E-invoicing Yearbook 2017 - Q1

E-invoicing Yearbook 2017 – Q1 1
2017 YEARBOOK Q1
With user generated content on the following topics:
 Featured providers
 Opinions
 Mandatory and compliant e-invoicing
 Interoperability and standardisation (in Europe):
 Case studies
 News in general
 Downloads, infographics and more
 Beyond e-invoicing: innovative and new services
 Acquisitions, mergers and funding
 Around the globe

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Introducing: The E-invoicing Yearbook 2017
We hereby introduce to you the E-invoicing Yearbook 2017. Our daily search for content regarding e-
invoicing, AP automation and e-procurement lead to over 2,000 posts, published the past eight years.
On average, the E-invoicing Platform publishes ten posts per week. These posts are both user
generated content from our sponsors, as well as content from other valuable sources.
This content is also published on Twitter, on LinkedIN and on Google (News). And every other week,
the posts get extra attention via our newsletter, with currently over 8,900 recipients in 100+
countries.
As each post is interesting and newsworthy by itself, this is increased when we sort these posts in the
sections underneath:
 Featured providers p. 7 - 11
 Opinions p. 12 - 16
 Mandatory and compliant e-invoicing: p. 17 - 28
 Interoperability and standardisation (in Europe): p. 29 - 44
 Case studies p. 45 - 51
 News in general p. 52 - 73
 Downloads, infographics and more p. 74 - 81
 Beyond e-invoicing: innovative and new services p. 82 - 98
 Acquisitions, mergers and funding p. 99 - 102
 Around the globe p. 102 - 112
After each quarter of the year ends the E-invoicing Yearbook will be updated, building a picture of
how the world of e-invoicing is progressing.
In the next chapter you will find the titles of the posts published in Q1 of 2017 as sorted in the
sections mentioned above.

Publications 2017, Title only
Featured providers
30/03 - UnifiedPost, from document exchange to single click payments - (link)
06/03 - Introducing our latest sponsor: B2B Router / Invinet Systems - (link)
27/02 - Buzon E: A full service e-invoicing provider - (link)
26/01 - SNI: ranked #12 on the Technology Fast 500™ EMEA - (link)
Opinions
31/03 - Expert opinion: proper e-invoicing improves supply chain finance - (link)
20/03 - E-invoicing: Why aren’t we there yet? - (link)
27/02 - 5 facts and myths about PDF invoices you should know about - (link)
16/02 - Data capture is a farming exercise; and this is why - (link)
27/01 - The Evolution of e-invoicing, and how they are promoting a sustainable economy - (link)
24/01 - How the ‘Scottish Approach’ can help the US e-invoicing adoption - (link)
16/01 - Richard Manson: “Why is paper still so prevalent in business today?” - (link)
Mandatory and compliant e-invoicing
14/03 - Philippines Joint Foreign Chambers propose mandatory e-invoicing before 2022 - (link)
10/03 - Compliance complexities abound in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay - (link)
03/03 - Mandatory e-invoicing on the horizon in Costa Rica - (link)
03/03 - Adapt your SAP landscape to Mexico’s new payment and invoicing regulations - (link)
28/02 - >100,000 suppliers -have to- use FACe, Spain’s B2G e-invoicing platform - (link)
27/02 - Top 10 e-invoicing compliance mistakes you should avoid in Latin America [download] - (link)
17/02 - First-ever live tax-free e-invoice transaction in Turkey - (link)
09/02 - Peru mandates e-invoicing adoption in 2018 [updated] - (link)
02/02 - REPORT: Latin America leads the way in mandatory e-invoicing and compliance - (link)
23/01 - Mandatory e-invoicing now a reality in Colombia; pilot program concludes - (link)
20/01 - 2017 Compliance Outlook: changes abound in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico - (link)
11/01 - SAT updates to CFDI 3.3 and introduces the ‘payment receipt complement’ - (link)
11/01 - Turkey postpones mandatory e-invoicing until 1 July 2017 - (link)
Interoperability and standardisation (in Europe)
21/03 - Show the world your “UBL Readiness’ with this FREE label: 94 providers already do - (link)
21/03 - Seminar: Introduction to Universal Business Language (UBL) - (link)
17/03 - EU E-invoicing Standard gets unanimous approval, with 4 BIG adoption barriers - (link)
03/03 - Update: PEPPOL implementations in EU Member States - (link)
23/02 - Australia’s first end-to-end UBL electronic invoicing experiment is a fact - (link)
09/02 - A common Franco-German e-invoice format is becoming a reality - (link)
02/02 - OASIS UBL-related announcements and public reviews: UBL 2.2 public review - (link)
02/02 - First EU member states connect their eIDAS nodes - (link)
02/02 - Govein E-invoice: implementing the new EU e-invoice standard in Public Health Care - (link)

23/01 - Poland becomes OpenPEPPOL Authority, 200th member - (link)
23/01 - Getting one step closer to paperless invoicing - (link)
12/01 - Recent B2G e-invoicing developments in 9 EU Member States - (link)
Around the globe
23/03 - EDICOM: Challenges of International E-invoicing - (link)
23/03 - EDICOM signs interoperability agreement in Australia and Brazil - (link)
21/03 - Top ten tips to choose your global e-invoicing service provider - (link)
03/03 - Sovos/Invoiceware streamlines VAT compliance for clients all over the world - (link)
28/02 - Swiss Post Solutions and TrustWeaver announce global compliance partnership - (link)
07/02 - TrustWeaver expands with e-invoicing compliance support in India - (link)
23/02 - TIE Kinetix and TrustWeaver team up for globally compliant e-invoicing and e-archiving - (link)
10/01 - Comarch joins forces with TrustWeaver for compliant and borderless e-invoicing - (link)
Case studies
20/03 - Vodafone: Unlocking Early Payment For All Suppliers – Case Study - (link)
27/02 - Case Study: All Star Association relies on CorConnect for unrivaled growth - (link)
17/02 - Mammut automates invoice processing to streamline workflows [Case Study] - (link)
10/02 - ABB Spain optimizes its (e-)invoice handling with Pagero (Case study) - (link)
09/02 - TrueCommerce helps Travis Perkins plc with a new EDI managed service - (link)
03/02 - Bolgers selected Data Interchange for an efficient & reliable EDI system - (link)
27/01 - Rentokil uses FLOW Partner Automation by TIE Kinetix - (link)
16/01 - Carcoustics saves 50% in costs with the EDI technology from Data Interchange - (link)
16/01 - Keys to working capital success featuring the Bavelos Group - (link)
16/01 - Gustaf Fagerberg: A more efficient invoicing process with a virtual printer - (link)
News in general
30/03 - UnifiedPost signs deal with Assuralia for a sectoral e-invoicing platform - (link)
28/03 - EDI ACADEMY – Integrating EDI with your ERP system - (link)
16/03 - CloudTrade becomes a UK Oracle Community Network member - (link)
14/03 - New CEF Telecom e-invoicing call for proposals opens at 28 June - (link)
06/03 - Four quotes from Jan Sundelin (CEO TIE Kinetix) on the Trustweaver deal - (link)
23/02 - CloudTrade and Capita help UK public sector organisations achieve 60% back office savings -
(link)
20/02 - Jordan adopts Korean e-procurement system - (link)
20/02 - Tunisie Telecom joins Tunisia TradeNet (TTN) e-invoicing network - (link)
16/02 - AcceptEmail opens for business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - (link)
13/02 - Mastercard, Swipezoom to automate invoicing and e-payments - (link)
30/01 - EDICOM awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service for PEPPOL services - (link)
27/01 - TrueCommerce Launches Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 200 EDI Integration in Europe - (link)
26/01 - Pagero and PEPPOL – more than just an PEPPOL access point - (link)
26/01 - India’s big banks plan interbank blockchain platform - (link)
23/01 - Basware news update: open networks, working capital optimisation and SCF award - (link)

