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According to an online survey by Acxias, six out of ten companies have started using generative AI as part of their purchasing process, through a prototype for most of them or with already operational functionalities.

Several large e-commerce platforms, particularly those targeting the professional world, are gradually equipping themselves with functionalities allowing them to integrate social responsibility criteria into sourcing-consultation processes.

For its Favor'i 2024 Grand Prix, the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad) did not designate a “Best B2B e-commerce site”, but confirmed the development of artificial intelligence and eco-responsible approaches. .

After the postponement of the generalization of electronic invoicing, initially planned for mid-2024, and the announcement of the new timetable, half of the companies already involved in the subject have slowed down or frozen their project, according to an Acxias survey.

Online purchases by professionals, which had started to slow down in 2022 after years of double-digit growth, were slowed down again last year with only 3.5% growth, according to the 2023 e-commerce report presented by Fevad.

As part of the digitalization of their Source-to-pay chain, companies' top priority in 2024 is to strengthen regulatory compliance and risk management, according to an online survey by Acxias.

Nearly two thirds of French companies would have suffered at least one attempted transfer fraud in 2023, mainly through theft of a supplier's banking identity, according to the new edition of Trustpair's annual study.

In the new edition of its MarketScape dedicated to collaborative commercial exchange management platforms, the IDC firm has positioned SAP Business Network in the “Leaders” category, with the largest market share.

Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in its “generative” configuration, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were the most consulted themes on the Acxias Digital Purchasing news blog in 2023.

With a turnover up 40%, after an already record 2022 financial year, 2023 was a new year of hypergrowth for Acxias thanks to the signing of new clients as well as the enlargement or renewal of contracts in course.

An electronic contract has many advantages compared to a paper contract, in its individual management, but also in the context of the overall management of purchasing, supplies and supplier accounting.

Solutions from the SAP Ariba portfolio, as well as SAP Concur and SAP Fieldglass, are among the big winners of the Best of Awards of the professional software evaluation platform TrustRadius, based on user reviews.

After its Purple series, Acxias is innovating again by launching a quarterly news video which offers on YouTube a summary of the main Digital Purchasing information covered on the agency's Blog in recent weeks.

As an extension of the CSRD, which strengthens extra-financial reporting, a second European directive also linked to corporate social responsibility issues and labeled CSDD will impose new rules on 2024 data.

Category management tools, such as the new module available to SAP Ariba since its last release, are based on the main methods of classification and analysis of the purchasing portfolio. Decryption of the most used of them.

When asked the area in which generative AI could be most useful to them, buyers who responded to the Acxias survey were divided: risk analysis is closely followed by supplier sourcing and market research.

During its SAP Spend Connect Live 2023 conference in October, the publisher announced the linking of all of its purchasing management solutions to the Ariba brand and presented several innovations taking advantage of AI.

In a Next Content study for the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), more than eight out of ten companies indicate that they have totally or partially digitalized their purchases, with benefits on several levels and some obstacles.

SAP has just presented Joule, a “generative artificial intelligence co-pilot in natural language” which will be gradually integrated into its cloud solutions, particularly in the area of ​​purchasing, as well as its construction platform.

To set up and deploy SAP Ariba within its entities in China, the agrochemical group of Israeli origin Adama, specialized in the production and distribution of phytosanitary products, called on Acxias.

Among the main tools and models available to purchasing to implement a Category management strategy, the Kraljic matrix is ​​popular with respondents to the Acxias survey on the subject.

According to several studies on emerging technologies, generative AI should become established permanently in the operational and functional departments of companies, particularly in the areas of purchasing and the supply chain.

In its latest release, SAP Ariba offers a new module dedicated to Category management, an approach which makes it possible to refine purchasing management by reasoning by particular type of expenditure or by grouping.

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, clarified during the 78th Congress of the Order of Chartered Accountants, the new timetable envisaged for the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies.

Two Acxias consultants, Albane and Katie, were at the start of the 45th edition of the “20 km of Paris”, this Sunday, October 8, under radiant sunshine and summer temperatures, alongside 22,000 other elite runners or amateurs.

In the current context of inflation linked to the latest crises and climate change, the 2023 edition of the Solutions e-Achats show, at the beginning of October in Paris, gave pride of place to supplier relationship management and customer analysis tools. expenses.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) already has or will have a significant impact on the purchasing function in the coming years, according to responses to the latest online survey offered by Acxias on the subject.

The generalization of electronic invoicing in France for businesses, planned for mid-2024 but ultimately postponed, could wait several years, according to a document that Acxias has obtained.

Very active in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for several years, SAP intends to go beyond the stage of “simple” data analysis to integrate generative AI mechanisms into its solutions, in particular in the SAP Ariba purchasing suite. .

Since its creation in 2017, the Acxias Digital Procurement Lab has developed several dozen innovative solutions interacting with the SAP Ariba platform at all stages of the purchasing, supply chain and accounting process.

According to the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), initiatives are increasing among suppliers to meet their customers' expectations in terms of responsible purchasing, in particular by providing better information on their products.

As part of the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies (B2B, Business), initially planned for mid-2024, an “extended version” of Chorus Pro will include all of its functionalities and will integrate B2B and B2C invoices ( Consumer).

In its report “2023 e-commerce key figures” released this summer, the French e-commerce and distance selling federation reveals that the digitization of purchasing processes and practices is ranked 4th among the main challenges for buyers by 2025.

In IDC's latest sustainability index, SAP is ranked among the top three software companies most committed to sustainability, based on environmental, social and governance criteria.

In a press release published at the end of July, the Directorate General for Public Finance (DGFiP) announced the postponement of the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies, initially planned from July 1, 2024.

To optimize the exchange of orders and associated logistics documents, and enable companies to improve performance, Acxias has designed a specific offer implementing SAP's full cloud technologies.

While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the purchasing priorities, four out of ten organizations have no specific management procedure in this area or proceed manually, according to an Acxias survey.

Almost simultaneously, the three American purchasing solution publishers Corcentric, Coupa and Jaggaer have just announced a change of Chief executive officer (CEO) at the head of their organization.

Voice commerce, or "voice commerce" in English, which allows users to make purchases via conversational interfaces, could quickly become more democratic and enter businesses, according to Fevad.

In front of more than 900 people, Acxias, the Digital Procurement agency, was awarded the “special jury prize” for its “Purple” video series presenting the latest trends in the world of purchasing.

In the satisfaction survey carried out by Acxias for the services provided in 2022, 95% of customers say they are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the support and services provided by the teams.

Driven by its strong momentum with an increase of more than 50% in its turnover in 2022 and a workforce approaching 70 employees, the Digital Procurement Agency has just moved its headquarters to rue La Fayette, in the heart of Paris.

In an Acxias online survey on the generalization of electronic invoicing for companies, two thirds of respondents indicated that they had not yet chosen their dematerialization platform.

On the occasion of the Sapphire in Orlando, SAP announced that it is strengthening its commitment to further integrate artificial intelligence into its solutions, in particular through a new collaboration with Microsoft.

To relieve purchasing teams and free up their time, RPA (Robotic process automation) technology makes it possible to entrust some of the time-consuming and repetitive tasks to software robots. Understand everything in 12 questions and answers.

SAP and IBM announce their collaboration to integrate IBM Watson technology into SAP solutions, to bring an additional level of automation and information by leveraging AI capabilities.

As envisaged in its initial development plan, the subsidiary of Acxias in Mauritius has just exceeded a dozen employees, one year after its opening.

According to a survey carried out by Acxias on transfer fraud, by theft of a supplier's bank identity, half of the companies indicate that they have already been the victim of "at least one attempt" or "proven fraud".

Faced with the explosion of payment fraud, through usurpation of supplier bank details, Acxias has developed a connector to integrate Trustpair's control services with SAP Ariba.

The broadcast of a fourth episode came to close the first season of "Purple", the event mini-series on the world of purchasing launched by Acxias at the beginning of the year to popularize the processes and explain the contribution of digital.

For more than half of the respondents to the Acxias survey on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues, a digital purchasing solution would above all facilitate the aggregation of multisource data.

On the occasion of the 2023 edition of the Electronic Invoice Day, many outstanding points were clarified, both technically and operationally, as well as the major stages of the calendar.

More than two thirds of French companies have suffered at least one fraud attempt last year, in particular by identity theft to pose as a supplier and embezzle funds.

In view of the generalization of electronic invoicing in France, from mid-2024, it is recommended that companies start the project without delay to avoid disappointments.

Intelligent tools such as ChatGPT, the conversational agent prototype developed by OpenAI, do not leave buyers indifferent, according to the latest online survey from Acxias.

SAP Ariba users have a new mobile application associated with the solution, to search and buy products in an intuitive and user-friendly way from a smartphone or tablet.

According to the 2022 E-commerce Report recently presented by the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation, online purchases by professionals have increased by 9.9% in one year.

Pressured by cascading regulatory obligations and new market constraints, purchasing departments are redoubling their efforts in terms of risk management, particularly with regard to CSR.

