In this blog, Paula, Floriday Product Coach, explains more about correction options on the platform. Paula offers both growers and buyers tips on how to make corrections.
In Floriday, it is easy to search and order based on current offers using Explorer. That includes Clock pre-sales offers. This gives you, as a buyer, an even wider range to purchase from. Here are some tips on how you can now do that even more easily and quickly.
To further improve delivery security on Floriday, enforcing the minimum order quantity within direct sales is being rolled out further. This will also be checked via the API link and in Explorer. It is therefore important that the minimum order quantity is set correctly in the delivery terms and conditions. This article sets out some handy tips.
More and more growers and buyers are searching Floriday for pots, vases, baskets and decorative items. So you can now search on Floriday specifically for 'hardware'.
Your online security is paramount at Floriday. Which is why we have tightened up our password policy. You now have to use a stronger password and can also choose the additional security of 2-factor authentication (2FA).
Twice a year, we launch a new update to the Floriday API link. This update will be implemented into your software package by your software supplier, so that you can have the latest and improved features in Floriday. In early November, this latest update will be made available: winter release 2024v2. What features will be included by the software supplier in the latest version? Read more below.
Letting every partner in the chain access invaluable transport information sounds like an ideal situation. We spoke about the importance of sharing transport information all along the supply chain with Ton and Teun Buurman, owners and marketing directors at Floritrack.
The world of digital offers many advantages, but also brings with it many risks. Growers and buyers trading on Floriday will naturally want their commercial information to be kept secure. One of the best ways to tighten your online security is to apply the Zero Trust principle across your own business. But how does this work, and what can you do to integrate this principle into your day-to-day business?
Unique new colour combinations, patterns/structures in the flower or leaf, or a totally different way of flowering? Your new products, also known as novelties, deserve a spot in the spotlights, so your product will be highly visible among buyers. Read on quickly if your product also deserves a spot as a novelty.
Are you visiting Trade Fair Aalsmeer this year? A good time to expand your network. Both at the Trade Fair itself and online in Floriday by sending connections. Our Floriday experts are ready to introduce you to the platform, give a demo or help you find growers
Starting 1 October, it will be possible to update weekly pricing in-week when using catalogue prices. This article tells you all about this news.
Working in conjunction with flower growers, we are making improvements to Floriday so that the platform is better suited to the way they do business. Going digital means working faster and more efficient processes. It also means fewer errors and greater security for your customers. We recently spoke to Robin van der Knaap at the Together2Grow nursery about the link with Floriday and the results for his organisation.
The option to update the current weekly prices during the week has recently been looked at in conjunction with the customer base. Hamiplant, part of Dutch Flower Group, is the first buyer to use the price updates option from The Orchid Growers. We spoke to Rene Vellekoop, purchasing director at Hamiplant, about his experience.
With more than 40 employees, Hans Visser exports plants throughout Europe. In over 60 years, they have grown into a major plant exporter. Recently, they made the switch to API connectivity to speed up processes.
Digitalisation is changing the way we work in the floriculture industry. This requires collaboration from both growers and buyers. We spoke to Henk de Jong, commercial manager at The Orchid Growers about it. Why do they consider digitisation important? How are they digitising their processes? And what results have been achieved so far?
Anyone processing data electronically has to take action: cybersecurity. The upcoming European legislation NIS2 tightens network and information security in essential and key sectors. The objective: to improve the resilience of Europe's digital infrastructure and improve cybersecurity.
In this blog, we ask Marieke, implementation consultant for Floriday users, about the best tips to get the most out of Floriday as a buyer.
Marco Guyt has been working at exporters Grotex GmbH for almost 25 years. He looks after buying and selling the plants, which he does every day using the Floriday screens. "I can tell that we need to go digital more and more.
Last week was Wish Week again. Altogether, we worked on 29 suggestions which growers and buyers had posted to the platform's roadmap. We selected those suggestions which got the most thumbs-up for this Wish Week.
Ransomware: it is one of the biggest digital threats to individuals and organizations. Cybercriminals use it to get hold of sensitive data and encrypt it so you can no longer access it. To protect yourself, your employees and your business, we tell you what ransomware is, how attacks take place and how to prevent ransomware.
We recently spoke to Faber about buyers wanting to know more about order delivery status. This time, we spoke to Frits Liefde from the Floral Trade Group. What opportunities does he see in sharing transport data?
Explorer allows you to buy on current supply from direct trade and clock presales. The buyer's experience is partly determined by the quality of the offer. We spoke to Sadrettin, buyer and seller at Azzura.
A growing number of growers and buyers activate Floriday Messenger and send an initial message. That is the moment when they can experience the added value of chatting in Floriday, right where supply and demand meet. Recently, Floriday Messenger has been developed even further based on feedback from the industry. This news article has more about these developments.
Are you planning a well-deserved holiday? Then it is good to know that a colleague can seamlessly take over your work in Floriday. Floriday would like to help you and your colleague with this, so we have organised a crash course for growers in Floriday. This course will enable you to go on holiday with peace of mind and your colleague to take over your tasks.
Social engineering, have you heard of it? Chances are that this term is unfamiliar to you, but you have had to deal with it before. It is an increasingly common threat aimed at human interaction and manipulation.
More and more users look for it in Floriday: hardware. Think pots, vases, buckets, baskets, but also decoration. This offers opportunities for the whole sector. Read on to find out how you, as a user, can benefit from this.
We have been working to increase ease of use and expand the contract function. If you frequently work with regular customers (such as retail) and large quantities, this feature might appeal to you. By placing standing orders within contracts, growers and buyers can spend less time on weekly order processing. Read more about the numerous improvements in this post.
Always communicate directly with the right contact person? And all information on the subject immediately available? You can do that from now on via Floriday Messenger.
Ansu started working through Floriday two years ago. Dave Bovenlander, plant salesman talks about the company's growth and how Floriday supports them in this process
When running a business, it is inevitable to use personal data. You use personal data of customers, suppliers and employees for different purposes.
At the beginning of this year, we started a pilot to check delivery times and minimum delivery quantities set by the growers. This was the wish from a group of growers. We spoke to Raimond Hagedoorn of Gebr. Valstar about his experiences.
With the uniform letter, we have one standard for the floriculture sector. This makes it possible to work with one letter throughout the floriculture sector: a sustainable milestone!
Line driver Jaap Rietveld uses the contract module. Read more about his experiences and perspective on digitalisation.
Twice a year, we launch a new update to the Floriday API link. This update will be implemented into your software package by your software supplier so that you, the user, can have the latest and improved features in Floriday. In early May, this latest update will be made available: summer release 2024v1. What is possible to build in by the software vendor in the latest version? Read more below.
At the beginning of the year, we started a pilot to check from Floriday the delivery times and minimum delivery quantity as set by the grower. If, as a grower and/or buyer, you have not yet set this correctly, orders may be rejected more often.
Sustainable practices in the floriculture trade are being given increasing priority. The need for transparency is also increasing. To meet that need, several partners, including Floriday, are joining forces for a new initiative: the Packaging Register. With the register, we are facilitating the exchange of sustainability data of packaging materials. Florpartners project leader Bart Boevé explains: "We want to move towards a circular horticultural chain.
Want to be informed about the status of order delivery? This is a key desire of buyers. We are working with carriers to provide this insight through Floriday. Carrier Faber Bloementransport is the first carrier to make scans of delivery forms, giving growers and buyers insight into order delivery.
