Survey on EFIDA - Edition 2004

Synthesis of the results for EFIDA

	DPRA		FENETEC		FNDI		VTA		VTH
	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO
Did you hear about European Association?	100%	-	70%	30%	83%	17%	100%	-	86%	14%
Did You Know your national Federation is one of founding members?	100%	-	64%	36%	75%	25%	88%	12%	84%	16%
The main targets of an European Industrial Distributors Association have to be:
- to encourage meetings and exchanges between executives from different countries	100%	-	91%	-	NA	NA	100%	-	70%	-
- to collect any kind of information about all the affiliated companies through the Efida Website	50%	-	61%	-	NA	NA	55%	-	57%	-
- to promote the creation of technical Workshops and/or Committees	100%	-	48%	-	NA	NA	66%	-	41%	-
Within EFIDA, the official language is the ENGLISH. Is this fact may be a problem to your involvement in this European Association?	-	100%	48%	52%	NA	NA	12%	88%	32%	68%
Will you be ready to register with a Convention lasting for one and half day?	50%	50%	44%	56%	NA	NA	55%	45%	46%	54
If your answer is YES, would you take part to the Workshops and/or Committees?	50%	50%	36%	-	NA	NA	33%	-	32%	-

Panel / Received Answers: DPRA (Netherlands): 5; FENETEC (France): 33; FNDI (Italy): 15; VTA (Austria): 9; VTH (Germany): 35

Figures & Statistics
Using influence with EU Authorities
Benchmarking among European distributors
Lobby against suppliers and against EU where necessary
Members’ list
The various methods of Distribution: in the different countries… Organisation & Logistics
Comparison of technical skill between the European distributors

The appropriate structure...

to propose an harmonization of EDI
to create technical committees
to make easier the meeting between professional of B to B coming from different EU countries
to link connections with non European distributors (USA, Asia…)
to build a website including all the main useful languages
to choose meeting places easy to reach is important for participation
to organize (every two years at least) a Convention, mainly turned on technical matters and interesting themes

EFIDA - European Federation of Industrial Distributors Associations