Building on its previous year, Acxias confirmed its good momentum in 2022 by recording a further increase of more than 50% in revenue and reaching sixty employees.

According to an online survey by Acxias, when it comes to technological innovations for procurement management, the majority of companies mainly expect advances in the use of artificial intelligence in 2023.

German software company SAP has been named in the "Technology Leaders" category of the Spark Matrix 2022 from research firm Quadrant Knowledge Solutions for Source-to-pay (S2P) suites.

As part of the generalization of electronic invoicing planned for 2024, the future global system requires companies to use the services of a dematerialization platform and to align with a number of rules.

In Gartner's 2022 Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, SAP confirms its position as a "Leader" alongside Coupa, thanks in particular to the completeness of its procurement solutions.

In a report based on a study on "Procurement Agility," SAP details its vision for supplier collaboration in the supply chain and lists the five critical conditions for success.

To help companies collaborate more effectively with their suppliers, Acxias has designed a specific support offer to monitor and automate integration processes with the SAP Digital Supplier Network.

The inaugural debate of the 2022 edition of the E-Purchasing Solutions exhibition focused on the place of people at the heart of the purchasing and procurement process, but also on the role of digital solutions in optimizing operations.

Digital business networks are gradually becoming the norm for exchanging contracts, orders, delivery notes, invoices and other payment notices with suppliers, according to an online survey by Acxias.

In the face of resistance of all kinds, effective change management is an essential success factor for digitalization strategies, from the analysis of the existing to the support of users.

The Chinese company Intuitive Fosun has entrusted Acxias with the Third Party Application Maintenance of the SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing modules deployed in 2021, and is gradually expanding the scope of the service.

To identify future employees, the Digital Achats agency has initiated a "Campus management" program to present the company and its activities to major schools.

At the 2022 Convention of French-speaking SAP Users, feedback from the Richemont Group highlighted the synergies between SAP Ariba Cloud solutions and SAP ERP.

To generalize electronic invoicing, from mid-2024 in the professional sphere, the France relies on innovation with a hybrid model based on the regulation of transactions according to a Y-shaped scheme.

Over the years, and even more so since the upheavals linked to the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, supply chains have continued to become more complex, recalls the research firm IDC in its publication “Technology Spotlight”.

To manage the procurement of their indirect purchases, more than six out of ten companies mainly use a digital Procure-to-pay solution, according to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

While the French reform of electronic invoicing will affect all companies from mid-2024, Acxias has completed its offer with a global dematerialization solution for supplier invoices.

Electronic invoicing also makes the process more reliable and speeds up processing, and thus respects payment deadlines agreed with suppliers. As a result, it also helps reduce the risk of supplier failure while improving commercial relations.

On the occasion of the SAP Intelligent Spend Management Forum, Eurovia presented its project to deploy SAP Ariba to agencies and site teams.

At the NAC's Procurement Universities 2022, a workshop clarified the role of digital solutions and collaborative platforms to drive the ecosystem more effectively.

The impots.gouv.fr site has been enriched with a page dedicated to the dematerialization platforms partners (PDP) of the administration as part of the generalization of electronic invoicing.

To manage and manage their direct purchases, the most mature companies most often rely on their ERP, and overwhelmingly use SAP's, according to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

The results of the online surveys conducted each month by Acxias, to identify best practices and the latest trends in the digital purchasing market, are now available on a dedicated page of its website.

At Acxias, if customer satisfaction remains the priority, the well-being of employees is just as fundamental!

In less than two years, on July 1, 2024, the almost 4 million French and foreign companies subject to VAT in France will have to be able to receive and accept dematerialized invoices from their suppliers.

Surrounded by its main customers, partners and employees who have contributed to the development of the company and its exceptional growth over the past 5 years, Acxias has just celebrated its 15th anniversary.

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, known as the "CSRD Directive", provides a new extra-financial reporting tool to improve information on environmental, social and governance criteria.

This year, the majority of purchasing professionals have preferred the coast for their summer holidays, according to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

At the opening of the NAC's 2022 Universities of Purchasing, a round table highlighted the importance of digital skills in the practice of the buyer's profession today.

For companies that want to use SAP Digital Supplier Network while ensuring the localization of their data in Europe, Acxias has developed a local exchange solution with suppliers.

Skills in the digital field are "indispensable" or are "a real plus" for buyers, especially to use business software solutions, according to acxias' latest online survey.

In a context of crises that has reshuffled the cards in the market for digital solutions, SAP Ariba confirms its position at the top of the Top 10 Source-to-pay (S2P) platforms established by the British magazine SupplyChain.

As in the purchasing projects in which they participate on a daily basis, Acxias employees do not skimp on efforts when they engage in sporting events.

Although organized on the theme of "people at the heart of purchasing", the 2022 Universities of the National Purchasing Council (CNA), which celebrated its 75th anniversary for the occasion, gave pride of place to digital.

The implementation of a digital purchasing solution transforms the approach of the function and strengthens its missions. But to support change management and make this project a success, five pillars are essential.

The pharmaceutical group Transcenta called on Acxias' subsidiary in China (艾柯夏) to accelerate the digitalization of its purchases by implementing and deploying the Sourcing module of the SAP Ariba solution.

Strengthening purchasing compliance is the main advantage of a Procure-to-pay solution, for half of the participants in the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

SAP and contract management company Icertis have announced an expansion of their partnership to help companies better control risk and increase efficiency, especially in the procurement chain.

To reduce user administration costs and associated processing time, companies are looking at technologies to automate operation and relieve teams.

The digitization projects of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable aim first to simplify and automate processing, according to the new Acxias Barometer.

The Directorate-General for Public Finance has announced the launch of a pilot phase in the first half of 2024 to test all the functionalities of electronic invoicing and transmission of transaction data.

According to an online survey conducted by Acxias, digital purchasing solutions would be particularly essential on the Procure-to-receipt process, ranging from the management of requests and orders to the receipt of items.

When deploying a digital purchasing solution, successfully embarking suppliers in a Business network means not making certain mistakes that could prove prohibitive.

The dynamic glossary offered on the Acxias website provides definitions on nearly a hundred terms, acronyms, acronyms and expressions from the world of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable.

In its Top 100 digital companies operating in the scope of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable, Procurement magazine ranks SAP in first place.

The Day of the Electronic Invoice was the occasion of a milestone a little more than two years before the generalization of e-invoicing for companies.

Organized by SAP in partnership with Acxias on the theme “A connected world for a sustainable world”, the Intelligent Spend Management (ISM) Forum 2022 welcomed around a hundred purchasing professionals on March 22 in Paris.

According to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias, electronic catalogs are now widely deployed and used in companies.

The integration between Procure-to-pay and ERP solutions is one of the keys to the success of the digitalization of purchasing, according to a recent report by Gartner.

In Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-pay suites, SAP (Ariba, Fieldglass), Jaggaer, Coupa and Ivalua form a very tight top panel.

Seven out of ten companies believe that the data available to their buyers is "to be checked before operation" or "unusable and reworked", according to acxias' latest online survey.

To facilitate purchases by operational staff, companies are massively deploying electronic catalogs and more and more are evolving towards the level 2 punch-out.

To speed up the processing of supplier invoices, Acxias connected SAP's OCR software to the Ariba Invoicing module.

On the occasion of the annual SAP Partner Summit, held on February 10 in Paris, Acxias was named Ariba Partner of the Year 2021 by the publisher.

The publisher announces its intention to acquire the American company Taulia to strengthen the functional coverage of its Ariba purchasing suite and its Business network.

According to the mini-survey carried out by Acxias at the end of January, on social networks, companies are almost unanimous in thinking that artificial intelligence (AI) in purchasing is not, or no longer, “bullshit”.

Acxias' subsidiary in China (艾柯夏) supported the Pony.ai Group in the implementation and deployment of SAP Ariba's SLP and Sourcing modules.

Based on its expertise and knowledge of the market, Acxias has identified three major trends in the field of digital purchasing in 2022.

To strengthen its competitiveness and SAP expertise, around the Ariba purchasing suite but also the main ERP of the publisher, Acxias opens a subsidiary in Mauritius.

The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union has strengthened the protection of personal data transferred to companies in the United States.

Business and technological expertise is the main benefit that companies would have derived from the support of specialists in digitalization of purchases.

Having become strategic, the purchasing function relies on new automation mechanisms to free up time for its teams.

Digitalization projects in purchasing are currently focusing on modules covering fundamental processes, according to the new Acxias Barometer.

Nearly two-thirds of companies regret the postponement to mid-2024 of the obligation to receive electronic invoices, believing that they were ready for the switchover.

When implementing their digital purchasing solution, companies are placing increasing importance on change management, especially to onboard suppliers.

The consulting firm G2 places SAP Ariba at the forefront of the Procure-to-pay solutions market, the only player in the "Leaders" category.

The Spot Buy module will have a new connector in early 2022 to natively access amazon business platform catalogs.