Would you like an easy way to promote offers to your buyers? With the HortiHeat app you can simply compile offers into a mailing to send to buyers in your network. This allows you, as a grower, to highlight products quickly and make it easy for buyers to purchase on Floriday. Wondering what else HortiHeat can do? Read on and see if HortiHeat is the right fit for your organisation.
Prevention is an important part of cybersecurity. Don't wait for signs of cybercrime, often by then you are too late and damage has been done to business systems. Find out what measures you can take.
Lavendel Plus has focused on selling large potted lavender plants since 2000. A large 30-hectare nursery near Breda. We speak to Jeroen Zoon, commercial manager at Lavender Plus, about using Floriday
Also in the first quarter of 2024, we organized a Wish Week. In total, we developed just under 30 wishes that growers and buyers left on the roadmap in the platform.
With Floriday, we look for opportunities to simplify processes within the floriculture industry and make them more efficient. The supply chain sticker is a solution for more control and efficiency in the logistics process, for both growers and buyers. This is explained in this video and further explained below.
In my daily contact with growers, I receive many questions about how to increase their network in Floriday. Successful trading through Floriday depends on a good network. Floriday offers growers and buyers the opportunity to expand their network and discover new trade opportunities.. In this article, you will find five valuable tips.
For several weeks now, with a small group of growers, the minimum delivery quantity has been enforced. Buyers who order below the minimum delivery quantity will receive a notification that the order is too small. We found in this journey that buyers do not always adhere to growers' delivery time sets. To be able to validate based on the minimum delivery quantity, we will soon implement a change in Floriday.
Cybersecurity is crucial today. To protect the company, your employees and/or colleagues and the entire floriculture chain. But what exactly are the dangers you need to protect against? Here we list three forms of cybercrime that are the most common.
To make the best use of Floriday, we have added a handy checklist for buyers on the dashboard. This allows you, as an existing buyer, to find even more relevant supply and connection suggestions. And as a new buyer, you can find your way around Floriday even more easily. In this news item, we explain this checklist.
From 1 October this year, it will become possible to adjust the weekly price for plants during the week. After each modification in a weekly list, a 24-hour time lock comes into effect, only after which subsequent modification is possible. This allows growers to better respond to market conditions and buyers more security of supply. This is the outcome of several meetings with (plant) growers and buyers.
For almost eight years, Henry Doornekamp has been working at exporter Ferry Verbeek. He deals with buying and selling on a daily basis: "Basically, together with our team, I try to make our customers fall in love with us. Not only by delivering the most beautiful plants, but also by providing the best service."
Bas La-Graauw, Product Owner at Floriday, keeps busy every day developing new features in Floriday. We talk to him about last year's developments and look ahead to 2024.
As a Floriday user, what can you do to increase cybersecurity within your business and combat cybercrime? With this article series, we give you useful, simple tips you can use right away. This article focuses on something we use every day: the password.
“We started to sell our products via Floriday since 2020. In the platform we show buyers which products we have available everyday. Buyers get a complete view of our products and can place requests via Floriday.
United Flower Group (EFG) from Saudi Arabia has been working with Floriday to expand their grower network, search for new varieties and buy flowers directly through Floriday.
As a platform, Floriday provides a secure environment for growers and buyers. Strictly confidential data in Floriday is not shared and transaction data used in reports is not traceable. That is the conclusion from the third independent audit into the Information Policy commissioned by Royal FloraHolland's data committee.
Trade Fair Rijsiwjk will run from March 13 and 14th. Will you be at the fair as a grower too? Then, of course, you'd want to be well prepared. You can do so by complementing your booth with first-class online information!
In Floriday, growers can set a minimum delivery quantity. Does the buyer order less? Then a message is displayed saying the order is too small. Until now, this was only the case with Direct Purchasing. In Explorer and through the API link, orders below the minimum quantity could still come in to a grower. That will soon change.
Together with growers and buyers, we started working towards a workable solution on adaptive weekly pricing in the plant trade. Growers want to be more responsive to current market conditions and buyers want more security of supply.
Exporteur SQ Flora wil haar klanten een breed assortiment bloemen aanbieden via de kortst mogelijke route, ingekocht bij kwekers uit Nederland en Kenia. Sinds 1,5 jaar maken ze hierbij ook gebruik van Floriday, met name de contractmodule. Steven van Reeven, verantwoordelijk voor de verkoop, deelt zijn visie op digitalisering en welke rol Floriday hierin heeft.
In 2023, we are organising a quarterly Wish Week: last week it took place again! To select these wishes, we look at the number of thumbs up given on the wishes. A total of 34 wishes from growers and buyers were developed in Floriday. In this article, we highlight some of them. In the Helpcenter, you will find a detailed explanation of all the new developments (growers - buyers).
Growers and buyers working through Floriday can also trade with each other through Direct bidding. For Maasdijk-based Heboplant, this way of doing business has now become a regular part of their working method: "Several buyers make bids on our supply, including mostly new buyers!"
Stickers are an important part of the order process in the floriculture industry. Until now, not many stickers have been settled via Floriday. Recently, we implemented several improvements to make this process better. You can find more information in this news release.
Today kicks off the Trade Fair in Aalsmeer where growers and buyers can drop by for a demo or question about Floriday. The features receiving extra attention this year are Explorer, mix bundles, offers, applications and Direct bidding. We are also introducing an advanced feature for growers, namely stock planning.
Together with growers and buyers, we started working towards a workable solution on real-time pricing in the plant trade. This will allow growers to better respond to current market conditions and provide buyers with greater security of supply. After several conversations with the market, we made an announcement earlier this year. In this article, we give an update on the status.
Do you use the option to create price lists in Floriday? From now on, you can also save them in Floriday. This way, you can add to the price list later or download it again.
From 1 October 2023, all buyers for direct trade through Floriday will see the same form. This applies to all Royal FloraHolland locations. With this, we are working towards a single standard for the floriculture sector.
As a breeder and specialist in seeds and young plants, Evanthia is a well-known player in floriculture. Commercial director Louis Kester talks about the aspiration and ambition to grow together and how they are using Floriday to achieve this.
Twice a year, we launch a new update to the Floriday API link. This update will be implemented into your software package by your software supplier so that you, the user, can have the latest and improved features in Floriday. What is possible in the current version? Read more below.
We recently spoke to Rob Stoffer, buyer at Heyl, specialist in supplying German specialist florists. Heyl supplies more than 1,000 German florists 3x a week with cut flowers, plants and decoration. "For so much trade to run smoothly, digitalisation is essential". In the video below, Rob talks about Floriday's role in this and their collaboration with Piet Vijverberg Nursery.
In 2023, we are organising a quarterly Wish Week: last week it took place again! To select these wishes, we look at the number of thumbs up given on the wishes. A total of 26 wishes from growers and buyers were developed in Floriday.
Can you no longer see clearly through your supply lines? During the Floriday Tour, our Floriday experts visited buyers to explain more about the Explorer. In fact, with the right filters, you can very easily find the supply you want. That way, you can also enjoy a bit of sunshine this summer.
Native Blooms, an Ecuadorian rose nursery producing 30 million stems annually, has found valuable opportunities in the Dutch and European markets through working with Floriday. Since November 2022, Floriday has played a significant role in transforming Native Blooms' business operations and enabling them to expand internationally.
There is always room for new driven entrepreneurs in the floriculture sector. Franck Pohu founded the export company Viridivi three years ago. He exports products, including indoor and outdoor plants and cut flowers, to France from Naaldwijk. This year, Franck started working Floriday. He linked his software package to the Floriday API link.