20/01 - FACe, the Spanish B2G e-invoicing Point of Entry, received 8 million e-invoices in 2016 - (link)
13/01 - TrueCommerce awarded PEPPOL Access Point Certification and place on CCS framework -
(link)
12/01 - Taiwanese operator Chunghwa wins USD 20 million e-invoicing contract! - (link)
12/01 - CloudTrade awarded US Patent for its Gramatica document data extraction. - (link)
10/01 - Pagero news update: Frence office, Primelog acquisition and Bouvet SAP integration - (link)
09/01 - EESPA annual general meeting well attended and achieved new goals for 2017 - (link)
09/01 - Data Interchange gains Government PEPPOL approval for CCS access - (link)
Downloads, infographics and more
30/03 - EDICOM Expert Analysis: The NHS E-procurement Strategy [download] - (link)
27/03 - Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) issues interim report on the EIPP/EBPP landscape - (link)
17/03 - Infographic: The velocity of global e-invoicing initiatives accelerates - (link)
06/03 - Movie: e-invoicing made easy with Pagero - (link)
10/03 - Integrated Payables: why holistic AP transformation is the best path [download] - (link)
07/02 - The Definitive Guide to AP Automation [ download] - (link)
16/01 - Research: 50% of LATAM businesses don’t understand new e-invoicing mandates - (link)
12/01 - Survey: Over 41% of UK companies at risk without EDI - (link)
09/01 - e-Transformation in Turkey by figures - (link)
Beyond e-invoicing: innovative and new services
[e-reporting, e-accounting, e-audit, payments, blockchain]
23/03 - AcceptEmail: Changing the way people pay their bills - (link)
16/03 - Mexico announces first resolution under new e-Audit Mediation Process - (link)
10/03 - Mexico cracks down on exports with “Complemento Comercio Exterior” requirement - (link)
28/02 - Two major SAF-T changes in Portugal come into force as from July 1, 2017 - (link)
23/02 - 8 questions on the Spanish SII system, mandatory as from July 2017 [SAP addon] - (link)
17/02 - EDICOM offers SAF-T services for companies in Norway (mandated as from 2017) - (link)
17/02 - Mexico moves beyond e-invoicing and is now tracking payments - (link)
07/02 - Turkey covers a substantial distance in the e-Transformation process - (link)
06/02 - SNI has a scalable SAP solution for companies in countries that implement SAF-T - (link)
03/02 - Mexico Announces E-Audit Revenue of 55.8 Million Pesos - (link)
23/01 - Overview of SAF-T Reporting Requirements in Europe - (link)
Acquisitions
10/03 - Tradeshift buys the IBX Platform from CapGemini - (link)
24/02 - HighJump TrueCommerce buys RedTail Solutions - (link)
24/01 - Three major e-invoicing investments you might have missed in 2016 - (link)

Featured providers
Introducing: UnifiedPost, from document
exchange to single click payments
2017/03/30 - Electronic Invoicing, Featured Articles, Payment
We are happy that UnifiedPost has once again become a sponsor of the E-
invoicing Platform. UnifiedPost was founded in 2000 and has grown very
swiftly over the last years.
UnifiedPost started as a platform for document management. Over the
years, UnifedPost has acquired several companies creating the group of
companies it is today. UnifiedPost employs over 200 people working across
Europe on a BPaaS platform based upon the basic components Document,
Payment, Identity, all available in their own community.
UnifiedPost is built on the belief that by focusing on smart Fintech
solutions, platforms and ecosystems, creates broad business opportunities
that matter.
The use of digital technologies transforms these conventional business
processes. However, research shows that over 70% of these digital
transformation initiatives fail, resulting in increased costs and unhappy
customers. UnifiedPost upgrades these critical businesses processes by
changing the way people work. Our solutions allow businesses to pay, sign
and view invoices, documents, contracts, payments and bills via one single
integrated, secure, cloud-based solution.
Unlike other companies, UnifiedPost has developed a unique portfolio of
technology-driven business optimisation solutions in a cloud-based SaaS
model for both (large) corporates and SMEs that optimise the entire
financial supply chain, with a special focus on e-identity, documents,
payments and apps. UnifiedPost has a double digit growth rate and
currently manages over 100 million documents per year.
Recently, UnifiedPost Group successfully completed a capital increase by a
group of Belgian investors to support the further European growth.
UnifiedPost simplifies critical business processes by fully exploiting digital
technology, giving businesses the freedom to focus on what they do best
while also enabling them to expand their business.

Products and solutions offered by UnifiedPost:
 Business processes optimization
 Multi-channel document processing & delivery,
 Payment processing solutions,
 E-invoicing
 E-archiving,
 Financial supply chain,
 Management of credits and accounts receivable,
 Electronic identity and document signing
Introducing our sponsor: B2B Router / Invinet
Systems
2017/03/06 - Electronic Invoicing, Europe, Featured
B2BRouter is a simple online solution provided by Invinet that enables
companies to send electronic documents through the Pan-European
PEPPOL network, recommended by public administrations in Europe and
mandated by the Department of Health in England.
SME suppliers can set up their clients on the B2BRouter portal, receive
notices of incoming PEPPOL orders by email, flip orders into outbound
PEPPOL invoices and send them through the PEPPOL network, at the touch
of a button, for a small annual fee.
Non-PEPPOL clients can create electronic invoices in several structured
formats such as Svefaktura, OIOUBL, Facturae, UBL, or GS1 and also non-
structured formats such as PDF and submit them by email for free.
B2BRouter also provides a platform to share your invoices and payment
information with your providers in a synchronized way. Companies can
simplify the overall invoicing process, provide easy access for your staff,
reduce handling costs, save on paper, print and postal costs. Integrate your
invoices in your accountant information system.
B2B Router key functionalities
 Convert B2B ROUTER has the capability to convert documents from any
format to any other format.
 Validate B2B ROUTER validates de required information and provides a

system to alert administrators about possible content errors in the
documents.
 Sign B2B ROUTER provides electronic signature capabilities that
guarantees the preservation of the integrity of documents being
exchanged.
 Connect B2B ROUTER is a multichannel business system that connects
to any company through any electronic channel.
 Real time B2B ROUTER is always updated with any new transformers,
channels, or formats that become standard in the market.
More information:
Oriol Bausà Peris – CEO
Phone: +34639465171
Mail: oriol@invinet.org
Introducing Buzon E: A full service e-invoicing
provider
2017/02/27 - Compliance, E-invoicing, Featured, Latin America
We are delighted to again welcome an e-invoicing service provider as
sponsor of the E-invoicing Platform. This time we give the floor to Buzon E,
from Mexico.
Buzón E is a Mexican subsidiary of Grupo Estafeta, focused on automating
and optimizing business processes (BPM) and processes which involve the
exchange of tax and non-tax electronic documents in order to help
companies improve their communication, productivity and become more
profitable by joining a world paperless community.
In Buzón E they are dedicated to providing valuable technological solutions
to help you optimize processes of generation, reception and delivery of
CFDI's or other electronic documents. With them, you are guaranteed that
your current processes are running optimal, once they have been
automated by the Buzon E technological platform.
Their services are focused on implementing processes for operational
efficiency of their customers through a flexible and reliable operating
platform. All their processes and services are carried out under a scheme of
high security, confidentiality, accessibility and reliability.