Companies primarily use an SAP solution for business intelligence as part of their procurement and procure-to-pay processes.

After the announcement of the timetable for the generalization of the electronic invoice for companies, between 2024 and 2026, the government has just published the file of the "external specifications" of the device.

In addition to a few confirmed consultants, a dozen young graduates have joined Acxias' workforce in recent weeks, bringing the workforce to about forty employees.

The e-Purchasing Solutions Fair confirmed the strategic place now occupied by procurement and highlighted the new challenges facing the function.

For the digitalization of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable processes to be successful, the company must focus on following a number of steps.

Acxias' latest online survey highlighted a certain lack of preparation to meet the obligation to receive electronic invoices initially set for 2023.

In anticipation of the generalization of electronic invoicing, Acxias has developed a connector to retrieve data in dematerialization platforms and inject it into Ariba.

According to Fevad's latest annual report, online purchases by professionals continued to grow last year despite the pandemic crisis.

The use of a digitalization consultant would be particularly relevant during the implementation and deployment phase of the target solution.

To strengthen its operations, the food brand of the Groupement Les Mousquetaires has equipped itself with an integrated system for managing the supply and distribution chain.

In a ranking established by SupplyChain magazine, SAP Ariba tops the Top 10 digital platforms covering the entire Source-to-pay chain.

The publisher announced the creation of SAP Business Network, the "largest business network in the world" offering an overview and facilitating exchanges between business partners.

Four out of ten companies would still see more than 25% of indirect spending slip away from their purchasing organization, according to acxias' latest online survey.

One year after its merger with Argonaute, Acxias continues its rapid development, both in terms of turnover and sizing.

To replace its historical purchasing management solution, obsolete and no longer maintained by its publisher, the Nexans group opted for Ariba in 2012 and was accompanied by Acxias.

As part of its global E-Cube digital transformation project, Eurovia called on Acxias to ensure the implementation of the SAP Ariba suite on the purchasing and Procure-to-pay components.

The crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic would be a factor in accelerating the digitalization of the purchasing function in companies, according to the latest Acxias mini-survey.

To help companies prepare for the generalization of the proposed electronic invoice from 2023, Gartner's latest report on the subject provides an overview of the application landscape.

Knowledge and mastery of solutions are the main asset of an agency like Acxias, which specializes in digital purchasing, according to a mini-survey conducted at the end of April.

The latest webinar organized by Acxias, with the testimony of Nexans, allowed the thirty participants to discover the basics of the profitability calculations of digital purchasing projects.

As part of its innovation projects and in response to the issue raised by several of its customers, Acxias announces the market launch of a solution that will revolutionize the user experience of punch-out catalogs.

To successfully deploy a digital purchasing solution, extending the information, training and support approach to its suppliers is essential.

With Rise with SAP, the publisher is launching an all-in-one offering that includes its Digital Supplier Network, to facilitate the migration of its ERP customers to S/4Hana Cloud.

The main advantage of a digital purchasing solution compared to an ERP lies in its simplicity and comfort of use, followed by its functional depth.

To facilitate the deployment of a digital purchasing solution by encouraging user buy-in, a first phase should be used to announce the launch of the project and to answer any questions that may arise.

Founded seven years ago, the Acxias subsidiary is strengthening its teams and partnering with SAP Switzerland to accelerate Ariba's deployment in Romandie.

To be accompanied in the digitalization of their purchases, companies would first call on a firm or a specialized integrator.

The conduct of the change of a digitalization project requires following a rigorous methodology, which is schematically articulated in three main stages.

In their daily lives, purchasing and accounting teams are required to carry out many time-consuming and repetitive tasks. To relieve them: RPA. This innovation was the subject of the last webinar organized by Acxias with UiPath.

SAP is launching a new intuitive and simplified Guided Sourcing interface, with e-commerce type ergonomics, for buyers using SAP Ariba.

The latest webinar organized by Acxias in partnership with UiPath has revealed the principles of RPA (Robotic process automation) technology of robotic automation.

The crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a sharp acceleration in the digitalization of business purchasing practices, according to the recent study "B2B - e-Commerce Purchasing".

To successfully transform their purchasing function digitally, the ability of companies to effectively manage the conduct of change is critical.

The project, initially limited to the purchase of construction materials and those used in the laboratory, concerns the Ariba Buying and Sourcing modules, and more specifically the provision of Guided Buying functionalities which will allow the 300 target users to access a set of catalogs and forms (purchase request, quote, etc.).

Any change in habits generates resistance and IT projects are no exception, especially in the field of digitalization of purchases.

According to a mini-survey conducted online by Acxias, companies first expect a digital consultant to have a good ability to listen and to be patient.

The Public Finance Branch is examining the generalization of electronic billing envisaged by the government.

To reduce the operating and maintenance costs of SAP Ariba, Acxias has automated some of the time-consuming and repetitive tasks of Level 1 operational support.

How do I eliminate invoices without orders and move to e-billing? This is the double question that Acxias experts set out to answer at an online seminar in mid-December, followed by some thirty purchasing, procurement and finance decision-makers.

To reduce administration costs for the SAP Ariba solution, Acxias automated the user management process, a process chosen because of its repetitiveness and determinism.

Leading Gartner's Magic Quadrant on Procure-to-pay suites, SAP (Ariba, Fieldglass and the ERP offer) and Coupa are this year's lead behind their pursuers: GEP, Ivalua and Jaggaer.

A few years after opening a subsidiary in Switzerland, Acxias is pursuing its international development strategy by positioning itself on the Chinese market, in Shanghai.

In an online seminar attended by some 20 purchasing, procurement and finance decision-makers, Acxias experts highlighted the synergies between specialized Procure-to-pay solutions and ERPs.

During an online seminar attended by about 20 participants, Acxias experts highlighted the synergies between a Procure-to-pay solution and an ERP.

To allow users to interact in real time with SAP Ariba, Acxias is setting up chatbots on Teams.

To complement Ariba's decision-making features (data collection, analysis, reporting), Acxias offers more advanced models designed using SAP Analytics Cloud, Qlik or Tableau.

After the successful stabilization of its SAP Ariba platform, following a longer and more complicated start-up than expected with another provider, Burger King Quick Service has just renewed its confidence in Acxias by entrusting it with its corrective and scalable TMA.

To address ETIs and SMEs, specialist publishers have chosen to move forward in stages. Their challenge: to propose quick and easy-to-implement solutions, at a controlled cost, that is, much less than projects carried out by the major accounts.

According to IDC, the global market for digital purchasing solutions increased by 6.6% in 2019, to $5.6 billion, down slightly after the +11.4% recorded a year earlier. Leading the seven publishers totaling half of the cumulative turnover.

SAP announces the launch of Digital Supplier Network (DSN), a solution that allows ETIs and SMEs using SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA to digitize the supply chain and financial exchanges with their suppliers in a matter of weeks at a lower cost, including the ordering process, consumption forecasts, logistics monitoring, electronic invoice (tax dematerialization) and downstream payment tracking and optimization.

On the Procure-to-pay (P2P) process, the digitization of purchases guarantees medium-sized companies gains often amounting to millions of euros within 2 to 3 years, with action levers at several levels.

When the company reaches a critical size and stakeholders (end-users, prescribers, buyers, suppliers, accountants, management controllers, suppliers, etc.) multiply, or when the general management strengthens its requirements in terms of purchasing and financial performance and associated reporting, the opportunity or even the need to have a dedicated digital solution appear.

The new procedure for automatic creation of purchase requisitions takes place in three steps: data extraction, analysis and classification, creation of the purchase requisition in SAP Ariba.

Acxias and IT consulting and services company Argonaute announce their merger to create the first French provider specializing in SAP Ariba solutions.

After the SAP publisher made Ariba Start sourcing, a packaged version of the sourcing module of its Ariba suite, centered on 90% of the features, Acxias proposes to support companies in taking control of this offer: preparation, training, activation, balance sheet.

SAP offers an adapted version of Ariba, its leading solution in the areas of purchasing-procurement-finance, to provide an appropriate response to the digitalization needs of mid-sized companies and take into account their specific expectations and constraints.

At an online seminar attended by some 50 purchasing, procurement and finance decision-makers, Acxias and SAP set out to present the multiple benefits of specialized digital solutions to manage and overcome the Covid-19 crisis.

In vogue for the past few months, to accelerate deployments, digital adoption platform (DAP) tools offer a software overlay to guide users' browsing paths and provide them with all the help they need in real time.

"After the failure of many deployments, due to low user adoption, our priority now is to implement simple, intuitive applications that can be used with virtually no training, as everyone does on a daily basis on the Internet with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Leboncoin, etc.," says a purchasing project manager.

At an online seminar for mid-sized companies, Acxias and SAP highlighted the levers digital offers to improve the performance of purchasing, supply chain and supplier accounting.

To facilitate and speed up the digitalization of purchases, new tools called DAP (Digital adoption platform) propose to accompany users in the handling of their applications, in addition to or in place of traditional training and learning methods (tutorials, presentation courses, e-learning, webinars, etc.), tedious and time-consuming to be set up.