Bas is Product Owner and keeps busy every day developing new features in Floriday. At the beginning of this year, we looked forward to 2023with him. Over the past six months, several improvements and new features have been worked on in Floriday's screens and the link. We look back again with Bas and look ahead to the next six months.
Recently, a new feature became available in Floriday: the bundled offers. Bromelia Specialist started working with it. Sandra Roos, order desk & sales support at Bromelia Specialist, talks about her first experience with the bundled offers and what opportunities she sees for the future: "We can make things a lot easier for the customer this way!"
Hydrangea grower Peter de Munck, together with his brother-in-law, Ferry van der Meer, grows cut hydrangeas from April to early December. They have enjoyed doing this for 10 years. They have been working in Floriday since 2020. Peter shares his experiences of starting with Floriday.
Egon van der Pol, flower exporter at Ventura Flowers, together with his business partner, focuses on exporting flowers to Spain and Portugal. Thanks to Floriday, they buy efficiently from a wide range. Egon has been working with Floriday for the past two years now. Egon: "In the start-up phase, it took a lot of getting used to, we were not immediately enthusiastic about the platform." Read below about Egon's experiences with the platform and how he eventually managed to use Floriday efficiently in their daily operations.
Using the latest techniques, we aim to enhance our users' trade opportunities now and in the future. For example, handling direct delivery is now possible via Floriday instead of Connect-EAB. From 1 July, a fee will therefore apply for using the old message standard. Qualily also switched to that direct delivery via Floriday; Martijn Kwakernaat tells us about it.
Floriday expert June looks back on IFTEX 2023 in Kenya with a good feeling. From 6 to 8 June, she and colleague Loraine had ample opportunity to speak to numerous growers and buyers about Floriday at the international fair, offering demos and comprehensive advice about working with Floriday.
To ensure that all users, regardless of their individual capabilities, can use Floriday, accessibility of the platform is crucial. Using the PC can be quite a challenge for some people. For this reason, Floriday has made several improvements to further improve accessibility for people with visual challenges.
Did you know that growers and buyers spend almost 2 hours a day on the phone and have more than 22 phone conversations with each other daily about orders and availability? At peak times, some companies have as many as 90 to 100 calls a day about this. Around 260 growers and buyers indicated this in a survey we recently distributed to Floriday users.
A common desire from plant growers is to move towards real-time pricing to respond to current market conditions. From buyers, on the other hand, we hear the desire to increase security of supply, which can be better guaranteed by working with available quantities combined with real-time prices. For that reason, we are exploring ways to move towards real-time pricing within Floriday. In this article, we tell you more about this.
Many buyers search based on availability. Do you want your product to appear in the right search results so that the buyer can order it? Then make sure the availability of your supply in Floriday is correct. What should you pay attention to?
In Floriday, it is easy to search and order current offers through Explorer. Several improvements have been made recently to make it even easier to manage your range and buy in current supply. In this article, we highlight some of them.
For 32 years, Gimall has been exporting potted and garden plants to France, England, Italy and Scandinavia. Tim and Bas deal with buying and selling to the UK. We spoke to them about their experience with Floriday.
Are you too on the look-out for more insight into average prices and auction prices? The 'Insights' app gives you as a grower instant insight into your price and market trends and helps you determine your sales strategy. Insights recently gained a notification function that can keep you updated of your daily prices via e-mail and a popup. Read on and see if Insights has potential for your organisation too!
To sell successfully through Floriday, it is important to add attractive photos, complete product information and correct availability to your items. This makes your items easier to find and helps customers make the right choice for their purchase. In this video, we talk to Intratuin about the importance of this for their procurement and logistics processes.
Last week, another Wishes Week was organised by Floriday. In 2023, we will organise a quarterly Wishes Week. To select these wishes, we look at the number of thumbs up given on the wishes. A total of 30 wishes from growers and buyers were developed in Floriday. In this article, we highlight some of them. In the Helpcenter, you will find a detailed explanation of all the new developments.
9 Knots Solutions is one of the software vendors whose software package GreenMaster has the ability to handle direct sales via the Floriday API. This allows growers to handle the direct order without having to use the Connect-EAB letter. We speak to Jim and Mohamed about this.
We are working with Floriday to create a future-proof marketplace for the floriculture sector. This means using the latest technologies to increase trading opportunities for growers and buyers . This also means phasing out technologies and services that no longer meet current technical standards, such as the Connect-EAB. In addition, we encourage digital trading through Floriday.
An offer gives your supply on Floriday the visibility you want: that increases your sales chances. Within your network, but also outside it. A buyer can easily buy based on an offer: trading thus becomes a lot simpler and faster. In this article, you will learn how to use an offer efficiently to boost your sales.
Cor Kromhout is head plant buyer at Bergamotte, the leading D2C (Direct to consumer) player in flowers and plants in France. During a tour of the company, Cor explains why contracts in Floriday work so well for them.
From 1 July 2023, there will be two changes for this reason: buyers will not be charged a service charge if they place the order through Floriday and growers will be encouraged to settle all direct trade through Floriday, making the Connect-EAB unnecessary.
In Floriday, you can easily manage your assortment via the Explorer. In this way you can put together the assortment for your (retail) contracts, to fill your webshop and/or to create table plans for garden centres. Thanks to convenient supply selections, managing the assortment is now further improved!
More and more software packages now support the ability to handle direct deliveries via the Floriday API. This allows growers to handle the direct order without having to use the Connect-EAB. Growers thus benefit directly from more trading opportunities and gain more insight into the deliveries being handled.
We regularly hear from growers and buyers that they would like to be able to send more information with their orders within Floriday. We have therefore launched a study to discover how to further improve interaction on the platform. Recently, our colleagues Lisa (Product Owner Floriday) and Sofie (Support and onboarding Floriday) have been talking to various growers and buyers to find out the way they currently communicate and what this interaction is about.
In this article, you will find some tips on new features and possibilities in Floriday. Everything to make this season as enjoyable & efficient as possible in Floriday!
Floriday makes it easy to offer your products. Thanks to price groups, you keep control over the supply and the prices buyers see. An article was recently published for buyers on how to expand the network. In this article, we will show you how to manage your network as a grower.
More and more growers equip their products with all possible product information in Floriday, making them easier to find for buyers. Are you already actively working on that?
Explorer allows you to easily search through all items in Floriday. This gives you the opportunity to get in touch with growers with the supply you are looking for. Thanks to the network, you keep control of the supply which is of interest to you. Read below how you can easily expand your network with the Explorer.
With Intenz, VDE Plant aims to market a brand that inspires and contributes to a healthy, green lifestyle. We sit down with co-owner Karin van Eijk (cultivation and new business) and Sven Bakker (sales) from VDE Plant to talk about the family business, Intenz and their marketing strategy.
With more than 1,200 exhibitors from all over the world, the IPM Essen event is a big deal within the floriculture sector. Over four days, exhibitors will present various innovative products and services from the floriculture sector, technology and sustainability. Floriday expert Geert Wijnands will be present each day: "It will be fantastic to see so many familiar and new faces and to talk about Floriday"
We drive onto the property of Daan vd Salm, ilex grower, just 20 years old. The season is coming to an end, and he has had a busy period. Daan is one of Royal FloraHolland's youngest growers and "just got started with Floriday". A good reason for us to pay him a visit and ask him about how he started, what his experience is so far and what drove him to start in the floriculture sector.
Last week, another Wishes week was organised by Floriday. A total of 33 wishes from growers and buyers became available in Floriday. In this article, we highlight some of them.
