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.