 1C system. UPP ERP 2.0 is much more expensive than the 1C configuration. UPP.
Simply because if the standard configuration of “Manufacturing Enterprise Management” does not suit you in many respects, then industry solutions will not suit you either. In this case, it will be easier to choose another product or actually order a custom solution. And if the standard configuration suits you for the most part, then the number of modifications and settings to suit the characteristics of a particular business for a standard solution and an industry-specific one will differ little.
An important disadvantage of the system is the lack of modularity. Those. To solve certain problems, you can create certain processing or reports, “add-ons” to the system. They will work, but the basic solutions will remain untouched. But if for some purpose you need to make changes to the work of documents or reference books, you will need to make changes to all subsystems that exist in the configuration.
Due to the lack of modularity in this system, it is impossible to make any significant adjustments to accounting or, for example, to the work of warehouse accounting without significant changes to documents and directories intended for other departments. They are all connected and work with the same reference books and documents. However, this feature is widely known, as it is inherent in all software products from 1C.
That’s why no one usually makes significant improvements to this system; they try to make do with external processing, reports and other add-ons. Industry solutions are most often just a variation of a set of add-ons that was created for a specific enterprise related to a specified area. And you will still need some modifications, the cost of which differs little from modifications to the basic configuration. But the reliability of a standard solution is always higher than products from partner companies.
Conclusion. If you are satisfied with the basic system configuration, it is best to buy and install it. But at the same time, it is very important that the implementation of the system is carried out by experienced specialists who will be able to not only configure the software, but also make all the necessary improvements for your business, reports, and carry out integration with other software products and systems.
With the right approach, the 1C Manufacturing Enterprise Management system becomes an excellent tool that will allow you to achieve a high level of automation of business processes and coordination of the work of different departments of the company.
As a conclusion, I want to give some advice to those who have decided to purchase and implement the program “1C: Manufacturing Enterprise Management 8 edition 1.3”:What are the different strategies? One of my clients chose this configuration because “it is the only system that has everything.” This enterprise worked in several systems: 1c, Excel, etc. - they decided to take one system to consolidate accounting.
Another company, which was developing production, wanted to control work in progress - they were worried about accounting for materials in production. This is also a strategy.