Security and integrity of information:
 Secure and encrypted data handling
 Solid technological mission-critical infrastructure (Firewall and
Perimeter security.
 Legal certainty
 Buzon E is PAC certified by the Mexican SAT
Technological innovation
 A constantly evolving Platform.
 Continuously developing technological solutions to meet our customer
and the market needs.
Ease and Availability
 Information accessibility for users
 No additional investment in hardware
 Easy to use. Simple and intuitive interface
Confidentiality and reliability
 Confidential data handling
 SSAE 16 (formerly SAS 70)
Environmental responsibility
 Enthusiastic about achieving a Paperless World with our customers
 Resource savings
More information
Elizabeth Enríquez Marketing Analyst
Phone (55) 59014800 Ext. 41232
Contact e-mailadres: elizabeth.enriquez@buzone.com
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buz-n-e
Introducing SNI: ranked #12 on the Technology
Fast 500™ Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
2017/01/26 - Asia, E-invoicing, Europe, Featured
We are delighted to again welcome an e-invoicing service provider. This
time we give the floor to SNI, from Turkey SNI is a computer technology
corporation focused on e-invoice, e-ledger , e-archive and other interfaces
and technologies.
They provide solutions and services that reduce the risk and cost of

maintaining compliance. The world's largest companies are their clients,
including Adidas , Nike, Puma, Deloitte, Geberit, Alcatel-Lucent, Ferrero,
Osram, Hilti, MTU, Schneider, Merck, Tefal and another 300+ large scale
companies are running SNI e-invoice.
Established in 2004 and registered as SAP Global Application Development
Partner, SNI operates globally in many countries with 50 employees
through its offices in Poland, Turkey and the Netherlands.
Alongside software and e-products, SNI has executed challenging projects
and achieved effective growth accordingly by providing SAP
outsourcing/recruitment services in line with the needs of World's most
prestigious firms and carried out successful projects with the teams formed
worldwide in over 50 countries.
 SNI is listed on Technology Fast 500™ Europe, Middle East & Africa
(EMEA) and ranked #12.
 SNI ranked #2 on Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program as 2nd fastest
growing Technology Company in Turkey.
 SNI e-Ledger is certified by SAP
Get in touch with SNI
CEM YURDAKUL
Position: CEO
Phone: +905336271890
E-mail: cem.yurdakul@sni.net.tr

Opinions
Expert opinion: proper e-invoicing improves
supply chain finance
2017/03/31 - Adoption, Electronic Invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
This expert opinion was written by Andras Kelen, a veteran of the IT
industry. He graduated from the Technical University of Budapest Faculty of
Electronic Engineering (MSc) with strong mathematical and theoretical
foundations. Do you want to have your expert opinion published? Contact
us.
Business communication today is extensively relying on the so-called four
corner model: Partner A creates a document, passes it onto its service
provider, which makes certain operations, like conversion, finds the service
provider of the addressee and passes the document onto this organisation,
which again executes certain operations and ultimately passes the
document onto the (ERP) system of the receiver (Partner B). During this
journey, the content of the document is sealed from the outside world and
the issuer loses control, learning the outcomes in days, weeks and most
probably months. It is easy to recognise that the process resembles a lot
the old paper procedures, though it is much cheaper and faster by virtue of
the internet today.
Read the full post here
E-invoicing: Why aren’t we there yet?
2017/03/20 - Adoption, Electronic Invoicing, Europe
This article was first published here by Markus Hornburg, Vice President
Global Product Compliance at Coupa.
We believe that the article reflects an essential reflections on the
development of -the adoption of- e-invoicing. We also believe that the
article contains vital elements necessary for massive adoption that are
more often than not are overlooked.
The full article can be found here: http://www.coupa.com/blog/e-
invoicing-why-aren-t-we-there-yet?

5 facts and myths about PDF invoices you should
know about
2017/02/27 - Adoption, E-invoicing, UBL
PDF invoices… e-invoicing or something else altogether? This topic has
sparked many debates yet views are often misinformed. CloudTrade
separates the myths from the facts…
1. Myth: There are both digital and electronic invoices
In reality there is a difference between electronic and digital. But this
difference has often been misunderstood by many considering an e-
invoice solution. Whereas ‘Electronic ‘is a legal term, ‘Digital’ is a
manifestation of an electronic invoice.
See the quote below which describes the distinction in relation to
‘signatures’: . “The legal term is ‘electronic signature ‘. A manifestation
of an electronic signature is a digital signature…. A qualified digital
certificate provides an advanced electronic signature: a signature which
may be granted a great deal of legal guarantees…” . This distinction
was never made with regard to e-invoices, and this is still the case
today. In short: a digital invoice is an e-invoice and vice versa.
2. Fact: An invoice that is not carried by a paper medium is an
electronic invoice
A PDF invoice is not carried by a paper medium and therefore it is an
electronic invoice.
See as an example the recent European e-invoice directive which states
the following: ‘Electronic invoicing refers to the process of issuing,
transmission, and reception of invoices in a structured electronic format
which allows for their automatic and electronic processing.’
3. Fact: PDF and email are regarded as primary e-invoicing
methods
Statistically PDF and e-mail have long been regarded as the primary
means for e-invoicing throughout most of the business populations
across the world. . Just imagine saying to those companies that the way
they are e-invoicing isn’t really e-invoicing. Or that their method of e-
invoicing’ is in fact a fake version of the real thing? Providing evidence
to support this view is likely to be a struggle.

4. Fact: A PDF is created by a PDF printer
A printer can only generate output if the initial input has an existing
structure. A PDF is a visual reference of structured information. Despite
its clean, polished appearance, a PDF is built on top of structured data.
5. Myth: PDF invoices flag behind other e-invoicing technologies
Critics of PDF invoicing often argue that PDF invoices are less advanced
than data formats such as UBL 2.0 … this is a myth. As a PDF document
is a representation of structured data, it can therefore be used to
import structured data.
There are many examples of e-invoicing that offer the ability to
import/process PDF invoices directly into financial software. (Yes, it
requires a few more mouse clicks than straight through processing but
has anyone calculated the costs for SME’s yet?).
There is a distinct lack of cost effective, high performance products
(especially for SME’s) that can import PDFs directly into accounting
software.
Conclusion
PDF invoicing isn’t getting the recognition it deserves. E-Invoicing can get
far more technical, however the simplicity and ease of transition makes
PDF invoicing an excellent starting point for companies making the change.
Read even more here about PDF invoicing - Dispelling the Myths.
Could PDF invoicing be the solution for you? Request a demo now!
Data capture is a farming exercise; and this is why
2017/02/16 - Digitalisation, Research
This article is about the importance of data as enabler of that, and about
the fact that some data cannot be measured on their apparent value.
It will also touch on how the reduced data collection cost in some areas can
open up for reconsidering which data are actually valuable or potentially
could be.
Read the full post on the website of Pagero

The Evolution of E-invoicing: how digital invoices
are promoting a sustainable economy
2017/01/27 - Adoption, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
This is a three-part blog by Magaly Charlier, Director of Global Product
Compliance at Taulia, on the evolution of electronic invoicing and its value-
added features including payables and receivables financing. For everyone
who wants to understand eInvoicing’s origin, evolution, and key
milestones.
"E-invoices have advanced from domestic tax documents to global trade
and supply chain financing instruments, and might even become tokenized
assets in the blockchain…" Magaly summarizes this evolution in three
sections:
1. The Past: eInvoicing’s Early Stages
2. The Current Environment
3. The Future: eInvoicing -What’s Next?
Each section of this three-part blog describes key events and drivers
associated with the evolution of eInvoicing.
Read the full blog post here
How the Scottish Approach can help the US e-
invoicing adoption
2017/01/24 - Adoption, E-invoicing, Government, North America
This article was written by Roger Hatfield, VP CloudTrade North America,
and first published on PaymentSource.com
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced in a
memorandum the future mandating of electronic invoices by end of fiscal
year 2018.
The memorandum forms part of a larger drive to reduce inefficiencies
within the government, ultimately to reduce the taxpayer burden and
better utilize resource. By fiscal 2018 all-electronic invoicing will be
mandatory for all federal government agencies; the U.S. federal
government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the country;