To sell successfully through Floriday as a grower, it is important to have your offer in order. When putting your offer online, think about current and representative images, complete product information and correct availability. This makes your products easier to find and helps buyers make the right choice for their purchase. More and more buyers are buying based on the photo. How to ensure good product photos? In this article, we will give you the general guidelines and tips for your product photos.
With trade settings in Floriday, as a buyer and grower you can work together more easily and pleasantly. You can easily set up how you want to trade with each other in a single place in Floriday. Growers and buyers can use a handy dashboard with 'sliders' to indicate how they prefer to work via Floriday. Not only does this provide clarity, it also saves unnecessary work, avoids mistakes and makes dealing with each other more pleasant. In this news item, we tell you about common and new trade settings.
Bas La-Graauw is Product Owner at Floriday and keeps busy every day developing new features in Floriday. We look ahead with him to the developments planned for 2023. What can users expect? What new features are planned?
We are already approaching the end of 2022. A year in which we added many new features to the platform and spoke to many growers and buyers about their experiences with Floriday. We are really looking forward to 2023! With this post, we bring 2022 to a close and take a final look back at the past year.
Buyers shopping in or through Floriday have the option of settling orders through Floriday using eWallet. For proper processing of orders and ensuring payment, it is important that eWallet orders can only be processed through Floriday (or a connected software package). These orders cannot be handled via a Connect-EAB. In this post, you will find answers to four frequently asked questions.
For about a decade now, consumers have had more options for buying flowers and plants online. This has changed the chain and demands different things from exporters and growers. In 2017, we started building Floriday to properly connect the old and new worlds. Where are we now? Watch the video with Martin.
As a platform, Floriday provides a secure environment for confidential grower and buyer data. That is what the second independent audit conducted by Royal FloraHolland at the request of the Data Committee concluded. The audit in 2021 had already confirmed the effectiveness of measures previously taken to ensure Floriday users' confidentiality of their information The current audit re-examined this over a longer period and also tested its efficacy.
We are visiting Quattro Plant, exporter in plants. A household name in the industry for more than 13 years. We will be talking to Bente Budek (purchasing supporter) and Rinze Schaper (account manager sales) about the importance of good product photos and the correct product information.
With much enthusiasm, Wietse Bakhuijzen, who is responsible for sales, presents the activity taking place at Van der Salm Nursery. With the smell of lavender and pine needles in the air, we walk past a huge range of Christmas products, and water circulation systems and also climb onto the roof where there are rows of plants growing. Efficiency and sustainability are clearly important to Van der Salm. But automation and digitalisation are also in the company's genes. Read in the interview how Van der Salm is moving its buyers along in digital ordering in Floriday.
With the Floriday Explorer, a buyer can search and order on current supply via Floriday. Thanks to handy filters, you can quickly find growers' daily and forward offers. In this video, our colleague Joery explains the possibilities of the Explorer.
In recent months, we have been working hard with software vendors on the new update to the Floriday API link: the Winter Release 2022v2. As of November 1, this update has been stable and available to growers, buyers and agents working with Floriday via the API link. Read in this article which features have become available in this update.
The Floriday Explorer lets you search for all the growers' supply, as well as search by the items that growers have in the catalog. That way you can manage your assortment to put together your (retail) contracts, populate your online shop and/or create your table plans for garden centres. In this article, we will explain how to manage your assortment in the Floriday Explorer.
To use Floriday as a grower to sell successfully, it is important to add attractive photos, complete product information and correct availability.
It was buzzing in Aalsmeer: the entire floriculture sector could meet again, engage in conversation and admire each other's products. Nearly 700 exhibitors were present with a booth and the fair received a total of 20,000 visitors. We look back on 3 great days.
More and more software packages support the ability to handle direct delivery via the Floriday API link. This allows you to handle the direct order without having to use the Connect-EAB.
The Floriday Explorer lets you discover new growers and products. This has been possible for a while now thanks to extensive filter options. Recently however another handy tool has been added called "Trending Items".
We recently spoke to Nick van der Vijver, buyer of green houseplants at Van Duyvenvoorde flowers & plants. He told us more about the purchasing process at Van Duyvenvoorde and what role the Floriday Explorer plays in it.
With Floriday, we are offering one digital platform for the entire floriculture industry. Growers and buyers can work in Floriday's screens or through the API link by connecting their own software package. The API link offers multiple benefits for both growers and buyers. The Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN), part of the API link, fulfils an important need among buyers: Making order processing by buyers even more efficient. We will explain what it is and what you can do with it in this article.
It has recently become possible to work with 2-Factor Authentication (2-FA) on Floriday. With 2-FA you add a second layer of protection to your Floriday account. This increases the security of your Floriday account.
We are walking through the greenhouses and warehouses of Nieuwkoop Europe. The company, based in De Kwakel in North-Holland, offers a complete concept: hydroponics, its very own spray nozzle, a wide range of pots and plants imported from all over the world. According to platform administrator Leo van Ruiten: "Nieuwkoop is all about tailor-made solutions. Here the customer truly is king".
With the introduction of the Explorer, we are seeing more and more buyers ordering through Floriday. Every day they search thousands of different items they can filter on. To continually improve the quality of this offer on Floriday, it is now possible in the Explorer for buyers to place a notification on items where information is missing or incorrect. This notification will go directly to the relevant grower.
The Explorer allows buyers to search and order from all the supply in Floriday that are available to them. More and more buyers are utilising this. So how do you as a grower gain exposure to these buyers? Present your supply professionally with an offer for all customers that appears in the Explorer search results.
Nova Soft has been a renowned software supplier for the horticulture sector for 27 years. Owner Martien Kleijn was there on the eve of the digitisation of the sector and is still working on it at full throttle. However, the end of 2022 will see a change: "I'll be passing the baton to Ed (van Ingen), who now knows everything that needs to be known. It's time to wave goodbye".
Last week, we organised a 'Wishes week'. In one week, we had 25 wishes from growers and buyers built technically and made them live in the platform.
The Floriday Explorer went live just over two weeks ago, and more and more buyers are using it to easily search and order on current supply. Time to put some figures together!
Together with buyers, the option to send requests has been further improved. Among other things, it is now possible to enter the number of units per trade item, make the request for quote continuous and change it again at a later date. In this article, we will explain more about the widespead options.
The door opens and a green sea of Spathiphyllum plants stretches into the distance. We are visiting Bestplant in Poeldijk. Nancy Zwirs, responsible for sales among other things, tells us about the family business, how they work with Floriday and what it brings them.
The new Explorer has been live for two weeks for all Floriday users. During the 'early access' stage, a group of buyers were the first to test the Explorer and provided their input, including IBH Export. The experience of IBH export can be seen in the video.
Floriday Explorer is live for every buyer who wants to search and order from current stock via Floriday. Thanks to handy filters, you can quickly find growers' daily or term offers. You can also send requests for quotes and draw up quotes directly on Explorer. And not only that, you also can use Explorer to fill your linked webshop inventory by marking favourites. Explorer was tested in July by a group of buyers. This feedback was used to further improve Explorer, and it's now live for everyone.
More and more buyers are looking for future supply at Floriday. Did you know that in Floriday, you can easily set supply in future using the 'Forwarding rates' function? We provide a number of handy tips in this article.
In Floriday, it's now possible to work with volume discounts. Next to passing on transport costs, you can now also give volume discounts by way of an offer. Both growers and buyers can choose whether to use it. With that, we offer a solution for a much-heard wish, and provide Floriday users with more trade opportunities.
