The French branch of the IDES Group is purely a sales company, without its own production plants, and is responsible for the French-speaking market.

The goods can be delivered to the customer in different ways:

• Delivery from the company’s own stock, which is procured from other IDES group sites by means of stock transfer (see Cross-Company Sales Processing).

• Delivery from the stock of another IDES group company (see Cross-Company Sales Processing)
• Delivery by an external supplier (third-party order processing)

In third-party processing the company transfers the sales order to an external vendor. This vendor delivers the goods directly to the customer and invoices the IDES company. The customer receives an invoice from the IDES company’s sales office.