Professional e-purchases still at the top The total purchases made on the Internet in France crossed the historic mark of 100 billion euros in 2019, according to the study presented in February by the Federation e-commerce and distance selling (Fevad). Up 11.6%, it stood at precisely 103.4 billion euros, i.e. ...

During the Favouri’2020 ceremony organized by the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), Agrizone won the prize for “Best sales and services site for professionals”.

RPA would thus contribute to competitiveness: more than half (56%) of companies that have implemented software robots claim to have increased their revenues, as well as their yields (54%), in particular by improving team productivity.

While supplier “master data” has become a key element in the digitalization of purchasing, the Gartner firm has just published a report to help improve control and quality.

The German publisher announced the decision of its CEO, Bill McDermott, not to renew his contract. He is replaced by Jennifer Morgan (48 years old) and Christian Klein (39 years old), members of the board of directors.

To meet the growing demand from companies for robotic solutions for their purchasing, procurement and accounting suppliers, Acxias has just established a dedicated RPA (Robotic Process Automation) expertise centre. Comprised of a team of several engineers specializing in Source-to-contract and Procure-to-pay, this center aims to facilitate projects to automate repetitive and tedious operations, to maximize gains.

More than 500 purchasing decision-makers, DAF and DSI had ticked the date in their agenda. On the evening of Thursday, May 21, six publishers and e-purchase providers (BravoSolution, Coupa, Ivalua, MyProcurement, SAP-Ariba, SynerTrade) were able to present their vision of the offer and the projects in front of a packed house, in the preamble to the presentation of a White Paper on the function's information systems.

To automatically convert part of its purchase requests into orders, the international high-tech group has opted for RPA (Robotic process automation) robots, implemented by Acxias.

Corcentric Completes Acquisition of Determine Two months after the preliminary announcement, the U.S. provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions has completed the acquisition of substantially all of Determine's assets, following approval by both companies' boards of directors and shareholders. The $32 million operation is expected to...

Almost unanimously, purchasing-logistics and IT executives recognize the benefit of this up-and-going decision-making technology in their field. However, only 17% say they have implemented a big data solution. The approach aims to facilitate the combined exploitation of information already held by the company, in more or less structured form, and information from multiple external sources, in various and varied formats.

After the increase expected for 2018, for a total turnover of 12.4 billion euros, the French software publishing market should decline slightly in 2019.

Putting forward an effective purchasing, accounting and finance strategy will increasingly involve choosing the tools best suited to the profile of your company and its short and long-term objectives.

A brief overview by Acxias, who walked the aisles and followed a few presentations of the 2018 edition of the Solutions e-Achats trade show for you.

In recent years, the "financialization" of the purchasing function, and therefore of its tools, has been underway. In turn, the major publishers in the e-purchase market are integrating payment services to help contractors prevent the risk of financial failure of their suppliers, especially the most fragile.

TF1 optimizes its purchases of services. User since 2009 of the Oalia SPM solution, the audiovisual group has chosen Opase and its OBMS solution (Opase Business Management Services) to optimize its purchasing process of IT intellectual services.

the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union has entered into force, therefore, all companies whose head office is based in Europe, but also all those who handle personal information collected in the Union, must be in accordance with the new text.

On the occasion of the American edition of SAP Ariba Live, held in March in Las Vegas, the publisher announced new modes of electronic collaboration at no cost to suppliers and a series of innovations to facilitate the adoption of its e-procurement solutions. Almost a year after joining SAP, Ariba enjoyed its event...

Gradually, the decision-making systems used for purchases incorporate a predictive dimension, so that they are no longer just reacting but also in anticipation. By relying on simulations and forecasts, the function can adapt its strategy well in advance.

A key factor in the success of purchasing digitalization projects, the ability of suppliers to collaborate via digital solutions and channels remains perfectable. To better understand their level of maturity in this field, Acxias is launching a Barometer in partnership with several major contractors.

To promote cross-functional collaboration and the mobility of interested parties, the State Purchasing Department (DAE) has set up a professional social network for those involved in the function.

Driven by the wave of Artificial Intelligence, conversational agents or chatbots are beginning to take over the world of e-shopping. Their role is to provide both answers to questions that buyers may ask themselves when carrying out their missions and assistance in the use of tools.

On the occasion of Purchasing and Logistics Executive Day, held at the end of October in the suburbs of Namur, nearly a hundred local decision-makers were able to measure the real consequences of digitalization on their business processes. And listen to Acxias' recommendations to choose the solution most suited to their organization.

To secure and speed up the consultation process, many e-purchase publishers offer a reverse auction module. Used to ensure transparency and fairness, the practice is democratizing within the purchasing departments, the most mature of which do not seek to break prices but to select the best offers in a multi-criteria context. Relying on a specialized provider, such as Acxias, which offers a dedicated service, may be necessary to take ownership of the device and maximize the gains.

A historic brick of the purchasing information system, deployed to facilitate and frame the ordering process, catalog management is finding a new youth. The explosion of consumer e-commerce combined with the search for savings have created new needs for purchases. Suddenly, several e-purchase publishers (B-pack, Ivalua, Oxalys Technologies, Pool4Tool, SynerTrade, etc.) have just announced...

Ariba distinguished by the Auchan group for Innovation "2.0".

The morning event organized at the end of March by the National Purchasing Council (CDAF) allowed stakeholders to explain the impact of technological solutions in the transformation of organizations. Driven to further computerize their processes, particularly to collaborate more effectively with the outside world, purchasing departments have a role to play in the cross-cutting digitalization movement.

Despite its benefits in terms of cost reduction and payment times, the acquisition card remains relatively confidential, especially in large private companies, which are reluctant to acquire an additional tool. Suppliers would also be reluctant to enter such a scheme. Often questioned on the subject as part of its missions to optimize the supply-to-pay chain, Acxias remains on active watch and follows the evolution of the offer in this area.

Calculating the return on investment of a project, managing performance and action plans: these are the two priority themes for purchasing departments when it comes to automating the function's processes. In any case, this is the result of the consultation launched at the beginning of January by Acxias, ahead of the second session of the Workshops of the Club of Actors in the Digitization of Purchasing.

In this movement, software players have clearly understood their interest, starting with the publishers of solutions dedicated to functions where the notion of contract is fundamental, purchases in mind.

The purchasing digitalization agency Acxias announces the deployment of two RPA (Robotic process automation) robots by Safran to automatically convert part of its purchase requests into orders, in SAP Ariba. The high-tech group's purchasing management had begun to address the opportunities offered by automated robotics in mid-2018, with the aim of improving and speeding up the processing of some of its stable and robust processes.

According to Forrester's latest study devoted to e-procurement, published in mid-2017, the market is dominated by five leaders.

Advantage to e-purchase solutions for services Nearly half of businesses (43%) would rely on their e-purchase solution to manage purchases of intellectual services and services, according to Ivalua's latest Purchasing Trends survey. Those equipped with such a solution but who do not use it in this context explain their choice ...

The new edition of the acxias barometer of e-purchase and e-procurement solutions highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the main publishers present in the French market. At the same time, it identifies various avenues for improvement in order to better lead and succeed in the computerization of the function.

The new edition of the acxias barometer of e-purchase and e-procurement solutions highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the main publishers present in the French market. At the same time, it identifies various avenues for improvement in order to better lead and succeed in the computerization of the function.

Last year, Acxias had devoted two sessions of its "20 minutes of e-purchasing" to the subject of Lean Management in purchasing. The reports are available for download.

Three months after Las Vegas, it was in Madrid that SAP Ariba had chosen to present its vision and its solutions to the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For three days (from June 13 to 15) and through around fifty presentation sessions and as many workshops.

The new edition of the acxias barometer of e-purchase and e-procurement solutions highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the main publishers present in the French market. At the same time, it identifies various avenues for improvement in order to better lead and succeed in the computerization of the function.

Nearly half of buyers interested in co-innovation with their suppliers admit that they have no data for a third of their panel.

L'Oréal entrusts the management of its vigilance to Provigis Eager to work with companies in good standing and secure, L'Oréal has chosen Provigis to help it in its CSR approach and the fight against illegal work. To manage the duty of vigilance of the cosmetics group, the service provider takes care of the collection and verification...

Si la plupart des entreprises ne disposent pas d’un outil dédié pour gérer leurs dossiers achats, la situation devrait rapidement évoluer. En effet, selon la dernière étude e-achats 360° de Demat-Infos & IMA, près la moitié des directions des achats auraient un déploiement en cours, prévu d’ici à la mi-2016 ou à plus long terme dans ce domaine.

With the acquisitions of B-pack, Hubwoo and SynerTrade, consolidation is accelerating in the e-purchase market. Market pressure and competitiveness are driving publishers to look for partners, to reach critical size and to have the resources to innovate.

