Professional e-commerce in good shape
According to the latest mapping of the Federation of e-commerce and distance selling (Fevad), 19% of professional purchases were made electronically in 2017, via EDI-type messages (15%) or merchant sites (4%), an increase of 4 points in two years. They had already increased by 3 points between 2011 and 2015. Business-to-business transactions on the web alone increased by nearly 50% in value in two years, to 141 billion euros. By integrating e-commerce to individuals (92.6 billion euros), some 180,000 active merchant sites were identified by Fevad last year. The proportion of companies with 10 or more people making online sales, which increases with the size of the structure, is stable at 14% over the last 3 years.
Good dynamics of the software market
In a press release published in mid-December, Syntec Numérique confirms its forecasts, both for activity in the sector in 2019 and for the outlook for 2020. In the software publishing market, growth should stand at 6.6% over the last twelve months, to 14.2 billion euros, and to be identical during the next financial year. According to the trade union, growth is driven by digital transformation projects, particularly around "Smacs" technologies (social, mobility, analytics, cloud, security) which grew by 15.7% in 2019, and by three sectors of activity: industry, banking-insurance-finance, services to professionals. Also in constant progression, the SaaS offer should grow by 20% in 2020 and represent 32% of the market, or 4.5 billion euros.
Supplier data, the backbone of digital purchasing
While supplier "master data" has become a key element in the digitization of purchasing, the firm Gartner has just published a report to help improve control and quality. In particular, he explains that without the right framework and tools, companies risk increasing their operating costs and reducing visibility on their expenses, with an impact on efficiency and results. of the function. Decision-makers will be able to find a series of recommendations, such as improving the classification model, setting up dedicated governance, contractual involvement of suppliers in the management of their information. To find out more about supplier data: download The Vigil Digital Purchases of Acxias on the subject.