In mid-2021, Floriday introduced the interactive roadmap: the place to make all requirements, ideas and development points visible. How are these requirements looking now? Using the statistics, Floriday Product Coach Pam van Winden reveals an insight into the follow-up and results.
It was already possible for buyers to use the Floriday Explorer to make a detailed search for articles that growers have in their catalog. Recently, the Explorer was expanded to include current supply and this can be ordered immediately. The ability to order directly from the Explorer is currently being tested among a small group of buyers ('early-access').
Floriday offers various options for you as a grower to publish your supply online. What supply do you have to use and for what? Do you use catalog prices or batch prices for this? For an experienced Floriday user it is probably very obvious, but for a new user it can take a bit of searching. In this article, we will provide an overview of the different options for offering products.
We spoke to Casper van Iterson, flower buyer at Hoek Group, about digitising and automation within the company. How Casper uses Floriday and how this method of buying not only saves him a lot of time but also provides Hoek with extra sales on a daily basis.
More and more growers make use of the possibility of handling their direct delivery orders in the Floriday screens or via a software package that is linked to Floriday. In doing so, they benefit directly from the advantages that this offers over the current method: the Connect-EAB. This gives you more trading opportunities and more insight into your delivery orders. Not all software packages yet support the possibility of handling direct delivery orders via Floriday. In order to offer this possibility for these software packages to growers too, software suppliers will make this available to them before the end of the year.
Even though the summer has just begun, most buyers have already started preparing for the autumn. Floriday offers you the opportunity to present your future offerings to buyers at an early stage. Would you rather orders weren't placed yet, is a product temporarily out of stock or is it difficult to determine the price at this stage? Make sure that this is configured properly on Floriday, so that buyers can find your offer and that you are actually in a position to deliver whenever they place an order. Read more in this news item.
Opportunities for online trading are increasing. With all these opportunities, however, comes the need for coordination. Such as how you as a grower or buyer want to deal with corrections, whether you prefer to work with contracts and whether you as a buyer would like to receive purchasing tips or not. Automating these settings and being in control of them is now possible with Trade Settings in the Floriday screens.
Looking for what’s currently in stock? Then visit the shop of one of the growers in your network on Floriday. As many as 1900 growers have now activated their shop on Floriday. Read this article to find out how you can make the best use of this as a buyer.
More and more Floriday users are requesting a CheckUp. In this three-part series, we ask users about their experiences. In this third part, we talk to Kimmy de Lijster, who works in the sales back office at Kokoplant from Poeldijk. We ask Kimmy about her experiences with the CheckUp on the basis of five questions.
In Floriday it is now already possible to calculate transport costs, distributed over all the orders within a delivery. From 1 July, this will also be possible for orders via FloraXchange, FloraMondo, VMP and via the API. In this way, a buyer will soon be able to order at different times, but does not need to pay separate transport costs for every order. Because they will be subdivided over all the orders that are placed within one delivery
For some months, buyers have been able to carry out extensive searches using Floriday Explorer for trade items in growers' catalogues. You can search by grower, item name, pot size, length, etc., and you get an overview of all items from all growers that is based on your search results. We are working on making it possible to also order what is in stock directly on Explorer. In order to be able to order quickly, it will be important to expand your network on Floriday.
Make your current assortment immediately visible and available to your trusted buyers in your shop. Here, you can present your products in a professional way and we make your sales as easy as possible for you. Find out how in this article.
From 30 May to 1 June 2022, IFTEX 2022 will be held at the Oshwal Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. IFTEX is Africa’s number one horticultural trade fair, which fortunately, after a break of 3 years, can once again take place this year! And Team Floriday will be present at the Royal FloraHolland stand, looking forward to meeting lots of growers, agents and buyers.
In the floriculture chain, placing stickers on orders is essential to the processing of the products further in the chain. Many different types of stickers are used for this. ‘Not ideal’ according to many growers. That is why at Floriday, we are looking into introducing a single ‘sector sticker’ which growers, buyers and their customers can use to organise processes more efficiently. Which possibilities does this provide for growers and buyers? We spoke about this with Danny van Bergen-Henegouwen, Purchasing Director of FM Group.
Digitisation offers the floriculture industry new opportunities and possibilities. CIO André van der Linden and Gerben Ravensbergen, member of the Supervisory Board and partner of Dutch Lily Masters, discuss this. The topics they covered include the need for digitisation, developments at Floriday and the ambitions for Floriday. Watch the full video interview.
Is your supply, new or otherwise, of flowers and plants in Floriday? If so, you obviously want it to get the attention it deserves. In a two-part article, we explain how you can contribute to this yourself. If you have already provided your products with all the relevant information, you are well on your way. In this second part, read how you can generate extra attention from current and potential buyers yourself.
Growers, buyers and agents who are linked via Floriday's API link can expect a new update of the API link as of 9 May. This update must be installed before the end of October as the current version will no longer work after that. In this news item you can read which new functionalities are offered via the link.
More and more growers and buyers are requesting a CheckUp. In this three-part series, we ask users about their experiences. In this second part, we spoke to Randy Schreuders, sales representative at Blom KENTIA Palmen in Aalsmeer. We asked Randy about his experiences with the CheckUp by way of five questions.
Have you placed (new) supply of flowers and plants in Floriday? Then you obviously want it to get the attention it deserves. In a two-part article, we explain how to do so yourself. In this first part, we focus on your profile, supply and connections in Floriday: have you set everything up optimally?
Direct Bidding was launched a fortnight ago; a new way of trading through online bidding. Since then, more than 450 supply rows have been offered and the first deals have been closed. We have already received a great deal of valuable feedback from the first users, which will help us making Direct Bidding even easier. For example, two new features were developed and added to Direct Bidding this week: a promotion button and notifications for growers and buyers.
Preparing customers for tomorrow. That is what Adfocom has been doing as a software supplier for 35 years. For 20 years now, they have been serving several large exporters in the floriculture industry. We talked to Consultant Tim Rengers and Sales Manager Jeroen Kersten about their company, Floriday's API link and API version management. Tim: "Working with version management is an absolute must for a properly functioning API."
On Tuesday April 5th, a new way of trading went live in the Floriday screens: Direct Bidding. With Direct Bidding, buyers and growers can trade with each other through online bidding. A first group of growers has started and Direct Bidding supply is open to all buyers.
After years of experience in the market gardening sector, in May 2021 Helena Grootscholten took the plunge and started running her own nursery. This year, her List Flor nursery in Harmelen has started selling her Helleborus cut flowers for the first time via the auction clock while using Floriday: “It’s a new process for me but it’s going extremely well.”
Are you as a buyer curious about the availability of trade items from certain growers? In Floriday, you can place requests for quotations on supply or on the trade items that the grower has in its catalogue. With the Trade item explorer, which is recently available in Floriday, buyers can now easily make this request after composing their assortment. This can be useful, for example, when you are putting together (retail) contracts or creating table plans for a garden centre.
More and more Floriday growers and buyers are requesting a CheckUp. In this three-part series, we ask users about their experiences. In this first part, we spoke to Jaime van Marrewijk, co-owner of nursery BM Roses in Maasland. We asked Jaime about his experiences with the CheckUp by way of five questions.
What is the optimal price for a product and how can you spend less time negotiating? We're adding a new way of trading – Direct Bidding – to Floriday. We are introducing it to make it easier for buyers and growers to negotiate via online bidding.
More and more growers are signing up for a CheckUp. During a personal consultation (online or on location*) with a Floriday expert, the main focus is on your specific needs. You receive tips on how to set up Floriday more efficiently. 88 growers have already benefited from this service. Which tips do growers most appreciate? Read about them below, as they are probably helpful to you too!