Several large e-commerce platforms, particularly those targeting the professional world, are gradually equipping themselves with functionalities allowing them to integrate social responsibility criteria into sourcing-consultation processes.

Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in its “generative” configuration, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were the most consulted themes on the Acxias Digital Purchasing news blog in 2023.

An electronic contract has many advantages compared to a paper contract, in its individual management, but also in the context of the overall management of purchasing, supplies and supplier accounting.

Category management tools, such as the new module available to SAP Ariba since its last release, are based on the main methods of classification and analysis of the purchasing portfolio. Decryption of the most used of them.

During its SAP Spend Connect Live 2023 conference in October, the publisher announced the linking of all of its purchasing management solutions to the Ariba brand and presented several innovations taking advantage of AI.

In front of more than 900 people, Acxias, the Digital Procurement agency, was awarded the “special jury prize” for its “Purple” video series presenting the latest trends in the world of purchasing.

In the satisfaction survey carried out by Acxias for the services provided in 2022, 95% of customers say they are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the support and services provided by the teams.

To relieve purchasing teams and free up their time, RPA (Robotic process automation) technology makes it possible to entrust some of the time-consuming and repetitive tasks to software robots. Understand everything in 12 questions and answers.

The broadcast of a fourth episode came to close the first season of "Purple", the event mini-series on the world of purchasing launched by Acxias at the beginning of the year to popularize the processes and explain the contribution of digital.

On the occasion of the 2023 edition of the Electronic Invoice Day, many outstanding points were clarified, both technically and operationally, as well as the major stages of the calendar.

More than two thirds of French companies have suffered at least one fraud attempt last year, in particular by identity theft to pose as a supplier and embezzle funds.

In view of the generalization of electronic invoicing in France, from mid-2024, it is recommended that companies start the project without delay to avoid disappointments.

As part of the generalization of electronic invoicing planned for 2024, the future global system requires companies to use the services of a dematerialization platform and to align with a number of rules.

In a report based on a study on "Procurement Agility," SAP details its vision for supplier collaboration in the supply chain and lists the five critical conditions for success.

The inaugural debate of the 2022 edition of the E-Purchasing Solutions exhibition focused on the place of people at the heart of the purchasing and procurement process, but also on the role of digital solutions in optimizing operations.

In the face of resistance of all kinds, effective change management is an essential success factor for digitalization strategies, from the analysis of the existing to the support of users.

At the 2022 Convention of French-speaking SAP Users, feedback from the Richemont Group highlighted the synergies between SAP Ariba Cloud solutions and SAP ERP.

To generalize electronic invoicing, from mid-2024 in the professional sphere, the France relies on innovation with a hybrid model based on the regulation of transactions according to a Y-shaped scheme.

Electronic invoicing also makes the process more reliable and speeds up processing, and thus respects payment deadlines agreed with suppliers. As a result, it also helps reduce the risk of supplier failure while improving commercial relations.

At the NAC's Procurement Universities 2022, a workshop clarified the role of digital solutions and collaborative platforms to drive the ecosystem more effectively.

In less than two years, on July 1, 2024, the almost 4 million French and foreign companies subject to VAT in France will have to be able to receive and accept dematerialized invoices from their suppliers.

Surrounded by its main customers, partners and employees who have contributed to the development of the company and its exceptional growth over the past 5 years, Acxias has just celebrated its 15th anniversary.

At the opening of the NAC's 2022 Universities of Purchasing, a round table highlighted the importance of digital skills in the practice of the buyer's profession today.

The implementation of a digital purchasing solution transforms the approach of the function and strengthens its missions. But to support change management and make this project a success, five pillars are essential.

When deploying a digital purchasing solution, successfully embarking suppliers in a Business network means not making certain mistakes that could prove prohibitive.

Organized by SAP in partnership with Acxias on the theme “A connected world for a sustainable world”, the Intelligent Spend Management (ISM) Forum 2022 welcomed around a hundred purchasing professionals on March 22 in Paris.

Based on its expertise and knowledge of the market, Acxias has identified three major trends in the field of digital purchasing in 2022.

Having become strategic, the purchasing function relies on new automation mechanisms to free up time for its teams.

The e-Purchasing Solutions Fair confirmed the strategic place now occupied by procurement and highlighted the new challenges facing the function.

To replace its historical purchasing management solution, obsolete and no longer maintained by its publisher, the Nexans group opted for Ariba in 2012 and was accompanied by Acxias.

To successfully deploy a digital purchasing solution, extending the information, training and support approach to its suppliers is essential.

To facilitate the deployment of a digital purchasing solution by encouraging user buy-in, a first phase should be used to announce the launch of the project and to answer any questions that may arise.

The conduct of the change of a digitalization project requires following a rigorous methodology, which is schematically articulated in three main stages.

In their daily lives, purchasing and accounting teams are required to carry out many time-consuming and repetitive tasks. To relieve them: RPA. This innovation was the subject of the last webinar organized by Acxias with UiPath.

To successfully transform their purchasing function digitally, the ability of companies to effectively manage the conduct of change is critical.

Any change in habits generates resistance and IT projects are no exception, especially in the field of digitalization of purchases.

How do I eliminate invoices without orders and move to e-billing? This is the double question that Acxias experts set out to answer at an online seminar in mid-December, followed by some thirty purchasing, procurement and finance decision-makers.

In an online seminar attended by some 20 purchasing, procurement and finance decision-makers, Acxias experts highlighted the synergies between specialized Procure-to-pay solutions and ERPs.

To address ETIs and SMEs, specialist publishers have chosen to move forward in stages. Their challenge: to propose quick and easy-to-implement solutions, at a controlled cost, that is, much less than projects carried out by the major accounts.

On the Procure-to-pay (P2P) process, the digitization of purchases guarantees medium-sized companies gains often amounting to millions of euros within 2 to 3 years, with action levers at several levels.

When the company reaches a critical size and stakeholders (end-users, prescribers, buyers, suppliers, accountants, management controllers, suppliers, etc.) multiply, or when the general management strengthens its requirements in terms of purchasing and financial performance and associated reporting, the opportunity or even the need to have a dedicated digital solution appear.

At an online seminar attended by some 50 purchasing, procurement and finance decision-makers, Acxias and SAP set out to present the multiple benefits of specialized digital solutions to manage and overcome the Covid-19 crisis.

In vogue for the past few months, to accelerate deployments, digital adoption platform (DAP) tools offer a software overlay to guide users' browsing paths and provide them with all the help they need in real time.

"After the failure of many deployments, due to low user adoption, our priority now is to implement simple, intuitive applications that can be used with virtually no training, as everyone does on a daily basis on the Internet with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Leboncoin, etc.," says a purchasing project manager.

At an online seminar for mid-sized companies, Acxias and SAP highlighted the levers digital offers to improve the performance of purchasing, supply chain and supplier accounting.

To facilitate and speed up the digitalization of purchases, new tools called DAP (Digital adoption platform) propose to accompany users in the handling of their applications, in addition to or in place of traditional training and learning methods (tutorials, presentation courses, e-learning, webinars, etc.), tedious and time-consuming to be set up.

To meet the growing demand from companies for robotic solutions for their purchasing, procurement and accounting suppliers, Acxias has just established a dedicated RPA (Robotic Process Automation) expertise centre. Comprised of a team of several engineers specializing in Source-to-contract and Procure-to-pay, this center aims to facilitate projects to automate repetitive and tedious operations, to maximize gains.

More than 500 purchasing decision-makers, DAF and DSI had ticked the date in their agenda. On the evening of Thursday, May 21, six publishers and e-purchase providers (BravoSolution, Coupa, Ivalua, MyProcurement, SAP-Ariba, SynerTrade) were able to present their vision of the offer and the projects in front of a packed house, in the preamble to the presentation of a White Paper on the function's information systems.

To automatically convert part of its purchase requests into orders, the international high-tech group has opted for RPA (Robotic process automation) robots, implemented by Acxias.

Almost unanimously, purchasing-logistics and IT executives recognize the benefit of this up-and-going decision-making technology in their field. However, only 17% say they have implemented a big data solution. The approach aims to facilitate the combined exploitation of information already held by the company, in more or less structured form, and information from multiple external sources, in various and varied formats.

Putting forward an effective purchasing, accounting and finance strategy will increasingly involve choosing the tools best suited to the profile of your company and its short and long-term objectives.

A brief overview by Acxias, who walked the aisles and followed a few presentations of the 2018 edition of the Solutions e-Achats trade show for you.

In recent years, the "financialization" of the purchasing function, and therefore of its tools, has been underway. In turn, the major publishers in the e-purchase market are integrating payment services to help contractors prevent the risk of financial failure of their suppliers, especially the most fragile.

the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union has entered into force, therefore, all companies whose head office is based in Europe, but also all those who handle personal information collected in the Union, must be in accordance with the new text.

On the occasion of the American edition of SAP Ariba Live, held in March in Las Vegas, the publisher announced new modes of electronic collaboration at no cost to suppliers and a series of innovations to facilitate the adoption of its e-procurement solutions. Almost a year after joining SAP, Ariba enjoyed its event...

