LCS Group, an ERP solutions integrator and Cegid'sleading partner in France, has chosen the future PA Docoon (Approved Platform), a publisher of tax dematerialization solutions, to help its customers comply with the 2024 tax reform*. Docoon is thus continuing its development in the market. This new collaboration will enable us to offer native connectors for the main ERP solutions in France.
For the Docoon teams, this is a great reference that illustrates our commitment and expertise in becoming the government's future Partner Digitization Platform (PDP).
1. LCS Group, leader in Cegid solutions in France
An IT services and engineering company (SSII) with over 20 years of experience, LCS Group has four national branches in France (Hauts-de-France, Nantes, Marseille, and Île-de-France). The IT services company is theleading partner of software publisher Cegid and provides daily support to more than 850 companies in the development of their management information systems.
LCS Group has expertise in three areas: ERP integration, hosting (SaaS), and development (specific, coding) . The integrator is also part of the plenITude Group, a multi-ERP company andthe third-largest European provider of IT outsourcing services, with a presence throughout France.
With the 2024 public finance law reform on the horizon, LCS Group wanted to anticipate its customers' needs by joining forces with Docoon, now one of the leading players in the dematerialization market and the future State Dematerialization Partner Platform (PDP), enabling it to meet the regulatory obligation for all French companies to use electronic invoicing from January 1, 2024.
2. Docoon meets the requirements of ERP integrators such as LCS Group
With over 35 years of experience, Docoon is one of the pioneers of document digitization in France and ranks among the top 100 French publishers. The publisher processes over 500 million transactions each year for more than 2,500 customers worldwide. A member of FNTC (Fédération des Tiers de Confiance du Numérique), GS1 France, FNFE MPE, EESPA, and PEPPOL, Docoon covers the entire document chain with features such as time stamping, electronic invoicing, electronic signatures, and the Chorus Pro hub.
Committed to electronic invoicing reform, Docoon responds to the challenges faced by integrators such as LCS Group, who need to offer digital tools capable of processing and implementing electronic invoicing for end customers. This is why Docoon is naturally committed to working alongside LCS, which is keen to offer the most comprehensive range of services possible. LCS develops digital tools that complement Cegid ERP, providing businesses with productivity levers.
The partnership established involves LCS Group and the entire PlenITude group, which will offer Docoon's solution for tax digitization on a preferential basis.
3. Docoon guarantees high quality and provides advice.
Docoon is fully committed to its partners, integrators, publishers, and resellers, enabling them to integrate solutions that guarantee the highest level of quality, security, and compliance. Docoon has the highest certification standards in France and internationally: ISO 9001 & 27001, PRIVACY PROTECTION PACT – GDPR label, GS1 certified electronic signature, RGS** eIDAS, Z42-013 archiving. This commitment, which is part of Docoon's DNA, is reflected in our decision to provide our partners with a high level of advice. According to Manuel Sampaio, Managing Director at LCS Group: " Asa French pioneer in the sector, Docoon offers proven and long-standing expertise in digitization, qualities that are essential for our partners. By partnering with the future Docoon State PDP, we know that the solution perfectly meets the needs of our customers and that they will benefit from particularly advanced functional and tax advice on the implementation and processing of electronic invoicing. Thanks to our collaboration, our customers' accounting solutions will evolve natively in their ERP software towards compliance, through an integrated PDP offering.
This expertise has proven its worth, as several customers have already experienced the LCS Group/Docoon technology partnership and are approaching the reform with complete peace of mind, as Nelly Marçal, Head of Digital Offerings at LCS Group, explains : "Today, our joint solution is already proving highly successful. Customers see it as an opportunity to digitize their flows and calmly anticipate the finance law thanks to their long-standing integration partner."
Finally, Victor Delancray, Sales Director at Docoon, said : "We are delighted with this partnership with LCS Group, and more broadly with the plenITude group, major players in the ERP world in France. This collaboration highlights the quality of Docoon's value proposition. This partnership fits perfectly with our group's strategy, providing our customers with a fully integrated experience with the renowned Cegid and Sage accounting tools. "
(*) The DGFiP (Directorate General of Public Finances) announced in a press release on July 28, 2023, that the implementation date of the reform had been postponed indefinitely. This date will be set as part of the process of adopting the 2024 finance law.
