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.
Increasing trade
With new features like Direct Bidding and the Explorer, we have given growers and buyers more opportunities to increase their business. April saw the launch of Direct Bidding, a new way of trading, where buyers and growers can do business with each other through bidding.
We also introduced the Explorer, which allows buyers to easily search and order based on current supply. This allows buyers to easily manage stock and purchase based on up-to-date supply. As part of this rollout, we started giving growers extra tips in order to help them get their supply up-to-date. Buyers can also contribute to this by filing a report on the platform.
Do business easily
Trade settings, volume discounted prices and transport costs have made it even easier to do business in Floriday. This lets growers and buyers clarify their preferred way of doing business by using trade settings, which help to prevent mistakes and unnecessary work. Tiered prices and transport costs allow growers to have an appropriate pricing strategy when dealing with buyers.
New developments
Each week, we make new features and developments live; wishes that were on the roadmap or new functionalities that are required in order to make the platform even more responsive to user needs. Has a wish on the roadmap been realised? Then this will automatically show up on the voter's timeline. While developing major components, it is not always possible to accommodate other requirements. Last year we held the Wishes week to focus on these wishes in particular. For a week, our developers were hard at work on some smaller developments that provide greater ease of use.
Want to keep up-to-date with all the developments? In the Helpcenter (growers - buyers), we keep track of changes on a weekly basis.
New updates on Floriday API link
This year, together with our software suppliers who provide an API link with Floriday, we have launched two stable updates to the API link. During this process, new modules and functionalities have become available. This year our software suppliers have also given a large number of growers the option to handle all direct deliveries in their own software package via Floriday. Settlement via Floriday offers growers and buyers more trading possibilities and insight into your delivery orders.
Data audit
An audit of the data in Floriday was also carried out this year. This audit concluded that the Floriday platform is a safe environment for confidential grower and buyer data. The 2021 audit had already confirmed the effectiveness of the measures we had previously taken to ensure the data confidentiality of Floriday users. The 2022 audit re-examined this over a longer period and also tested its effectiveness.
Building together
We can only successfully digitise if we do it together. That's why our Floriday colleagues have been working with growers and buyers every day. There were 300 CheckUps carried out this year. A number of customer evenings and presentations were also scheduled, including at Floreac and Ammerlaan-Sosef and Plantform and the Blueroots IT Expert team continuously provide valuable input.
Fortunately the live events also continued this year; we gained valuable insights and had productive conversations at Trade Fair Aalsmeer, while in June a number of Floriday colleagues travelled to Kenya to attend the IFTEX.
After the launch of the Explorer, we also hit the road with Floriday on Tour, during which the Floriday bus drove a special route that visited our buyers, allowing them to see our up-to-date supply in person and meet the Explorer at the same time.
Also a special thanks to KP Holland, Smit Kwekerijen, HouwenPlant, Litjens Tulips, BM Roses, List Flor, Adfocom, Blom KENTIA, Kokoplant, Hoek Groep, Bestplant, Nova Soft, Nieuwkoop Europe, Van Duyvenvoorde, Van der Salm and Quattro Plant for sharing their experience of Floriday with us and the whole sector in the form of a news article.
Looking ahead to 2023
We are really looking forward to 2023! Our schedule is full of new features and capabilities that will be unlocked through Floriday. We will tell you more about this early next year. We are happy to keep you informed via our newsletter (if you haven't received it yet, sign up here!). The first week of the year will get off to a good start right away, as we have another Wishes week planned.
For now, we wish you very happy holidays and best wishes for 2023!