Gradually, the decision-making systems used for purchases incorporate a predictive dimension, so that they are no longer just reacting but also in anticipation. By relying on simulations and forecasts, the function can adapt its strategy well in advance.

A key factor in the success of purchasing digitalization projects, the ability of suppliers to collaborate via digital solutions and channels remains perfectable. To better understand their level of maturity in this field, Acxias is launching a Barometer in partnership with several major contractors.

Driven by the wave of Artificial Intelligence, conversational agents or chatbots are beginning to take over the world of e-shopping. Their role is to provide both answers to questions that buyers may ask themselves when carrying out their missions and assistance in the use of tools.

On the occasion of Purchasing and Logistics Executive Day, held at the end of October in the suburbs of Namur, nearly a hundred local decision-makers were able to measure the real consequences of digitalization on their business processes. And listen to Acxias' recommendations to choose the solution most suited to their organization.

To secure and speed up the consultation process, many e-purchase publishers offer a reverse auction module. Used to ensure transparency and fairness, the practice is democratizing within the purchasing departments, the most mature of which do not seek to break prices but to select the best offers in a multi-criteria context. Relying on a specialized provider, such as Acxias, which offers a dedicated service, may be necessary to take ownership of the device and maximize the gains.

A historic brick of the purchasing information system, deployed to facilitate and frame the ordering process, catalog management is finding a new youth. The explosion of consumer e-commerce combined with the search for savings have created new needs for purchases. Suddenly, several e-purchase publishers (B-pack, Ivalua, Oxalys Technologies, Pool4Tool, SynerTrade, etc.) have just announced...

The morning event organized at the end of March by the National Purchasing Council (CDAF) allowed stakeholders to explain the impact of technological solutions in the transformation of organizations. Driven to further computerize their processes, particularly to collaborate more effectively with the outside world, purchasing departments have a role to play in the cross-cutting digitalization movement.

Despite its benefits in terms of cost reduction and payment times, the acquisition card remains relatively confidential, especially in large private companies, which are reluctant to acquire an additional tool. Suppliers would also be reluctant to enter such a scheme. Often questioned on the subject as part of its missions to optimize the supply-to-pay chain, Acxias remains on active watch and follows the evolution of the offer in this area.

Calculating the return on investment of a project, managing performance and action plans: these are the two priority themes for purchasing departments when it comes to automating the function's processes. In any case, this is the result of the consultation launched at the beginning of January by Acxias, ahead of the second session of the Workshops of the Club of Actors in the Digitization of Purchasing.

In this movement, software players have clearly understood their interest, starting with the publishers of solutions dedicated to functions where the notion of contract is fundamental, purchases in mind.

The purchasing digitalization agency Acxias announces the deployment of two RPA (Robotic process automation) robots by Safran to automatically convert part of its purchase requests into orders, in SAP Ariba. The high-tech group's purchasing management had begun to address the opportunities offered by automated robotics in mid-2018, with the aim of improving and speeding up the processing of some of its stable and robust processes.

The new edition of the acxias barometer of e-purchase and e-procurement solutions highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the main publishers present in the French market. At the same time, it identifies various avenues for improvement in order to better lead and succeed in the computerization of the function.

The new edition of the acxias barometer of e-purchase and e-procurement solutions highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the main publishers present in the French market. At the same time, it identifies various avenues for improvement in order to better lead and succeed in the computerization of the function.

Three months after Las Vegas, it was in Madrid that SAP Ariba had chosen to present its vision and its solutions to the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For three days (from June 13 to 15) and through around fifty presentation sessions and as many workshops.

The new edition of the acxias barometer of e-purchase and e-procurement solutions highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the main publishers present in the French market. At the same time, it identifies various avenues for improvement in order to better lead and succeed in the computerization of the function.

Si la plupart des entreprises ne disposent pas d’un outil dédié pour gérer leurs dossiers achats, la situation devrait rapidement évoluer. En effet, selon la dernière étude e-achats 360° de Demat-Infos & IMA, près la moitié des directions des achats auraient un déploiement en cours, prévu d’ici à la mi-2016 ou à plus long terme dans ce domaine.

With the acquisitions of B-pack, Hubwoo and SynerTrade, consolidation is accelerating in the e-purchase market. Market pressure and competitiveness are driving publishers to look for partners, to reach critical size and to have the resources to innovate.

According to an online survey by Acxias, six out of ten companies have started using generative AI as part of their purchasing process, through a prototype for most of them or with already operational functionalities.

For its Favor'i 2024 Grand Prix, the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad) did not designate a “Best B2B e-commerce site”, but confirmed the development of artificial intelligence and eco-responsible approaches. .

After the postponement of the generalization of electronic invoicing, initially planned for mid-2024, and the announcement of the new timetable, half of the companies already involved in the subject have slowed down or frozen their project, according to an Acxias survey.

Online purchases by professionals, which had started to slow down in 2022 after years of double-digit growth, were slowed down again last year with only 3.5% growth, according to the 2023 e-commerce report presented by Fevad.

As part of the digitalization of their Source-to-pay chain, companies' top priority in 2024 is to strengthen regulatory compliance and risk management, according to an online survey by Acxias.

Nearly two thirds of French companies would have suffered at least one attempted transfer fraud in 2023, mainly through theft of a supplier's banking identity, according to the new edition of Trustpair's annual study.

In the new edition of its MarketScape dedicated to collaborative commercial exchange management platforms, the IDC firm has positioned SAP Business Network in the “Leaders” category, with the largest market share.

With a turnover up 40%, after an already record 2022 financial year, 2023 was a new year of hypergrowth for Acxias thanks to the signing of new clients as well as the enlargement or renewal of contracts in course.

Solutions from the SAP Ariba portfolio, as well as SAP Concur and SAP Fieldglass, are among the big winners of the Best of Awards of the professional software evaluation platform TrustRadius, based on user reviews.

After its Purple series, Acxias is innovating again by launching a quarterly news video which offers on YouTube a summary of the main Digital Purchasing information covered on the agency's Blog in recent weeks.

As an extension of the CSRD, which strengthens extra-financial reporting, a second European directive also linked to corporate social responsibility issues and labeled CSDD will impose new rules on 2024 data.

When asked the area in which generative AI could be most useful to them, buyers who responded to the Acxias survey were divided: risk analysis is closely followed by supplier sourcing and market research.

In a Next Content study for the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), more than eight out of ten companies indicate that they have totally or partially digitalized their purchases, with benefits on several levels and some obstacles.

SAP has just presented Joule, a “generative artificial intelligence co-pilot in natural language” which will be gradually integrated into its cloud solutions, particularly in the area of ​​purchasing, as well as its construction platform.

To set up and deploy SAP Ariba within its entities in China, the agrochemical group of Israeli origin Adama, specialized in the production and distribution of phytosanitary products, called on Acxias.

Among the main tools and models available to purchasing to implement a Category management strategy, the Kraljic matrix is ​​popular with respondents to the Acxias survey on the subject.

According to several studies on emerging technologies, generative AI should become established permanently in the operational and functional departments of companies, particularly in the areas of purchasing and the supply chain.

In its latest release, SAP Ariba offers a new module dedicated to Category management, an approach which makes it possible to refine purchasing management by reasoning by particular type of expenditure or by grouping.

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, clarified during the 78th Congress of the Order of Chartered Accountants, the new timetable envisaged for the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies.

Two Acxias consultants, Albane and Katie, were at the start of the 45th edition of the “20 km of Paris”, this Sunday, October 8, under radiant sunshine and summer temperatures, alongside 22,000 other elite runners or amateurs.

In the current context of inflation linked to the latest crises and climate change, the 2023 edition of the Solutions e-Achats show, at the beginning of October in Paris, gave pride of place to supplier relationship management and customer analysis tools. expenses.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) already has or will have a significant impact on the purchasing function in the coming years, according to responses to the latest online survey offered by Acxias on the subject.

The generalization of electronic invoicing in France for businesses, planned for mid-2024 but ultimately postponed, could wait several years, according to a document that Acxias has obtained.

Very active in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for several years, SAP intends to go beyond the stage of “simple” data analysis to integrate generative AI mechanisms into its solutions, in particular in the SAP Ariba purchasing suite. .

Since its creation in 2017, the Acxias Digital Procurement Lab has developed several dozen innovative solutions interacting with the SAP Ariba platform at all stages of the purchasing, supply chain and accounting process.

According to the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), initiatives are increasing among suppliers to meet their customers' expectations in terms of responsible purchasing, in particular by providing better information on their products.

As part of the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies (B2B, Business), initially planned for mid-2024, an “extended version” of Chorus Pro will include all of its functionalities and will integrate B2B and B2C invoices ( Consumer).

In its report “2023 e-commerce key figures” released this summer, the French e-commerce and distance selling federation reveals that the digitization of purchasing processes and practices is ranked 4th among the main challenges for buyers by 2025.