the government collectively processes over 19 million invoices per year;
and only 40% of these are processed as electronic invoices.
That leaves a whopping 60% of invoices – 11.4 million invoices – to start
processing as e-invoices in just over two years. Can it be done? It is
optimistic for sure. But the OMB is committed to mandatory e-invoicing to
improve government efficiency and reduce the cost to the tax payer.
As is often the case when we start talking about e-invoicing we think about
Europe. We hear so much about how Europe is adopting e-invoicing; how
Europe is leading the way. And the reality is that in many European
countries electronic invoicing has not yet been widely adopted. However,
there are some clear success stories and one that we can learn from with
our federal government dilemma is the Scottish government.
The Scottish government has made electronic invoicing available to all its
public bodies, and has encouraged this processing through a central shared
service. Now, Scotland is hardly huge but it is the 43rd largest economy in
the world with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $240.975 billion
per annum.
In relation to the U.S., it is tiny, but it is still greater than most states. Even
in a country of such a small size, government bodies were operating using
more than 60 different finance packages, so for a shared service to be a
success it needed to be able to interface with these different systems.
A further complication for shared service processing, and for electronic
invoicing is the ability, and willingness, of vendors to send their invoices
electronically. Larger organizations may well have the infrastructure in
place to send cXML files, but the clear majority do not. And they equally do
not have the resource to put in place the necessary technology to enable
this. Nor do they want to spend time duplicating invoices, creating them
once in their own system and then again in an e-invoicing portal. Oh, and
no one wants to be charged for sending their invoices either.
The Scottish government understood these challenges and has adopted a
system which provides suppliers with the option to either send their e-
invoice as a cXML file OR to send an email with a PDF invoice attached.
PDF invoicing means that most suppliers can move to e-invoicing without
any changes to their own systems. They create their invoice in the system
they currently use, create a PDF (which most accounting packages can do as
standard), and email it over. By simplifying the process of electronic
invoicing, the Scottish government ensures the highest levels of on-
boarding of suppliers – a prerequisite of widespread e-invoicing adoption.

So, there are two simple lessons we can learn for the U.S. federal
government e-invoicing initiative. A shared service needs to be able to 1)
interface with multiple different systems in use, and 2) accept different
formats of e-invoices to ensure that all suppliers can move to electronic
invoicing.
For federal government to move to all-electronic invoices by fiscal 2018 it is
imperative that suppliers can come on board quickly and easily. PDF e-
invoicing will enable this. In fact, I would go so far as to say, it is essential.
So, we come back to our original question. In conclusion I would say, yes, it
can be done. But only if it’s done in the right way.
For mandatory federal government e-invoicing through a shared service,
that shared service needs PDF invoicing as an option, and the shared
service must be able to integrate with the multiple software packages in
use across federal government.
Richard Manson: “Why is paper still so prevalent in
business today?”
2017/01/16 - Digitalisation, E-invoicing
Using e-Invoicing to connect businesses to trade electronically is a modern,
innovative solution to the paper problem. It’s been estimated that paper
consumption per office worker ranges between 10,000 & 20,000 sheets a
year, with a higher figure likely for accounting and finance industries. The
business and environmental impact of paper invoicing also means its
unsustainable and hugely unproductive.
Organisations can save 1-2 per cent of turnover by replacing paper invoices
with electronic invoices and optimising their supply chain.
So why are so many businesses refusing to innovate to increase
productivity and increase their bottom line? (Post by IT Pro Portal)

Mandatory and compliant e-invoicing
Philippines Joint Foreign Chambers propose
mandatory e-invoicing before 2022
2017/03/14 - Asia, Compliance, E-invoicing, Government
The Philippines Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) has backed the proposal now
forming part of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Package requiring the use of
e-invoices and e-receipts in commercial transactions between registered
companies, their customers and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
The JFC is a coalition of the American, Australia-New Zealand, Canadian,
European, Japanese and Korean chambers. The group represents over 3,000
member -companies engaged in over $100 billion worth of trade and some
$30 billion worth of investments in the Philippines.
“While we do not know how much of the traffic involves moving paper invoices
and official receipts between businesses and their clients, we believe that
encouraging the maximum use of digital technology is an important policy
[tool] to easing traffic congestion. The [Duterte] administration has
determined that there is traffic emergency in Manila and Cebu, and requested
emergency powers to implement solutions.” the foreign chambers said.
The foreign chamber also asked the House of Representatives to consider the
proposal amending Section 113 of the National Internal Revenue Code by
adding a new paragraph:
“the use of e-invoice and e-receipt shall become mandatory within five years of
enactment of this law, regardless of whether or not they are part of a
computerized accounting system. Taxpayers are no longer required to submit
traditional hard copy [paper copy] of their invoice or official receipt with any
compliance requirements of the Bureau of Internal Revenue [BIR]. The BIR shall
simplify the invoicing and receipting data required of the taxpayer by only
requiring name and tax identification number. The BIR may exempt tax-payers
from this requirement if they can demonstrate sufficient reasons for
noncompliance”

Compliance complexities abound in Argentina,
Chile and Uruguay
2017/03/10 - Compliance, Latin America, Legal
When it comes to e-invoicing and tax reporting compliance in Latin
America, Mexico and Brazil often dominate the discussion as the earliest
and most comprehensive to enact such requirements.
However, complexities abound throughout Latin America – and Argentina,
Chile and Uruguay are no exception. In their September 29 webinar, they’ll
discuss the requirements in these three countries in-depth. Here’s a
preview:
Argentina
Argentina already requires some unique processes not frequently seen in
the rest of Latin America – most notably its dynamic sequencing, in which
invoices are processed in batches. If there is an issue with one single
invoice, all those following will not process until the issue is corrected.
Now, Argentina is introducing new proforma VAT initiatives, shipping
requirements and high volume invoicing processes that make compliance
in this country even more complex.
Chile
Chile introduced mandatory e-invoicing in 2014, and has quickly ramped up
its requirements to span across organizations. From finance to logistics to
IT, multinational teams doing business in Chile must ensure that they are
prepared to produce and submit 10 separate document types (collectively
called “Documentos Tributarios Electrónicos” or DTE), in addition to
monthly and annual accounting reports.
Uruguay
In the past year, Uruguay has developed a more formalized approach to e-
invoicing compliance. Previously sending letters to individual companies
alerting them to their required status, Uruguay announced new revenue-
based mandates that mean any company with revenues greater than
greater than $3.1 million USD must already be in compliance, and those
with revenues of ~$1.5M USD or greater must meet the December 1, 2016,
deadline.
Requirements distinct to Uruguay include its daily summary reports and

archiving process. Companies are required to file daily reports for all
transactions submitted, approved, rejected or cancelled, and must
maintain archives for 10 years – significantly longer than the six years most
Latin American countries require.
To learn more about the complexities and unique compliance requirements
in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador, contact Invoiceware International.
Mandatory E-Invoicing on the horizon in Costa Rica
2017/03/03 - Electronic Invoicing, Invoice Automation, Latin America
Currently running as a voluntary Costa Rica e-invoicing program, it is
working toward being implemented fully. The DGT, Costa Rica’s tax
authority, enlisted Servicios Publicos de Heredia (ESPH), a state-owned
company providing public services like telecommunications, to develop,
implement and operate its official electronic invoicing system.
The completion date has yet to be announced, but what’s certain is that
mandated e-invoicing is on the horizon in Costa Rica. Companies doing
business in Costa Rica can volunteer to implement e-invoicing now under
DGT-02-09. Then, once the DGT finishes its system, mandated companies
will have six months to comply (under DGT-R-48-2016).
Note that information on this new resolution cannot currently be found on
the DGT’s website, since it is not yet mandatory. Though e-invoicing isn’t
currently required in Costa Rica, the wheels are in motion for mandatory
compliance, and companies need to start preparing now. Here are three
key considerations:
 Build or buy? We’ve covered the pros and cons of building a solution
internally versus leveraging an existing solution extensively, but the
bottom line is this. Do you want to be in the business of compliance, or
concentrate in areas that drive core business value? E-invoicing
compliance takes up to 11 full-time personnel (or equivalent), and is
often replete with fire drills – taking your most critical resource – your
team – away from innovation. .
 How do you preserve a centralized system of record while maintaining
error-free compliance? Built-in solutions from ERPs are fraught with
holes and compliance gaps, yet third-party solutions often take critical
information and compliance processes outside of your system of record
– leaving you prone to errors, discrepancies and manipulation. The best

