Sage strengthens its Building strategy and develops its Sage Batigest solution

Sage takes stock with its network of partners to present its strategic development plan for the building market. In support, long-term investments and an evolution of its Batigest technological offer which meets the challenges of compliance, connection to Chorus Pro and more generally process modernization, in particular with administration: dematerialization, invoicing / sales, digital uses etc.

During its Tour de France this summer, Sage illustrated its commitment to strengthen its position in this high-potential market with the stated objective of exceeding 50% market share by 2021.

"We wish to reaffirm our investment in the building market, which represents thousands of customers, and which remains a very dynamic economic sector. The challenges in terms of digital transformation, productivity gain and administrative simplification are important for VSE and SME craftsmen in the building industry. Our development ambitions are strong. To respond to this, R&D resources have been doubled. We count on our network of 350 partners to support companies in their compliance and digital transformation challenges. We are looking forward to presenting our new products at the next Batimat fair ” says Emilie Batista Fernandes, Building Market Manager.

The Sage partners selected in the regions were therefore brought together on several dates and cities in France to preview the advantages of the new Batigest i7 solution, which will be made available in June 2020 thanks to the change of Access database system under SQL.

This announcement comes at a pivotal stage in the market and reposition Sage's strategy in this sector with a strong message and developments expected by its network.

The latest version of Batigest i7 concerns a legal obligation: in the context of the dematerialization of State exchanges with its suppliers, all companies must be equipped with a solution for dematerializing invoices by January 1 2020. Sage thus gives construction companies the opportunity to prepare today for the compulsory implementation of dematerialization.

This Batigest i7 version includes:

The dematerialization of invoices or deeds of sale, whether direct or indirect, with or without intermediaries: direct invoices, works, progress, deposit or credit.
Export of sales invoices to Chorus Pro, the official portal for administration and local authorities.
Sending dematerialized invoice and querying its status.

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