Dilicom

Dilicom is a French company dedicated to electronic data interchange (EDI) and data management for the book industry. According to its own account, the company was created in 1989 by about ten book distributors, and in 1990 it was joined by ALIRE (Association des librairies informatisées et utilisatrices des réseaux électroniques). From the outset its mission was to manage the data exchanges needed for commercial and logistical flows through a shared platform, in order to optimise business processes and help players across the book chain improve their performance. Dilicom positions itself as a central, data-focused actor in the French book sector. Its core activity is the transmission and processing of orders and related messages by EDI for the book trade. Beyond order flows, it manages and supplies increasingly reliable, exhaustive, coherent, secure and real-time data so that professionals can more easily access decision-making information. Two flagship data assets illustrate this role: the Fichier Exhaustif du Livre (FEL), described as one of the reference bibliographic and commercial databases used by most resellers for their management software or websites, and the collection and processing of sales and stock reporting on behalf of the Observatoire de la librairie (SLF). Its service portfolio for book professionals includes order and related messages via EDI, the FEL bibliographic and commercial database with interfaces that let publishers and distributors easily reference their products, Dilifac electronic invoicing solutions (transmission, management, integration and legal archiving, connected to Chorus Pro), the baobab free digital reading application (particularly suited to digital lending in libraries, PNB), and the Prêt Numérique en Bibliothèque (PNB) API system. Dilicom frames its mission as facilitating and developing commercial and logistical transactions and feeding the decision-making tools of book-industry professionals, allowing them to concentrate on promoting reading and selling books. The company presents itself as accompanying its clients in their digital transformation since 1989, and as an actor that has moved from EDI toward broader data management. Its services are aimed at book-industry professionals, with a separate 'services for everyone' section on its website. Dilicom is based in France and operates in the French market.

Dilicom was created in 1989 by about ten book distributors. In 1990 it was joined by ALIRE (Association des librairies informatisées et utilisatrices des réseaux électroniques). From the beginning, its mission was to manage the data exchanges useful for commercial and logistical flows through a shared platform, in order to optimise business processes and allow actors in the book chain to gain in performance. Over the following decades, Dilicom built its activity around electronic data interchange (EDI) for the book trade, in particular the transmission and processing of orders and related messages. It also developed and maintained reference data assets for the sector. The Fichier Exhaustif du Livre (FEL) became one of the reference bibliographic and commercial databases, used by most resellers for their management software or their websites, with interfaces developed by Dilicom allowing publishers and distributors to easily reference their products. Dilicom also collects and processes sales and stock reporting on behalf of the Observatoire de la librairie (SLF). As consumer expectations and new e-commerce standards pushed professionals to use increasingly sophisticated decision-making tools, Dilicom describes a shift in its role: in addition to EDI, it manages and supplies increasingly reliable, exhaustive, coherent, secure and real-time data so that professionals can more easily access decision-making information, while continuing to contribute to the performance of the book chain and guaranteeing services at competitive prices. The qualitative progression of the FEL and the collection and processing of sales and stock reporting for the Observatoire de la librairie are cited by the company as illustrations of this change. Dilicom's service range expanded beyond order EDI to include electronic invoicing through Dilifac, a set of solutions for transmitting, managing and integrating electronic invoices as well as their legal archiving, with the platform connected to Chorus Pro and preparing certification in view of the legal obligations of 2024. It also includes the baobab free digital reading application, particularly suited to Prêt Numérique en Bibliothèque (PNB), and the PNB API system itself. The company presents itself as having accompanied its clients in their digital transformation since 1989 and as a central actor in the book chain that is now indispensable in data.

• 2024

  Dilifac prepares certification in view of the legal obligations of 2024.

• 1990

  ALIRE (Association des librairies informatisées et utilisatrices des réseaux électroniques) joins the company.

• 1989

  Dilicom is created by about ten book distributors.

A central, data-focused actor in the French book industry, providing a shared EDI and data-management platform that helps book-trade professionals improve performance and digital transformation.

• EDI order and related messages

  Transmission and processing of orders by EDI for the book trade, at the heart of Dilicom's activity.

• Fichier Exhaustif du Livre (FEL)

  One of the reference bibliographic and commercial databases, used by most resellers for their management software or website; Dilicom interfaces let publishers and distributors easily reference their products.

• Dilifac

  A set of solutions to facilitate the transmission, management and integration of electronic invoices as well as their legal archiving; connected to Chorus Pro and preparing certification for the 2024 legal obligations.

• baobab

  A free digital reading application, particularly suited to Prêt Numérique en Bibliothèque (PNB).

• Prêt Numérique en Bibliothèque (PNB)

  An API system for digital lending in libraries.

1. 1Accueil - Dilicomdilicom.net
2. 2Notre ADN, nos valeurs - De l’échange de données informatisé (EDI) à la gestion des données - Dilicomdilicom.net
3. 3Les services destinés aux professionnels du Livre - Dilicomdilicom.net
4. 4Dilicomwikidata.org
5. 5Les services pour tous - Dilicomdilicom.net