solution is one that keeps compliance within your ERP for complete
corporate visibility and automated validations. .
 Where can you create efficiencies through compliance? The
standardization that e-invoicing requires means proactive companies
that see beyond the requirements can create efficiencies in several key
process:
o Accounts payable can be automated so that personnel can
focus on discrepancies instead of simple verifications. .
o Inbound receiving can be streamlined into a scan-and-click
process, since invoices must be approved before goods arrive
and accompany shipments. .
o Traditional obstacles to supply chain finance are eliminated
since all vendors are required to participate in e-invoicing,
meaning that buyers can offer flexible payment options and
suppliers 21ob e21t for immediate payment, improving cash
flow.
As mandated e-invoicing is set 21to be announced in Costa Rica soon,
companies should act now so they are not caught off-guard.
Check out Invoiceware International’s customer success stories to see how
companies like Philips, Pfizer and Sun Chemical have approached
compliance in Latin America.
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Adapt your SAP landscape to Mexico’s new
payment and invoicing regulations
2017/03/03 - Compliance, E-invoicing, Invoice Automation, Latin America
In December 2016, Mexico announced the largest update to its e-invoicing
schema in years. CFDI v3.3 is now a reality, and companies doing business in
Mexico have until July 1, 2017, to go live with these significant changes. To
meet this deadline, companies must begin preparing for these new
government standardizations now.
Are you prepared to meet the deadline and upgrade your solutions? In
addition, companies will need to validate the data in their ERP systems to
ensure accuracy and avoid being fined ? with electronic audits officially
under way in Mexico since September 2016, Mexico’s Tax Administration
Services (SAT) organization is well-prepared to automatically identify any

discrepancies in submitted information. So what does all this mean for
companies with SAP landscapes?
 Implement new payment receipt tracking requirements, which include
sending the SAT a payment receipt linked to the original CFDI once
payment is received.
 Apply the 46 different data validations and standardization codes used
for the SAT’s auditing process, including tax ID validations and codes for
products, services, and payment types.
 Navigate the complexity of new conditional fields, which can lead to
requirements for further details once information is submitted.
 Put into practice new standards for foreign transactions, which require
submitting for verification the tax identification number for customers
receiving exports.
 Understand the new rules for tax calculations ? for example, taxes will
be calculated for each individual line item as opposed to the overall
sum of an invoice.
Top 10 e-invoicing compliance mistakes you
should avoid in Latin America [download]
2017/02/27 - Compliance, E-invoicing, Latin America, Publications
With fines, penalties and operational disruptions as consequences of an
inadequate approach to managing e-invoicing and reporting mandates in
Latin America, multinational in this region should take note to avoid
common errors.
Not only does proactive compliance eliminated these risks, companies
can improve operational efficiencies, streamline processes and improve
cash flow through a strategic approach.
Download this tip sheet to understand the top 10 compliance mistakes
you should avoid.

First-ever live tax-free e-invoice transaction in
Turkey
2017/02/17 - Adoption, Compliance, E-invoicing, Europe, Government
The first ever live environment tax-free e-invoice has been successfully
issued via eFinans e-invoicing SaaS. The transaction was a live test with
the valuable participations of: eFinans's esteemed client Turkish retail
giant Eren Perakende, worldwide tax-free expert Global Blue, supported
by the Revenue Administration and the Ministry of Customs and Trade's
newly developed e-invoice infrastructure integrations.
This first-ever tax-free e-invoice in Turkey was issued at a Lacoste brand
store in Istanbul and has travelled from the cash register device
sequentially to eFinans e-invoice SaaS, Revenue Administration e-invoice
central, Customs single window and thus on to the screen of the customs
officer at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport. Approved by the customs officer,
the e-invoice's response message instantly travelled the same flow back
to the retail giant and simultaneously to the tax-free agency Global Blue
(also in integration with eFinans) which safely approved the tax payment
return to the happy traveller, leaving Turkey with hassle-free shopping
experience and a smile.
Tax-free invoices issued by e-invoice users are obliged to be issued as e-
Invoice as of 01/07/2017 and voluntarily between 01/01/2017 and
30/06/2017.
eFinans will be offering its 10-year 100% compliant storing service to all
Global Blue customers, as it has offered to all its customers with no
exception, since its establishment.
Peru mandates e-invoicing adoption in 2018
[updated]
2017/02/09 - Adoption, Compliance, E-invoicing, Latin America
Despite the fact that Peru is one of the last countries in the region to start
using the electronic invoice, it is one of the Latin American nations that
made the fastest progress in such sector, having issued over a million
documents through the Electronic Issuance System (SEE) so far, according
to the National Customs and Tax Administration (Sunat). Sunat’s boost to
the electronic proof of purchase was crucial for such progress.

Update 09-02-2017:
Legislative Decree 1314 has been issued by the Sunat, mandating -the
outsourcing of- e-invoicing in Peru. Issuing electronic invoices by third
parties will be a determining factor to ensure that in 2018 the entire
country issues its tax documents digitally. These operators will provide
the necessary services to the users, who will be able to choose who to
work with.
Carlos Velamazan, Director at Unidad de Negocio de América de Seres:
“Even though the electronic invoice in Peru is legal since 2000, its use is
mandatory since October 2014. Governments usually encourage its use to
improve fiscal control and reduce fraud. So far, the regulation has forced
a total of 5,970 Peruvian companies, in addition to other 20,000, that
voluntarily accepted to use the electronic format.”
The experience of countries that have been using e-invoicing for several
years prove that it offers a number of advantages to firms, such as cost
reduction, improved business, payment and collection management, and
the possibility to access new financing sources.
In January this year, Sunat gave new impetus to the use of electronic
invoice in order to integrate a group of firms under such duty. A change
in the decisions of firms has been observed as the mandatory electronic
invoice became operational across the country; at first, companies
believed it have merely a technological impact.
Carlos Velamazan, Director at Unidad de Negocio de América de Seres:
“But it actually requires maintenance and leads to a transformation
regarding companies and their partners. In this sense, the best solution is
to use a service able to resolve any kind of difficulty, comply with
regulations and laws, and even, operate mixed solutions requiring paper
invoices and electronic support.”
First published here

REPORT: Latin America continues to lead the way
in mandatory e-invoicing and compliance
2017/02/02 - Adoption, Compliance, Electronic Invoicing, Latin America
The Latin American region continues to be a global leader in terms of the
market adoption rate for e-Invoicing. The Mexican association AMEXIPAC
recently published the report “Estudio comparativo de Factura
Electrónica en Latinoamérica”, which includes a comparison of Latin
American countries and also takes a look at Portugal.
The report states:
"By the end of 2015, more than 26.5 million tax payers in the twelve
countries under analysis were affected by the requirement to issue
invoices and other related documents in an electronic format. In 2015,
more than 12.4 billion e-facturas were issued, the highest volumes being
in Mexico, followed by Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina."
In the majority of the countries studied, invoice data is validated in real
time by the tax authorities.
Meanwhile, Bruno Koch from Billentis concludes and predicts that:
 All tax related documents may only be exchanged electronically in the
future: invoices, simplified invoices (receipts issued at the point of
sale), credit/debit notes, monthly salary statements, etc.
 Once the system is up and running in the domestic context, import
and export transactions will also have to be reported electronically;
Latin American countries are losing no time in pushing for
negotiations with other relevant countries in order to collaborate on
this issue.
 Electronic reporting will, in the future, not only affect documents in
the financial supply chain. It will also consider documents of the
physical supply chain (inventory, transport of goods, etc.).
 VAT declaration/reclaim will, in the long run, no longer be necessary,
as the tax authorities will obtain all the information to settle this
automatically complete tax/VAT automation.

