1C (BAS) vs Proboot
In Ukraine, accounting is most often kept in 1C or its successor BAS. Your accountant knows it, reports are filed from it, and switching feels risky. But footwear production works differently from accounting, and that is exactly where 1C needs the most customisation.
Where a generic system falls short on the shop floor
1C was created by a Russian company and has been under sanctions in Ukraine since 2017. BAS grew out of 1C and runs on the same technology. The standard configurations (accounting, trade, ERP) are generic: they describe a steel structures plant and an appliance store the same way. Programmers and integrators customise them for a particular business.
Size as an attribute
For the system to understand a size run, size is made an item attribute. A model in 6 sizes and 3 colours becomes 18 items, each taking its own line in an order.
The shop floor outside the system
A standard configuration doesn't know what cutting, stitching or lasting are. Footwear stages have to be configured or coded, and then you need a programmer to maintain them.
Per-size norms
Leather and soles for size 36 and size 41 differ. A standard specification sets norms per product, and the per-size breakdown is done separately.
An interface for accountants
A supervisor or packer can't comfortably use 1C from a phone: its screens are made for the office.
Dependence on the integrator
A configuration update can break customisations, and every change means hours of programmer time.
What Proboot does
Proboot is built on ten years of work with footwear factories, so footwear logic is already in the system:
- The size run is part of the model, not spread across 18 separate items. An order has one line: model and colour, with quantities by size.
- A tech card with norms for every size and stage: cutting, stitching, assembly. Colour variants and version history.
- The shop floor on a phone: the supervisor sees orders by stage, each worker has their own jobs and earnings in their account.
- Serial-numbered labels, scanning with a phone, a finished goods warehouse with stock reserved per order.
- Cost based on the actual material batch, not the average price.
- Customer and supplier settlements, payroll, cash flow and a profit report from the same data as production.
- Stages, assembly methods and carton types are set up in reference lists with no programmer.
Comparison
| Criterion | 1C (BAS) | Proboot |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Any business | Footwear factories |
| Size run | Size as an attribute, one line per size | One line with the breakdown by size |
| Workshop | Through configuration and customisation | Production stages already in the system |
| Material norms | Per-product specification | For every size and stage |
| Working from a phone | Limited | Supervisor, packer and workers on a phone |
| Where it runs | Usually an office server or the integrator's cloud | A browser on any device, with the server and backups on us |
| Tailoring it to you | A 1C programmer | Reference lists in the interface |
| Updates | Can break customisations | Automatic, for every customer |
| Cost of ownership | Licences, customisation and programmer hours | Subscription or licence, implementation at a fixed price |
| Tax reporting | A strength | Stays in BAS, Proboot handles management accounting |
If you already use 1C (BAS)
When to keep 1C
If your accounting runs smoothly in BAS, don't break it. Proboot handles orders, stock, production, cost, settlements and payroll, while accounting and tax reporting can stay where they are now. BAS can pull orders, customers and shipments from Proboot via the API, so this data never has to be entered twice.
How to switch
We handle the move: we export your items, customers and stock from 1C, bring them into Proboot and train your people. We recommend a stock count before the start. Your staff already know electronic accounting, so the switch is usually easier than moving from paper.
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