The Benfit of Using a Marketplace

B2B or not B2B ?

More than 99% of the French companies in the industry are equipped with a PC.

95% are connected to Internet, 41% at high speed

(Survey from SESSI)

According to the European Communities Commission, the ICT reduces the distance economics impact and the information access cost thus increasing competition within markets.

(Entreprises Legislation - European Union)

The biggest companies have already largely integrated these new approaches: 78% of companies employing more than 500 employees were buying on line in 2002 as per 50% in 2001.

The small and medium companies are a little bit behind: 43% employing 20 to 249 employees buy on the net, while 63% employing 250 to 499 do the same. Nevertheless, on line purchasing is increasing rapidly.

(«The 4 pages of industrial statistics» - French Industry Ministry)

The online purchasing act is a consumer fact of life (B2C).

		Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail E-commerce Sales:
Source : US Census Bureau

One of the most efficient means to improve your company's performances and profitability is to optimize the order intake and processing.

In the United States, 17% of big companies not yet involved in sourcing and e‑procurement are contemplating implementing it within 12 months.

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e-Commerce for your company

Is e-commerce only fashionable?

The earth kept turning before the Internet. Why then should we change everything to adapt to new technology?

The market is evolving.

Today it is out of question to be content with simply selling what is produced.

Production should identify the market needs and fulfill it fast.

Competition is World wide, and companies are looking for the best products at the lowest price.

The prospecting arena is becoming larger. It implies new tools for orders intake which could get rid of language barriers and time lapse.

The continual innovation and instant commercial bids can’t be well served with rigid catalogs becoming obsolete within months. Buyers are expecting updated catalogs at once.

What is the purpose of e-procurement?

e-Commerce supplies the tools required to speed up the sales and purchasing process, to gain precision, enable tracking and to obtain a clear vision at all times of the deals made.

Thanks to Full Place, buyers and sellers share the same approach to exchange their commercial documents.

Information is accurate, updated, and instantly transmitted.

Security and confidentiality.

This request is at the core of e-commerce. Each participant is unambiguously identified and information access strictly controlled.

As per the bank account access, each user can only and exclusively get the information that he needs and for which he is entitled to achieve his mission.

All information exchanged between your company and Full Place is encrypted according to SSL 128 bits which ensures the strictest confidentiality.