Last autumn, Floriday introduced the updated auction functionality, which enables you to create your delivery notes in a single screen, make corrections more easily, and print multiple delivery notes at the same time. After a survey of users, a number of improvements have been implemented to make it even easier to use. Meanwhile, the renewed clock function is being used extensively and will become the 'standard' in Floriday from 31 March onwards.
Buyers who compose their assortment need a good overview of all the available trade items and the supply. That is why last year, we released the first version of the digital catalogue in Floriday. Thanks to feedback from buyers, we have developed it further over the past months. From now on, buyers can use the ‘Trade Item Explorer’ in Floriday to search for (new) growers and products when composing their assortment.
What exactly are Clock Presales and what are its benefits for you as a grower? Customers have ever-higher demands; they want to order a broad and deep assortment of flowers and plants in ever-smaller quantities. This makes selling more complex and often more expensive. With Clock Presales in Floriday, you can sell flowers or plants in small quantities, often at a better price and without extra transport costs. In this article, we will explain all that it has to offer!
Last year, we were fully focused as an organization on improvements to the stability and security of Floriday. This is an important theme this year too. The use of Floriday is increasing every month and the platform is under continual development. We discuss this with André van der Linden (CIO for Royal FloraHolland) and Jeroen Huis (implementation consultant Floriday): “With Floriday, we are taking huge strides in digitisation. The growth of the platform also entails a dependence on IT for an increasing number of users. We are therefore focusing day and night on the continuous availability and security of Floriday.”
The updated Auction function in Floriday went live in the autumn of 2021. With this new function, you can easily and quickly create and send an auction letter. Tulip growers, currently in mid-season, let us know what they think.
My Shop is a functionality that was introduced in 2020 and is being used effectively by 1600 growers. Are you already using your shop? And are you taking advantage of all the shop's opportunities? Find out how below.
Exactly one year ago, we spoked to Dennis Sinnema, commercial employee at HouwenPlant, about his experience with Floriday, the challenges of a broad range of products and his expectations for the future. Meanwhile, HouwenPlant has taken the next step: a complete switch to Floriday. We spoke to Dennis once again, this time about ceasing the regular supply in FloraXchange.
We’re at the beginning of 2022, so it’s the perfect time for all you growers and buyers to check whether you’re getting the most out of Floriday. The CheckUp is a kind of MOT that looks at your use of Floriday and at the convenient features you could use to work even more comfortably in Floriday.
Smit Kwekerijen is a modern potted nursery that specializes in growing green indoor plants that are both unique and robust. Not long ago, we spoke with Krista Prins, Frontoffice and Annemieke Westerdijk, the company’s Marketing Communications Manager about using Floriday, about how it can be used as a marketing tool and about the company’s call for buyers to start using the system. You can find out more in the interview.
This year, Floriday is being expanded to include new functions for buyers. For buyers, the ability to search for trade items in growers’ catalogues easily is an important factor that enables them to do business effectively online. That ability is necessary so that buyers can put together an assortment and submit the order right away. Last year, Floriday started developing a digital catalogue and that development is set to continue during 2022. In this news report, we are giving you an update about the functionalities that will be available in the future.
With 4 growing locations, a breeding location, and a new tissue culture laboratory under construction, KP Holland is a well-known player in the floriculture industry. We recently spoke to Pim van der Knaap, Commercial Director, and Mariska Zuidgeest, Sales Support, about their use of Floriday, the way in which KP Holland works and the benefits of the platform. Read more in the interview.
In December – our final news report of 2021 – we bring you a summary of the most important Floriday moments of the past year. We’re really pleased to be able to share THE most important moments of the past year that have helped us provide a more expanded and more effective Floriday for growers, buyers, agents and software suppliers. So why not join us as we take a look back at 2021?
In Floriday, you can easily define agreements in the form of contracts. Both growers and buyers can enter this agreement in Floriday, upon which both parties can call on after approval by the other party.
Do you regularly create quotes by overtyping supply lines from Floriday in an Excel file? Or do you still create the quote from FloraXchange because it’s easy to add trade items here? From now on, it’s now also possible to prepare a quote for your customer in Floriday. Read more in this update.
In the floriculture sector, the appearance of a product is an important element. The size of the flower, the height of the plant, and the maturity stage of the trade item are all relevant characteristics. Photos, too, play a key role. Products are now being increasingly bought online, and this makes including clear, reliable photos more important. You can do this by adding photos to the catalog. In Floriday, you now have the option to showcase your product to even greater effect by using 360° product photos.
With Floriday, we offer one digital platform for the entire floriculture sector. By bringing growers and buyers together on this platform, trade can be increased and processes simplified.
Since the beginning of the summer, growers' associations can also be active on Floriday. In the meantime, several months have passed and the number of digital shopping streets has grown significantly. In this news message, we give an update on this feature, its deployment at the Aalsmeer Trade Fair and share the experience of Addenda and Air So Pure.
With the Floriday platform, we want to increase and simplify the floriculture trade. That is why we are developing Floriday as a digital platform together with the market and want to make it possible for everyone to join in and contribute ideas. This is possible in an increasing number of ways. From having your say on the development in the long term, putting forward improvements yourself, voting on functionalities that you find important, to testing functionalities.
We recently spoke with Rosen Kretz DE about working with Floriday, their passion for roses, the benefits of the platform and the challenges they are facing. Read more in the article!
Since a number of weeks, there is a new task displayed on the Floriday dashboard for the purpose of specifying the availability of trade items. If you have not done this already, a pop-up will be shown and we will ask you to fill it in. It is important to fill this in so that buyers can find the trade items when searching the catalog.
Our updated auction functionality has been in full use for several weeks now, with approximately 70% of all delivery notes now being drawn up using it. Every day, this substantial group of auction growers creates multiple delivery notes in the updated environment, rating the feature with a 7.5. Here are just a few testimonials from our users.
Intratuin recently organised a suppliers’ day in order to give a group of growers an update about the latest developments. We talked to Brigit van der Steeg, Assortment Manager Intratruin Groencentrum, and Nikita Lagerwerf, account manager at KP Holland, about their digitisation process and switch to Floriday. Read more in this news item.
Last week was the Trade Fair Aalsmeer 2021: a great opportunity to bring your products to the attention of buyers. Floriday also offers a number of digital opportunities for pro-actively communicating with buyers, including a status message on the buyer’s timeline. Would you like to send an update with practical information, a new product or a special offer? Create a status message!
Trade Fair Aalsmeer 2021 was a great success! It showcased such enthusiasm, expertise and passion within our sector, and as well as being a great opportunity to meet each other again. Let’s enjoy a look back at these three days packed with expertise and inspiration.
If you have a stand at the trade fair as a grower, you will want to make the most of that of course. For example, you will want to draw the attention of your target audience and make new connections. You will arrange a professional stand, of course, but don’t forget the online aspect. The Trade Fair Aalsmeer will take place again soon. This is a good time, therefore, to give you a few tips, so you can make optimum use of Floriday during the trade fair.
More and more growers are discovering the updated auction functionality in Floriday and are trying it out. And they’re doing so for good reason because thanks to the updated on-screen auction functionality in Floriday, you can now create an auction delivery in just a few steps. Another great feature is its flexibility – as a grower, you can amend the specifications of an item or correct the auction delivery quickly if something has gone wrong, saving you a LOT of time!