In IDC's latest sustainability index, SAP is ranked among the top three software companies most committed to sustainability, based on environmental, social and governance criteria.

In a press release published at the end of July, the Directorate General for Public Finance (DGFiP) announced the postponement of the generalization of electronic invoicing in France for companies, initially planned from July 1, 2024.

To optimize the exchange of orders and associated logistics documents, and enable companies to improve performance, Acxias has designed a specific offer implementing SAP's full cloud technologies.

While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the purchasing priorities, four out of ten organizations have no specific management procedure in this area or proceed manually, according to an Acxias survey.

Almost simultaneously, the three American purchasing solution publishers Corcentric, Coupa and Jaggaer have just announced a change of Chief executive officer (CEO) at the head of their organization.

Voice commerce, or "voice commerce" in English, which allows users to make purchases via conversational interfaces, could quickly become more democratic and enter businesses, according to Fevad.

Driven by its strong momentum with an increase of more than 50% in its turnover in 2022 and a workforce approaching 70 employees, the Digital Procurement Agency has just moved its headquarters to rue La Fayette, in the heart of Paris.

In an Acxias online survey on the generalization of electronic invoicing for companies, two thirds of respondents indicated that they had not yet chosen their dematerialization platform.

On the occasion of the Sapphire in Orlando, SAP announced that it is strengthening its commitment to further integrate artificial intelligence into its solutions, in particular through a new collaboration with Microsoft.

SAP and IBM announce their collaboration to integrate IBM Watson technology into SAP solutions, to bring an additional level of automation and information by leveraging AI capabilities.

As envisaged in its initial development plan, the subsidiary of Acxias in Mauritius has just exceeded a dozen employees, one year after its opening.

According to a survey carried out by Acxias on transfer fraud, by theft of a supplier's bank identity, half of the companies indicate that they have already been the victim of "at least one attempt" or "proven fraud".

Faced with the explosion of payment fraud, through usurpation of supplier bank details, Acxias has developed a connector to integrate Trustpair's control services with SAP Ariba.

For more than half of the respondents to the Acxias survey on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues, a digital purchasing solution would above all facilitate the aggregation of multisource data.

Intelligent tools such as ChatGPT, the conversational agent prototype developed by OpenAI, do not leave buyers indifferent, according to the latest online survey from Acxias.

SAP Ariba users have a new mobile application associated with the solution, to search and buy products in an intuitive and user-friendly way from a smartphone or tablet.

According to the 2022 E-commerce Report recently presented by the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation, online purchases by professionals have increased by 9.9% in one year.

Pressured by cascading regulatory obligations and new market constraints, purchasing departments are redoubling their efforts in terms of risk management, particularly with regard to CSR.

Building on its previous year, Acxias confirmed its good momentum in 2022 by recording a further increase of more than 50% in revenue and reaching sixty employees.

According to an online survey by Acxias, when it comes to technological innovations for procurement management, the majority of companies mainly expect advances in the use of artificial intelligence in 2023.

German software company SAP has been named in the "Technology Leaders" category of the Spark Matrix 2022 from research firm Quadrant Knowledge Solutions for Source-to-pay (S2P) suites.

In Gartner's 2022 Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, SAP confirms its position as a "Leader" alongside Coupa, thanks in particular to the completeness of its procurement solutions.

To help companies collaborate more effectively with their suppliers, Acxias has designed a specific support offer to monitor and automate integration processes with the SAP Digital Supplier Network.

Digital business networks are gradually becoming the norm for exchanging contracts, orders, delivery notes, invoices and other payment notices with suppliers, according to an online survey by Acxias.

The Chinese company Intuitive Fosun has entrusted Acxias with the Third Party Application Maintenance of the SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing modules deployed in 2021, and is gradually expanding the scope of the service.

To identify future employees, the Digital Achats agency has initiated a "Campus management" program to present the company and its activities to major schools.

Over the years, and even more so since the upheavals linked to the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, supply chains have continued to become more complex, recalls the research firm IDC in its publication “Technology Spotlight”.

To manage the procurement of their indirect purchases, more than six out of ten companies mainly use a digital Procure-to-pay solution, according to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

While the French reform of electronic invoicing will affect all companies from mid-2024, Acxias has completed its offer with a global dematerialization solution for supplier invoices.

On the occasion of the SAP Intelligent Spend Management Forum, Eurovia presented its project to deploy SAP Ariba to agencies and site teams.

The impots.gouv.fr site has been enriched with a page dedicated to the dematerialization platforms partners (PDP) of the administration as part of the generalization of electronic invoicing.

To manage and manage their direct purchases, the most mature companies most often rely on their ERP, and overwhelmingly use SAP's, according to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

The results of the online surveys conducted each month by Acxias, to identify best practices and the latest trends in the digital purchasing market, are now available on a dedicated page of its website.

At Acxias, if customer satisfaction remains the priority, the well-being of employees is just as fundamental!

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, known as the "CSRD Directive", provides a new extra-financial reporting tool to improve information on environmental, social and governance criteria.

This year, the majority of purchasing professionals have preferred the coast for their summer holidays, according to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

For companies that want to use SAP Digital Supplier Network while ensuring the localization of their data in Europe, Acxias has developed a local exchange solution with suppliers.

Skills in the digital field are "indispensable" or are "a real plus" for buyers, especially to use business software solutions, according to acxias' latest online survey.

In a context of crises that has reshuffled the cards in the market for digital solutions, SAP Ariba confirms its position at the top of the Top 10 Source-to-pay (S2P) platforms established by the British magazine SupplyChain.

As in the purchasing projects in which they participate on a daily basis, Acxias employees do not skimp on efforts when they engage in sporting events.

Although organized on the theme of "people at the heart of purchasing", the 2022 Universities of the National Purchasing Council (CNA), which celebrated its 75th anniversary for the occasion, gave pride of place to digital.

The pharmaceutical group Transcenta called on Acxias' subsidiary in China (艾柯夏) to accelerate the digitalization of its purchases by implementing and deploying the Sourcing module of the SAP Ariba solution.

Strengthening purchasing compliance is the main advantage of a Procure-to-pay solution, for half of the participants in the latest online survey conducted by Acxias.

SAP and contract management company Icertis have announced an expansion of their partnership to help companies better control risk and increase efficiency, especially in the procurement chain.

To reduce user administration costs and associated processing time, companies are looking at technologies to automate operation and relieve teams.

The digitization projects of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable aim first to simplify and automate processing, according to the new Acxias Barometer.

The Directorate-General for Public Finance has announced the launch of a pilot phase in the first half of 2024 to test all the functionalities of electronic invoicing and transmission of transaction data.

According to an online survey conducted by Acxias, digital purchasing solutions would be particularly essential on the Procure-to-receipt process, ranging from the management of requests and orders to the receipt of items.

The dynamic glossary offered on the Acxias website provides definitions on nearly a hundred terms, acronyms, acronyms and expressions from the world of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable.

In its Top 100 digital companies operating in the scope of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable, Procurement magazine ranks SAP in first place.

The Day of the Electronic Invoice was the occasion of a milestone a little more than two years before the generalization of e-invoicing for companies.

According to the latest online survey conducted by Acxias, electronic catalogs are now widely deployed and used in companies.

The integration between Procure-to-pay and ERP solutions is one of the keys to the success of the digitalization of purchasing, according to a recent report by Gartner.

In Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-pay suites, SAP (Ariba, Fieldglass), Jaggaer, Coupa and Ivalua form a very tight top panel.

Seven out of ten companies believe that the data available to their buyers is "to be checked before operation" or "unusable and reworked", according to acxias' latest online survey.

To facilitate purchases by operational staff, companies are massively deploying electronic catalogs and more and more are evolving towards the level 2 punch-out.

To speed up the processing of supplier invoices, Acxias connected SAP's OCR software to the Ariba Invoicing module.

On the occasion of the annual SAP Partner Summit, held on February 10 in Paris, Acxias was named Ariba Partner of the Year 2021 by the publisher.

The publisher announces its intention to acquire the American company Taulia to strengthen the functional coverage of its Ariba purchasing suite and its Business network.

According to the mini-survey carried out by Acxias at the end of January, on social networks, companies are almost unanimous in thinking that artificial intelligence (AI) in purchasing is not, or no longer, “bullshit”.

Acxias' subsidiary in China (艾柯夏) supported the Pony.ai Group in the implementation and deployment of SAP Ariba's SLP and Sourcing modules.

To strengthen its competitiveness and SAP expertise, around the Ariba purchasing suite but also the main ERP of the publisher, Acxias opens a subsidiary in Mauritius.

The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union has strengthened the protection of personal data transferred to companies in the United States.

Business and technological expertise is the main benefit that companies would have derived from the support of specialists in digitalization of purchases.

Digitalization projects in purchasing are currently focusing on modules covering fundamental processes, according to the new Acxias Barometer.

Nearly two-thirds of companies regret the postponement to mid-2024 of the obligation to receive electronic invoices, believing that they were ready for the switchover.