E-Invoicing now a reality in Colombia; pilot
program concludes
2017/01/23 – E-invoicing, Invoice Automation, Latin America
On October 26, 2016, Colombia’s DIAN (Dirección de Impuestos y
Aduanas Nacionales) announced the successful completion of its e-
invoicing pilot program, meaning that mandated participation will soon
begin to roll out. As the leader in Latin American electronic invoicing and
fiscal reporting, Invoiceware International participated in Colombia’s pilot
program with key customers.
The pilot program included 57 volunteer companies of diverse sizes and
industries. Taking place from April through October 2016, the DIAN used
the pilot to improve its procedures, address participant concerns and
determine if the electronic invoicing systems performed according to its
standards. After successful completion, the tax administration will first
enable taxpayers to voluntarily opt in to start electronic invoicing before
it starts mandating compliance, which is anticipated to begin in 2017.
Multinationals with operations in Colombia need to begin preparing now,
as the first wave of mandates are most likely to affect these large
enterprises. Following the models of Mexico, Chile and Brazil, the DIAN
has already declared that mandates will be based on the following
criteria:
 Volume of transactions
 Revenues
 Volume of assets
 IVA refunds
 Industry / sectors with the greatest risk of tax evasion
Colombia is anxious to finalize its e-invoicing program, citing social and
economic benefits that will boost the competitiveness and growth of the
economy. By 2018, it expects that the majority of taxpayers will have
implemented e-invoicing. Global enterprises, however, won’t be able to
wait that long to begin complying with the new legislation.
With the announcement of the end of the pilot, Invoiceware is now
opening up implementation slots based on the data schemas finalized in
the program: "How to Prepare for Compliance Changes in Mexico and
Colombia."
Contact Invoiceware to learn more about our current Colombian
implementation slots.

2017 Compliance Outlook: Changes Abound in
Brazil, Colombia and Mexico
2017/01/20 - Compliance, Latin America
If your company is currently doing business in Latin America, then you’re
no stranger to the complex and ever-changing fiscal compliance
regulatory environment. The compliance momentum won’t subside in
2017, with major initiatives planned in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
Invoiceware examines what’s in store: check out the full post here
SAT updates to CFDI 3.3 and introduces the
‘payment receipt complement’ + INFOGRAPHIC
2017/01/11 - Compliance, Electronic Invoicing, Latin America
On December 5, 2016, Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) brought
forward the release of two technical specifications that will result in
updates to the CFDI from 1 July 2017. As EDICOM reported previously,
these updates are designed to ensure a better experience of using e-
invoicing and to remedy incidents that are detected over time with the
application of this system.
Click here to download the infographic, which details all the changes
taking place in 2017 for online digital tax documents.
CFDI version 3.3
On one hand, the announcement features the technical specifications of
Annex 20 in its 3.3 version. This new version will coexist with the current
version 3.2 simultaneously in the first half of 2017 to facilitate adaptation.
This aim of this CFDI upgrade is to promote the quality of the information
contained in the CFDI to enable more effective exploitation, opening the
door to future simplifications of procedures or eliminating reports.
Payment receipt complement
On the other hand, payment receipt complement version 1.0 must be
included in the CFDI issued to confirm the receipt of payments in partial
instalments and in those cases where the amount due is received in a
single payment, but this is not covered when CFDI was issued, even in the

case of credit transactions which are fully paid at a later date than that of
issuance of the corresponding CFDI. This version also comes into force on
1 July 2017, but management or accounting systems will need to be
technologically adapted to link payments with their respective bills.
Read more here
Turkey postpones mandatory e-invoicing until 1
July 2017
2017/01/11 - Asia, Compliance, Electronic Invoicing
Turkey has postponed the requirement for e-invoice users to issue export
& tax-free e-Invoices. The requirement applies to e-invoice users which
export certain commodities or use tax-free VAT returns. Turkish resident
e-Invoice users who export certain commodities (stated under Article 11
of Value Added Tax Law numbered 3065) are entitled to issue e-Invoices
from 1 January 2017, if they choose to do so.
However, the requirement for such taxpayers to do so has been extended
until 1 July 2017. Therefore, until July 2017, these taxpayers can continue
to issue pre-prepared export invoices if they wish (or continue to use the
Turkish e-Archive invoice system if they are obliged to do so).
General Communiqué No. 475 on Tax Procedure Law (“Amendment
Communique“) was published in Official Gazette number 29919 on 15
December 2016, entering into effect the same date. The Amendment
Communique makes changes to General Communiqué No. 454 on Tax
Procedure Law Regarding e-Invoice Application Within the Scope of
Exportation of Goods and Properties to be Carried in the Personal Luggage
of Non-Residents, which was published in Official Gazette number 29392
on 10 June 2015.
Please see this link for full text of Communiqué (only available in
Turkish).

Interoperability and standardisation
Show the world your “UBL Readiness’ with this
FREE label: 94 providers already do
2017/03/21 - Adoption, Electronic Invoicing, Featured Articles, UBL
UBL is increasingly being considered as the successor of the PDF e-invoice
as it yields sizeable benefits for both supplier and customers. And its use is
expected to grow considerably the next few years as UBL e-invoicing is
getting mandated in Europe. Other continents, like Australia and the North
America’s are also considering UBL as the preferred successor of PDF and
online e-invoicing.
To promote the adoption of UBL and the benefits of UBL e-invoicing, a free
label has been developed that (1) allows organisations to communicate
their ‘UBL Readiness’ to their respective customers and supplier, called:
‘UBL Ready’, and (2) provides support for organisations that want to
implement UBL e-invoicing.
To become UBL Ready an organisation has to proof that it can either
import the validated demo files of other UBL Ready participants, or
produce a UBL+PDF e-invoice file that –after validation- can be imported
by other UBL Ready participants.
All in all, applicants only have to perform five or less steps to become UBL
Ready! This way UBL Ready promotes easy, free, flawless, seamless
exchange and processing of e-invoices!
94 UBL Ready participants in just six months!
UBL Ready aims at providers of ERP and accounting software, suppliers of
OCR solutions and (online) e-invoicing service providers, providers of
provide proprietary e-invoicing solutions. In addition, (large) billers,
accountants and public bodies are eligible to become 'UBL Ready '.
More information can be found on www.ublready.com . That UBL Ready
provides in a clear need is shown by the fact that within six months already
93 organisations have applied for and received the UBL Ready label,
including, but not limited to:

 Accounting/financial software: Visma Software, Twinfield, Unit4,
Reeleezee, AFAS Software, Asperion, Centric, Informer.
 E-invoicing service providers: Kofax (by BM Consultants), Basware (by
ICreative), TIE Kinetix, , Canon, InvoiceSharing, StoreCove, Go2UBL,
Dynatos, Palette (by Simac Document Solutions).
 AP automation and Purchase 2 pay providers: Scan Sys, Proquro,
NewViews, 20/20 vision Software, Basecone
The full list of UBL Ready participants* is available at:
http://ublready.com/ubl-ready-participants/
More information
More information on UBL Ready can be found on the website of UBL
Ready: http://ublready.com/, including:
 Getting Started Guide
 Frequently Asked Questions
 Demo UBL+PDF e-invoice files
 A comprehensive list of active participants .
 An overview of the benefits of UBL and UBL Ready
 An online application form
For more information, please contact:
E-Invoicing Platform Friso de Jong
W http://www.ublready.com / http://www.eeiplatform.com
E info@ublready.com / jong@eeiplatform.com
T 00316-19622947
Seminar: Introduction to Universal Business
Language (UBL)
2017/03/21 - Events, UBL
UBL is the product of an international effort to define a royalty-free library
of standard electronic XML business documents such as purchase orders
and invoices. Used for procurement, e-Invoicing and transportation
logistics, this open and free-to-use XML vocabulary can be embraced by
any organization to satisfy an electronic format for important business