Floriday is constantly developing new functions to provide users with more and more possibilities. In Floriday, for instance, it is now possible for buyers to create quotes for customers. Many buyers are already familiar with this function from FloraXchange. In this update, we give you some more information about the pilot.
The past period we have been working hard on improvements to the auction functionality in Floriday. A group of growers has been testing in an early phase and gave their input. Since this week the renewed auction functionality is live for all users in Floriday. Watch the video and the experience of grower Chrywijk!
In the past few months, we have been working together with the growers to develop the updated clock function. This improvement will ensure that the Auction function is more user-friendly. With the new functions, you can easily and efficiently create and send an auction letter in Floriday. The updated Auction function is now available to all users operating in Floriday screens.
We recently spoke to Arné Kreling of Infinity Chrysanten about digitisation in the floriculture industry, the launch of Floriday and the current working method. Read more in the interview!
Do you have a new, distinctive product? Register the product as a novelty in Floriday! In Floriday we help introduce your product in the right place and to the right target group. Novelties receive full attention from Royal FloraHolland in the media, trade fairs and other initiatives such as the Trade Fair Aalsmeer, the online Novelties Parade and the Glazen Tulp Award.
Floriday provides various ways to offer supply to buyers. For example, the special offer feature in Floriday is the ideal way to quickly create special offers for buyers. This popular feature will soon be further improved. The rest of the process, namely direct purchasing for buyers and communications to their end customers will also be improved. Learn more about the development process of this feature in this news item.
Floriday is increasingly becoming the digital heart of the Dutch floriculture industry. This year, more than one billion euros worth of flowers and plants will be traded between growers and buyers through this platform. Up until mid-September, turnover through Floriday stood at more than 700 million euros, compared to 117 million at this time last year. Meanwhile, an average of 250,000 orders per week are placed through Floriday.
We recently spoke to Guido Zwart of Mount Elgon/Rose Handling Services about digitalisation in the floriculture industry, the start of Floriday and the current working method. Read more in the interview!
With dozens of ficus species and other green houseplants - including many exclusive ones - Esperit Plants is a well-known and established name. We recently spoke with Robbert van Spronsen about Esperit Plants’ focus on digitisation, the use of Floriday, the benefits of the platform and the company’s working method. Read more in the interview!
Together with software suppliers, work has been done in recent weeks on the so-called “version management” on the API link At the end of July, we went through and determined the scope of the winter update and discussed the update that went live last week. Read more in this article!
In Floriday, it is very easy to manage your supply fast, as a result of which you can dedicate your time to other matters. In this article, we give you a number of tips about handy functionalities for the offer management in Floriday. Discover how you can apply this quickly in this article.
On the 5th of August , the updated General Terms & Conditions Floriday and Privacy Statement Floriday were published. When logging in to Floriday users initially had to accept these General Terms & Conditions immediately. Several users indicated to be unpleasantly surprised and to feel forced to accept the updated Terms & Conditions without being given the time to understand the adjustments properly. For this reason, we changed this immediately and now users have until the 1st of October to read and accept the updated Terms and Conditions. In case of future changes, we will inform users sooner and in advance.
Approximately 1,500 growers have already activated their shop on Floriday. Buyers can therefore order through Floriday on the (real-time) supply of growers. In this article, we'll explain what exactly the grower's shop is and the ways in which you can purchase.
Floriday offers growers various functions to be able to offer supply to buyers. By making use of the right quick links, preferences and trade item and/or customer tags, you can set to work extra efficiently and you reduce the number of times that you have to click on the mouse. We will give you a number of time-saving tips in this article.
Various supplier collectives are active in the horticulture industry. These groups of growers have also been given a place on Floriday for a few weeks now. In this news item, you can read more about this option.
It's important for buyers to be able to search the growers' catalogue to see what kind of supply is available. In spring, the catalogue search function in Floriday became available as a 'Beta version'. This means that it's a first version of the function and will be further developed based on market needs. In this news item, we tell you more about what you can expect from the function and about the development process.
In 2003, brothers Coen and Bart Janssen started their own nursery CoBaplant, located in Wateringen. They specialise in growing green houseplants and annual climbing plants. By remaining open to innovation and optimisation, the brothers want the nursery to grow and to keep up with the trend in digitalisation. We recently spoke with Coen about Floriday, digitalisation and his plans. Read more in the update!
Together with software suppliers, we are working on 'version management of the API link' or 'API release management'. By working in this way, we are responding to a frequently voiced request from the software suppliers. The aim of this is more transparency, predictability, consultation and stability regarding the link between the software packages and Floriday. On Wednesday 7 July, the version management was elaborated on further during a meeting with the software suppliers. All of the software suppliers who were present agreed to start working according to the proposed process. What will this mean in the future for the software suppliers and for the growers and buyers who are linked to Floriday? Read more in this news item.
A few weeks ago, we gave you an overview of 4 Floriday functions for buyers. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to use Floriday, so here are a few more tips. In part two, you’ll discover some functions that are particularly useful during the summer holidays.
As a platform, Floriday offers a secure environment for the confidential data of growers and buyers. That is the conclusion of an independent audit that Royal FloraHolland had conducted at the request of the recently established Data Committee. The audit focused, among other things, on data security for confidential contract information, standing orders and sticker data.
In developing Floriday, we continuously involve growers, buyers, agents and software suppliers in the creation of new functions. In an animated video, we explain this development process further and invite users to contribute to it.
Floriday offers growers a wide reach to offer their flowers and plants to buyers. There are various options of drawing attention to your product. In this article, we will give you a few useful tips on how to keep (potential) customers well informed.
From now on it's possible to work with countdown stock within 'catalog prices' in the Floriday screens. This new functionality allows you to have the numbers of available trade items count down when a buyer orders the trade item. This way you can never order more than is available. You can also have multiple trade items from the same stock counted down, which makes it easier to manage your stock through Floriday.
In recent months, growers have provided input on improvements for the auction function in Floriday. The aim of these improvements is to ensure that the function becomes simpler more user-friendly for growers who make use of this in Floriday. With this update, we want to show you already which possibilities the auction function will offer soon. The improvement will be visible in the Floriday screens at the beginning of July.
We recently spoke to Roy Heestermans of lavender nursery Lavendel Plus in Ulvenhout, where Roy is responsible for the company's sales, online marketing and logistics. We talked about Floriday, the photo function, contracts and his focus. Read more in the interview with Roy!
In mid-April, Floriday made an interactive roadmap available within the platform containing all the development points and ideas for the platform. Over 3,000 votes have since been cast on the submitted requests and the development schedule. Over 500 growers and buyers have submitted a request. The ‘Ready’ section was recently added to the roadmap where users can see which requests are now ready.
Do you work as a grower in the Floriday screens? Then quickly read on! In this update, we'll tell you more about useful features in Floriday, so you can start using it right away after reading this article.
Together with growers, the contract module in Floriday was improved. It is now possible to call on variants that were not included in a contract. This was a much desired situation for a certain group of growers, arising from workshops with the various groups of growers. Calling on variants is now available and can be set up when creating a new contract.
We notice that there is a lot going on around Floriday. Users and future users have questions about the use or application of Floriday in their nursery. Often, these are questions that can be shared widely, so that other users can benefit as well. Watch all episodes in this update now!
When operating as a buyer in the Floriday screens, there are a number of practical functions that make working in Floriday easier for you. Find out more in this update.
It’s a busy period for plant and bedding plant growers. In this article, we give you some tips on how to make the best use of Floriday. These tips apply if you use the screens in Floriday. Discover the tips now!