When implementing their digital purchasing solution, companies are placing increasing importance on change management, especially to onboard suppliers.

The consulting firm G2 places SAP Ariba at the forefront of the Procure-to-pay solutions market, the only player in the "Leaders" category.

The Spot Buy module will have a new connector in early 2022 to natively access amazon business platform catalogs.

Companies primarily use an SAP solution for business intelligence as part of their procurement and procure-to-pay processes.

After the announcement of the timetable for the generalization of the electronic invoice for companies, between 2024 and 2026, the government has just published the file of the "external specifications" of the device.

In addition to a few confirmed consultants, a dozen young graduates have joined Acxias' workforce in recent weeks, bringing the workforce to about forty employees.

For the digitalization of purchasing, procurement and accounts payable processes to be successful, the company must focus on following a number of steps.

Acxias' latest online survey highlighted a certain lack of preparation to meet the obligation to receive electronic invoices initially set for 2023.

In anticipation of the generalization of electronic invoicing, Acxias has developed a connector to retrieve data in dematerialization platforms and inject it into Ariba.

According to Fevad's latest annual report, online purchases by professionals continued to grow last year despite the pandemic crisis.

The use of a digitalization consultant would be particularly relevant during the implementation and deployment phase of the target solution.

To strengthen its operations, the food brand of the Groupement Les Mousquetaires has equipped itself with an integrated system for managing the supply and distribution chain.

In a ranking established by SupplyChain magazine, SAP Ariba tops the Top 10 digital platforms covering the entire Source-to-pay chain.

The publisher announced the creation of SAP Business Network, the "largest business network in the world" offering an overview and facilitating exchanges between business partners.

Four out of ten companies would still see more than 25% of indirect spending slip away from their purchasing organization, according to acxias' latest online survey.

One year after its merger with Argonaute, Acxias continues its rapid development, both in terms of turnover and sizing.

As part of its global E-Cube digital transformation project, Eurovia called on Acxias to ensure the implementation of the SAP Ariba suite on the purchasing and Procure-to-pay components.

The crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic would be a factor in accelerating the digitalization of the purchasing function in companies, according to the latest Acxias mini-survey.

To help companies prepare for the generalization of the proposed electronic invoice from 2023, Gartner's latest report on the subject provides an overview of the application landscape.

Knowledge and mastery of solutions are the main asset of an agency like Acxias, which specializes in digital purchasing, according to a mini-survey conducted at the end of April.

The latest webinar organized by Acxias, with the testimony of Nexans, allowed the thirty participants to discover the basics of the profitability calculations of digital purchasing projects.

As part of its innovation projects and in response to the issue raised by several of its customers, Acxias announces the market launch of a solution that will revolutionize the user experience of punch-out catalogs.

With Rise with SAP, the publisher is launching an all-in-one offering that includes its Digital Supplier Network, to facilitate the migration of its ERP customers to S/4Hana Cloud.

The main advantage of a digital purchasing solution compared to an ERP lies in its simplicity and comfort of use, followed by its functional depth.

Founded seven years ago, the Acxias subsidiary is strengthening its teams and partnering with SAP Switzerland to accelerate Ariba's deployment in Romandie.

To be accompanied in the digitalization of their purchases, companies would first call on a firm or a specialized integrator.

SAP is launching a new intuitive and simplified Guided Sourcing interface, with e-commerce type ergonomics, for buyers using SAP Ariba.

The latest webinar organized by Acxias in partnership with UiPath has revealed the principles of RPA (Robotic process automation) technology of robotic automation.

The crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a sharp acceleration in the digitalization of business purchasing practices, according to the recent study "B2B - e-Commerce Purchasing".

The project, initially limited to the purchase of construction materials and those used in the laboratory, concerns the Ariba Buying and Sourcing modules, and more specifically the provision of Guided Buying functionalities which will allow the 300 target users to access a set of catalogs and forms (purchase request, quote, etc.).

According to a mini-survey conducted online by Acxias, companies first expect a digital consultant to have a good ability to listen and to be patient.

The Public Finance Branch is examining the generalization of electronic billing envisaged by the government.

To reduce the operating and maintenance costs of SAP Ariba, Acxias has automated some of the time-consuming and repetitive tasks of Level 1 operational support.

To reduce administration costs for the SAP Ariba solution, Acxias automated the user management process, a process chosen because of its repetitiveness and determinism.

Leading Gartner's Magic Quadrant on Procure-to-pay suites, SAP (Ariba, Fieldglass and the ERP offer) and Coupa are this year's lead behind their pursuers: GEP, Ivalua and Jaggaer.

A few years after opening a subsidiary in Switzerland, Acxias is pursuing its international development strategy by positioning itself on the Chinese market, in Shanghai.

During an online seminar attended by about 20 participants, Acxias experts highlighted the synergies between a Procure-to-pay solution and an ERP.

To allow users to interact in real time with SAP Ariba, Acxias is setting up chatbots on Teams.

To complement Ariba's decision-making features (data collection, analysis, reporting), Acxias offers more advanced models designed using SAP Analytics Cloud, Qlik or Tableau.

After the successful stabilization of its SAP Ariba platform, following a longer and more complicated start-up than expected with another provider, Burger King Quick Service has just renewed its confidence in Acxias by entrusting it with its corrective and scalable TMA.

According to IDC, the global market for digital purchasing solutions increased by 6.6% in 2019, to $5.6 billion, down slightly after the +11.4% recorded a year earlier. Leading the seven publishers totaling half of the cumulative turnover.

SAP announces the launch of Digital Supplier Network (DSN), a solution that allows ETIs and SMEs using SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA to digitize the supply chain and financial exchanges with their suppliers in a matter of weeks at a lower cost, including the ordering process, consumption forecasts, logistics monitoring, electronic invoice (tax dematerialization) and downstream payment tracking and optimization.

The new procedure for automatic creation of purchase requisitions takes place in three steps: data extraction, analysis and classification, creation of the purchase requisition in SAP Ariba.

Acxias and IT consulting and services company Argonaute announce their merger to create the first French provider specializing in SAP Ariba solutions.

After the SAP publisher made Ariba Start sourcing, a packaged version of the sourcing module of its Ariba suite, centered on 90% of the features, Acxias proposes to support companies in taking control of this offer: preparation, training, activation, balance sheet.

SAP offers an adapted version of Ariba, its leading solution in the areas of purchasing-procurement-finance, to provide an appropriate response to the digitalization needs of mid-sized companies and take into account their specific expectations and constraints.

Professional e-purchases still at the top The total purchases made on the Internet in France crossed the historic mark of 100 billion euros in 2019, according to the study presented in February by the Federation e-commerce and distance selling (Fevad). Up 11.6%, it stood at precisely 103.4 billion euros, i.e. ...

During the Favouri’2020 ceremony organized by the E-commerce and Distance Selling Federation (Fevad), Agrizone won the prize for “Best sales and services site for professionals”.

RPA would thus contribute to competitiveness: more than half (56%) of companies that have implemented software robots claim to have increased their revenues, as well as their yields (54%), in particular by improving team productivity.

While supplier “master data” has become a key element in the digitalization of purchasing, the Gartner firm has just published a report to help improve control and quality.

The German publisher announced the decision of its CEO, Bill McDermott, not to renew his contract. He is replaced by Jennifer Morgan (48 years old) and Christian Klein (39 years old), members of the board of directors.

Corcentric Completes Acquisition of Determine Two months after the preliminary announcement, the U.S. provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions has completed the acquisition of substantially all of Determine's assets, following approval by both companies' boards of directors and shareholders. The $32 million operation is expected to...

After the increase expected for 2018, for a total turnover of 12.4 billion euros, the French software publishing market should decline slightly in 2019.

TF1 optimizes its purchases of services. User since 2009 of the Oalia SPM solution, the audiovisual group has chosen Opase and its OBMS solution (Opase Business Management Services) to optimize its purchasing process of IT intellectual services.

To promote cross-functional collaboration and the mobility of interested parties, the State Purchasing Department (DAE) has set up a professional social network for those involved in the function.

Ariba distinguished by the Auchan group for Innovation "2.0".

According to Forrester's latest study devoted to e-procurement, published in mid-2017, the market is dominated by five leaders.

Advantage to e-purchase solutions for services Nearly half of businesses (43%) would rely on their e-purchase solution to manage purchases of intellectual services and services, according to Ivalua's latest Purchasing Trends survey. Those equipped with such a solution but who do not use it in this context explain their choice ...

Last year, Acxias had devoted two sessions of its "20 minutes of e-purchasing" to the subject of Lean Management in purchasing. The reports are available for download.

Nearly half of buyers interested in co-innovation with their suppliers admit that they have no data for a third of their panel.

L'Oréal entrusts the management of its vigilance to Provigis Eager to work with companies in good standing and secure, L'Oréal has chosen Provigis to help it in its CSR approach and the fight against illegal work. To manage the duty of vigilance of the cosmetics group, the service provider takes care of the collection and verification...