documents.
Developed in an open and accountable OASIS Technical Committee with
participation from a variety of industry data standards organizations, UBL is
designed to plug directly into existing business, legal, auditing, and records
management practices, eliminating the re-keying of data in existing fax-
and paper-based supply chains and providing an entry point into electronic
commerce for small and medium-sized businesses.
Workshop objectives
This introductory workshop overviews the steps necessary to consider how
and where to use UBL in a solution for all parties in a business scenario.
Attendees of the Introduction to UBL workshop will learn the role of the
OASIS Universal Business Language, internationally standardized as ISO/IEC
19845 and adopted by countries and companies worldwide.
Target group and contents of the workshop
There are many artefacts found and methodologies described in the
Universal Business Language (UBL) deliverables. Without an awareness of
the roles played by these, UBL can be perceived more complex or
considered "too hard" to tackle successfully.
This technically-oriented workshop is written for both the user of UBL and
technical manager.
For the implementer and specifying authority it is important to understand
candidate opportunities to work with the artefacts and to gain hands-on
experience in their use and applicability in the context of the documented
methodologies and deployment strategies.
The following topics are covered through the workshop:
 Introduction to UBL
 Parties, document types and profiles - use case and business
documents
 Information items - data description spreadsheets
 Model conventions - naming and design rules
 Model semantics - data dictionary
 Documents and document models
 Reference to methodology for code list and value validation
 Customization and system design considerations
 Specification governance and committee procedures

Further information on the topic is available at:
www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/esummit-publd.htm
Workshop Leader
Mr. G. Ken Holman is the chairman of the OASIS Universal Business
Language Technical Committee and editor of the OASIS UBL - ISO/IEC
19845 specifications.
He is the founding chairman of the OASIS Code List Representation
Technical Committee, the OASIS XML Conformance Technical Committee
and the OASIS XSLT/XPath Conformance Technical Committee.
He was on W3C working group that created XML from SGML. He has
traveled the world teaching and consulting in XML, XSLT, XSL-FO and UBL
with his own training materials. Further biographical information is
available at: www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/esummit-bio.htm
Attend this seminar
If you planned to attend this seminar, contact Ken Holman here or take a
look here.
EU E-invoicing Standard gets unanimous approval,
with four BIG adoption barriers!
2017/03/17 - Adoption, E-invoicing, Europe, Featured , Standards
The European Commission announced that a decision has been taken on
the European eInvoicing standard (EN), pursuant to Directive 2014/55/EU
on eInvoicing in public procurement. The European Commission mandated
the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) to define the European
E-invoicing standard.
Following intense deliberations, CEN announced that the invoice model
and its syntaxes received unanimous approval:
 The EN 16931-1 - Core semantic data (invoice) model approved with 25
positive votes, no negative votes (100%); .
 The EN 16931-2 - List of syntaxes Approved with 24 positive votes, no
negative votes (100%); .

 Still under approval
- CEN/TS 16931-3 Syntax bindings
- CEN/TS 16931-4 Guidelines at transmission level
- CEN/TS 16931-5 Extension methodology
- CEN/TS 16931-6 Test methodology and test results
In light of a successful vote, the Committee expects to be on track to
publish the final standard in the coming months. Once this has been
achieved, the European Commission believes the real work of supporting e-
invoicing, using the European standard, can begin.
Four barriers to adoption
However, there are some constraints that could hamper the somewhat
romantic view of the European Commission:
1. The Intellectual Property of the work done by CEN lies with CEN. As a
consequence not all documents regarding the new European E-
invoicing Standard will be freely available. And free access to this
information is quintessential for massive adoption of the new
standard. .
2. The exemptions within the Core Invoice Usage Specification.
Currently it is envisaged that national extensions of the EN16931
European Electronic Invoice Standard will not be legally binding. But
then there is CIUS, the Core Invoice Usage Specification. It is expected
that through CIUS restrictions will unfortunately proliferate due to too
open ended norm. Increasing complexity and insecurity. .
3. Over 99% of the businesses in Europe consists of SME's, most of
which are self-employed/sole proprietor.
They are standardisation no-no's and rely heavily on their
administrative software to produce e-invoices and on e-mail to send
them around. If administrative software providers are not facilitated to
embrace the new standard, the 'on-boarding' rate will be
disappointing. .
4. Adding complexity to the standardisation landscape.
The European Union is adding a new e-invoicing standard, with at least
two syntaxes (UBL and UN/CEFACT CII), to an existing landscape. And
even though a standard should reduce complexity (which was the aim),
this will only increase complexity in the European business landscape.
Why? Because the new standard only has a mandated monopoly in the
B2G environment. In the business to business environment current
standards will continue to proliferate.

And while the quote underneath from the European Commission might
theoretically be true. The practice of e-invoicing adoption is quite different.
"E-invoicing reduces costs for economic operators and the environmental
impact of paper-based invoices. The creation of a European standard for e-
invoicing in public procurement prevents the continued proliferation of e-
invoicing standards and syntaxes coexisting in the Member States, which
leads to increased complexity in term of cross-border interoperability."
Australia’s first end-to-end UBL electronic
invoicing experiment is a fact!
2017/02/23 - Australia, Cooperation, Electronic Invoicing, UBL
Commonwealth Bank, Telstra and MessageXchange have collaborated to
perform Australia’s first end-to-end electronic invoicing experiment with
leadership from the Digital Business Council.
The experiment:
 used of the ISO-approved OASIS universal business language (UBL)
XML specification for messaging and eBMS 3.0 standard for transport.
 tested the Australian Digital Business Council framework which
applies a 4-corner model where every business and its trading partner
communicate via an access point. Access points are built into business
software systems or outsourced to third parties.
 involved the movement of UBL e-invoices over three months between
Telstra as the supplier and Commonwealth Bank as the buyer through
technology provided by MessageXchange.
E-invoicing in Australia
Australia has lagged the world in whole-of-economy based e-invoicing
mainly due to the lack of a national framework of standards, a
disproportionate cost burden for small business to interact with multiple
systems, and a reluctance of software developers to invest without a clear
national framework.
The Digital Business Council estimates that Australian businesses could be
saving between $7–10 billion a year through reduced paper and postage
costs, processing errors and processing time on the estimated 1.2 billion
invoices issued each year.

E-invoicing is potentially 60-80 per cent more efficient than traditional
paper invoice processing and the implementation of a common
framework of standards will allow businesses of all sizes the ability to
transact seamlessly. It is expected that the national standard will be
adopted more broadly with these continued developments as has been
the overseas experience.
Further work will continue with other banks, technology providers and
industry to automate the exchange of information with emerging
platforms such as New Payments Platform and other fintech innovations
such as blockchain.
Peter Strong, CEO Council of Small Business Australia and Chair of the
Digital Business Council:
“E-invoicing is a transformational step to a streamlined, integrated and
productive economy, and an exciting step forward especially for the small
business community. The establishment of a national framework of
standards will provide a seamless system for all businesses to use and give
software developers the confidence to produce e-invoicing integrated
software.”
Michael Eidel, Executive General Manager of Commonwealth Bank’s
Cash-flow and Transaction Services:
“Existing paper invoice processes are well and truly ready for improved
efficiency. We are committed to helping businesses make their processes
easier and UBL e-invoicing is one way to help, especially for small to
medium sized businesses. It will reduce the pain points of processing errors
and cost and improve processing time and accounts reconciliation.”
MessageXchange Managing Director, John Delaney:
“The new UBL e-invoicing standard offers the potential for major
improvements in productivity and cash flow for businesses and
government agencies. If we look to Europe, which has had e-invoicing in
place for some time, the productivity and cost savings are so obvious to
business leaders that some countries have already achieved a 40 per cent
adoption rate, saving businesses and government billions of dollars every
year.” Sources:
 https://www.commbank.com.au/guidance/newsroom/australian-
businesses-could-be-saving-7-to-10-billion-with-e-invoicing-
201702.html
 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australia-now-has-a-national-
standard-for-e-invoicing-431943