Buyers who order directly from the supply of flowers and plants that growers have in Floriday make use of the direct purchasing functionality. In this article, we will give you a number of tips to make purchasing in Floriday as easy as possible.
We are looking for users who want to help us test functions on the platform for the further development of Floriday. As an ‘early-access’ user, you can test and use functions at an early stage of development. In addition, you can give feedback and suggestions to developers so that the function suits your needs and wishes even better. Interested? Sign up!
Today, Floriday has published an interactive roadmap with all development points and ideas for the platform. This was a desire supported by many of the growers and buyers that arose from sessions with the relevant parties regarding the follow-up approach for Floriday. This interactive roadmap is an important part of increasing the predictability and a supplement to developing Floriday together with growers and buyers. Starting today, the roadmap is available on the Floriday platform.
Vilosa supplies a diversity of Kalanchoë and special seasonal products, while Van der Plas offers florists a unique assortment of flowers and plants. Vilosa and Van der Plas have been working together for years. Loek Ammerlaan, account manager at Vilosa, and Johan Oskam, buyer at Van der Plas, talk about their collaboration and especially the use of the special offer and purchase tip in Floriday. Read more in this update.
A new approach for Floriday was announced at the end of March. In close cooperation with growers, buyers, software suppliers and agents, the platform will be improved in the upcoming period. The approach focuses on better and more intensive cooperation, broader trading possibilities, working with ease, and increasing predictability. We discussed what the approach means for growers and buyers with André van der Linden, CIO of Royal FloraHolland.
In the floriculture industry, a lot of work is done on the basis of contracts. These contracts set out long-term agreements between grower and buyer. A buyer wants to record these agreements in advance, so that the buyer is sure to have the right items at the right time. A grower can adjust the cultivation to this and has the certainty that the agreed quantities will be purchased. This is because there’s an obligation to purchase if the agreements are laid down in a contract.
In February, the end date of 100% Digital was suspended after feedback from the market on the Floriday platform and its implementation. On the advice of the Members' Council, dozens of sessions with agents, growers, buyers and software suppliers have been held over the past few weeks to find out how we can improve Floriday. And it was discussed which functionalities are needed to be able to work with the platform. We will actively work with this feedback. We will therefore look together at what is a feasible end date. An end date for 100% Digital has therefore not yet been set and the Connect-EAB will continue to exist for the time being.
In addition to Dutch software suppliers, international companies are also working on the link with Floriday. The German software company edv-ring GmbH, which has developed the BLUCom software package, is one such company. In an interview with Olaf Spicker, the company's director, we reflect on how they have been able to establish the link with Floriday in such a short space of time.
Setting your delivery conditions is important for publishing your supply through Floriday to your store in Floriday, FloraXchange, FloraMondo or the link with buyers. Buyers obviously want to know when products they’ve ordered from you will be delivered. These are set once in the Floriday screens; even if you’re working through your own software package. This notice provide you with a number of tips for doing so as efficiently as possible.
Since mid-February, as advised by the Members' Council, we have started sessions in which Royal FloraHolland explores the possibilities for the follow-up approach for Floriday together with market parties. The aim of these sessions is to determine which functionalities are still necessary for users to work with Floriday and what we can improve. There is a widely recognised need to make the wishes of growers, buyers, software suppliers and agents visible. Floriday will therefore soon publish an interactive road map with all development points and ideas.
Simon Bruynsteen is software developer at De Guchtenaere, a Belgian plant and flower wholesaler that focuses on a unique supply. Recently, they integrated Floriday into their custom software system SalesCaddy. What is the impact of the link with Floriday for them? Read more about the experience of De Guchtenaere.
On the Members' Council advice, sessions are this month being held where Royal FloraHolland and market parties will explore the options for the Floriday follow-up approach. The aim of these is to determine which functionalities users still require for working with Floriday, and what could be improved. The sessions held last week included several with FPC members. A step-by-step plan is being drawn up based on these, as requested by the Members' Council in late January.
The catalog is the basis for everything you want to do in Floriday. You need the catalog elsewhere in Floriday, for example when creating a clock delivery or when supplying trade items directly. In this article, we give you a few tips on how to set up your catalog in the best possible way! These tips apply if you use the screens in Floriday.
Software supplier VisserTek started out linking its software package to Floriday via the API link in early 2020. More and more software suppliers are on the verge of rolling out the links to their customers. Wilfried Visser, VisserTek’s proprietor, explains the company’s current footing, how the rollout to growers went, and the approach taken. Read more in the update.
Tulip nursery and forcing centre Borst Bloembollen started using Floriday for the first time at the end of 2019. It currently works entirely through Floriday for all of its auction clock and direct trade. One of its customers is Waterdrinker Flowers, which has been fully focused on digitisation and automation from the very start. Its webshop is linked to Floriday. Borst Bloembollen and Waterdrinker Flowers discuss their collaboration through Floriday in a video.
Last week, the first sessions about the follow-up approach of 100% Digital and the Floriday platform took place with market parties. The aim of the discussions is to determine which functionalities are still needed for users to work with Floriday and what can be improved. Approximately thirty software suppliers participated in the first three sessions.
Many buyers are already familiar with the new Floriday term ‘purchasing dashboard’, which you’ve probably come across yourself a number of times. From now on, this functionality is available to all buyers using Floriday. This means a brief explanation is in order: what exactly is the purchasing dashboard, and what can I do with it?
Recently, we have asked Walter Schoenmakers and Eline Verschoor, Order and Risk Advisers at RoyalFloraHolland, a number of questions about agreement options. Order and risk advice is a service that they have been providing to growers and buyers for many years. Recently, this service has become easy to use within your business via Floriday. Do you work with contracts a lot? Or would you like to know more about it? Then read this interview, including tips of the experts!
Floriday is continuously under development with improvements to existing functionality or new possibilities. The number of options is increasing and this requires an explanation. It is important to us that every user can make the most out of the Floriday platform by being able to use the platform effectively for their business. In addition to the weekly workshops and our support team that is always ready to lend you a hand, we have now also expanded our Help center for growers, so you can turn to them for answers to all your questions! Read more in this update!
Software supplier Novasoft has been working on 100% Digital and linking their software package to Floriday via the API link, since the beginning of 2020. A number of software suppliers are getting closer and closer and have almost completed the links. In this update, Novasoft explains where they stand at the moment, how the roll-out with the growers went, and what they expect to encounter in the future. Read more in the update!
In the floriculture industry, the relationship between the grower and the buyer is of the utmost importance. In practice, there are even cases where a grower will flag his supply as not available, to then be able to offer it to a specific buyer. As a result, they do not have to say “no” when a buyer that is important to them, calls. In this article, we will explain to you how you can configure this in Floriday. Read more!
The end of the year is approaching, a period in which we look back over the past year and everything that happened. One thing is certain: 2020 is a year that nobody will forget in a hurry. The coronavirus has had major consequences, also for the floriculture industry. Nevertheless, we at Floriday have done everything we can in 2020 and fortunately we can also look back on an innovative and progressive year. In this article, we will take you back over the past year.
Floriday is continuing to develop in order to support growers and buyers in the best possible way in the sale and handling of their flowers and plants. In this news item, we highlight a number of new options.
In 2020, the entire market has been preparing to work 100% Digital. An important and essential part of this are the software suppliers that are making sure that growers and buyers can continue to operate using their own software package, and to realise the link with Floriday. In this, SDF, together with a number of growers Bestplant, Statice Specialist, Marjoland and Gerbera United, discuss digitisation, the roll-out of the API link and how SDF is used in the nursery.
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