9.D.2 Percentage of companies receiving orders via computer networks
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Priority
Increasing the availability of ICT services in the region
Definition
Share of the number of enterprises carrying out e-sale through websites or EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) messages in the total number of active enterprises.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Sale via websites includes on-line orders placed in on-line stores or through electronic forms placed on a website or extranet regardless of the way of access (e.g. personal computer, laptop, mobile phone).
Sale via EDI system is performed by messages of EDI type enabling creation of conditions for sending or receiving business information in an agreed format which allows its automatic processing e.g. EDIFACT, UBL, XML.
Electronic Data Interchange is understood as sending or/and receiving messages (e.g. orders, invoices, payment transactions, product descriptions, transport documents, tax declarations) where: - it is carried out with enterprises, public administration authorities, financial institutions in agreed or standardized format which allows automatic processing e.g. EDI, EDIFACT, ODETTE, TRADACOMS, XML, xCBL, cXML, ebXML; - it excludes manually entered messages sent by electronic mail; - it is carried out through computer networks.
Orders made by e-mail, fax or phone are excluded from e-trade transactions.