A common Franco-German e-invoice format is
becoming a reality
2017/02/09 - Accounting, Cooperation, E-invoicing, Europe, Featured,
Interoperability
Stefan Engel-Flechsig wrote a post announcing that France and Germany
are working on a common e-invoicing format. The co-operation mainly
focuses on two areas.
First, the question of a common Franco-German accounting form, which
can be used in the same way in both countries and takes into account the
requirements of the future EU accounting form. Second, both forums have
dealt with the legal requirements of electronic invoices and the audit by
the auditors in the two countries.
The common German-French standard is a hybrid calculation format
based on PDF A / 3 and XML UNCEFACT D16.B as ZUGFeRD. Five common
profiles are defined (M, Basix WL, Basic, Comfort, Extended). A joint
documentation in German, French and English is in preparation. This
documentation will also describe the use in the respective national
context.
The German-French standard will be given a common name and should be
completed by March 2017. It is planned to hold a workshop with
interested participants from other national forums.
The experts of both countries have also supported the development of the
European accounting standard within the framework of CEN TC 434 in
order to include the requirements and wishes of European stabilization in
the common German-French standard.
The German-French accounting standard is expected to be in line with the
data model and syntax usage with the future European standard to be
expected in the coming year.
Read the full post in German here and translated in English here

OASIS UBL-related announcements and public
reviews: UBL 2.2 public review
2017/02/02 - UBL
The OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) Technical Committee
announced a finalized work product and two public reviews of three new
work products. As you most probably know UBL is used in transportation
and in procurement by governments and companies.
Start of UBL 2.2 public review
The first public review of UBL 2.2, the successor to UBL 2.1 - ISO/IEC
19845:2015, begins February 1, 2017 and closes March 17, 2017:
https://www.oasis-open.org/news/announcements/ubl-v2-2-begins-45-
day-public-review-ends-march-17th This specification defines the
Universal Business Language (UBL) version 2.2, an open library of standard
electronic XML business documents for procurement and transportation
such as purchase orders, invoices, transport logistics and waybills.
UBL 2.2 is completely backward-compatible with UBL 2.0. UBL 2.2 is
technically a minor release, however it does add 16 new document types
for eTendering, for transportation, and for business directories and
agreements. This brings the total number of UBL business documents to
81.
Finalized Business Document Naming and Design Rules
Version 1.0
The finalized Business Document Naming and Design Rules Version 1.0
OASIS Standard dated 18 January 2017 was made public today at:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/Business-Document-NDR/v1.0/Business-
Document-NDR-v1.0.html This is a specification for modeling the structure
of business documents with UN/CEFACT Core Component Technical
Specification (CCTS) Version 2.01 and then creating XSD validation
artefacts for XML documents
OASIS Business Document Naming and Design Rules
Version 1.1
The first public review of the OASIS Business Document Naming and
Design Rules Version 1.1 proposed OASIS Standard with new rules for
creating JSON validation artefacts for JSON documents, complete with the

OASIS Committee Note of all UBL 2.1 document types as JSON schemas
and all UBL 2.1 example documents as JSON documents, begins February
1, 2017 and closes April 1, 2017: https://www.oasis-
open.org/news/announcements/ubl-2-1-json-alternate-representation-
v1-0-and-business-document-naming-and-desig
The CCTS, XSD and XML rules are unchanged from the Version 1.0 that
was released today. Last week the committee also announced the
acceptance of new requirements for UBL 2.3. Comments may be
submitted to the TC by any person through the use of the OASIS TC
Comment Facility:
Govein E-invoice: implementing the new EU e-
invoice standard in Public Health Care
2017/02/02 - Cooperation, Electronic Invoicing, Europe, Interoperability
GOVeIN is a research project funded by Connecting Europe Facility
programme, with an aim to ease the adoption of the e-invoicing by public
and private entities in the health sector.
The project with duration of 13 months (1 Oct. 2016 – 31 Oct. 2017) and a
total budget of 1.1 Mill/€ brings together the main actors related to the
cross-border exchange of electronic invoice in the Public Health area,
including hospital trusts and laboratories.
To solve the whole complexity related to intercommunication and data
integration, the consortium is coordinated by EDICOM, as Certification
Authority and qualified trust service provider (according to EU Regulation
910/2014), and will employ the EDICOM B2B Cloud Platform, used by
more than 15.000 companies all over the world.
EDICOM will also implement a multi-syntax solution able to handle e-
invoicing in multiple standards, according to the needs of each participant
with their own ERP systems and the specifications detailed in the
European regulation, in order to achieve semantically interoperable
electronic documents in the EU scope.
The project is also based on the PEPPOL specifications considering that all
participants will use a Peppol Access Point to communicate with others to
exchange the electronic invoices. More information on the GoveIn
website

Poland becomes OpenPEPPOL Authority, 200th
member
2017/01/23 – E-invoicing, Europe, Interoperability, PEPPOL
At the end of 2016, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development joined
OpenPEPPOL as the Polish PEPPOL Authority and became member
number 200 of the OpenPEPPOL community.
Joining OpenPEPPOL is the first concrete step in three years after the first
steps were taken in 2013 of a Polish plan for building a new national e-
invoicing framework based on PEPPOL services and standards.
The Polish government has started building the national services platform
(PeF) supporting electronic invoicing for public procurement.
 PeF will be the single point of European e-invoice delivery to public
entities in Poland.
 The project aims at helping public entities in implementing the
Directive regulations.
 In order to simplify the invoicing process change management, the
PeF services will be offered free of charge.
 The services will be compliant with the upcoming EU e-invoicing
standard
Getting one step closer to paperless invoicing
2017/01/23 - Digitalisation, Electronic Invoicing, PDF
This article was first published by Roger Hatfield, VP of Sales, CloudTrade
North America, on the website of ebnonline.com
Why OCR when the data is in front of you? An interesting question, the
likely answer is that you didn’t know such data existed. Picture the
outdated accounting department of the 90s - stacks of invoices piled on
desks, the printer whirring continuously and huge filing cabinets at
bursting point. If we asked the workers what they wanted to change, what
would improve the problems within the department, what would they
say? “A bigger filing cabinet” or “a more efficient printer/scanner.” It’s
unlikely that anyone would have the foresight to suggest sending all
invoices electronically and processing without printing or scanning.

The paperless office has been promised for almost 20 years – but,
unfortunately, it is yet to become a reality. In fact, 80% of all invoicing in
the U.S. is still paper-based, so its clear something is wrong. It’s clear to
me that the biggest obstacle to e-invoicing and e-document processing is
getting suppliers to adopt. That is why I believe e-invoicing and e-
document processing technology should be free for suppliers, easy to use
and non-disruptive, as only then will suppliers move away from paper.
There is no doubt that the business and environmental impact of practices
such as paper invoicing and paper purchase orders have rendered them
unsustainable and hugely unproductive; and that e-invoicing and e-
documents are a modern, innovative solution to the paper problem.
Optical character recognition (OCR) offers one way of enabling a computer
to interpret a human-readable document and to extract data from it.
Originally, we had document scanning and archiving; then OCR technology
allowed us to extract data from scanned images of structured and semi-
structured documents. Capture evolved into intelligent capture with the
introduction of so called ‘learning algorithms’, while vendors started to
evaluate themselves and the competition in terms of recognition and
straight through processing rates.
But is OCR still relevant today? Do we really need to OCR – and incur the
mistakes that OCR makes - when the data is carried within most
documents received into an organisation? As I said, it is highly likely
answer is that you didn’t know such data existed. Even with various
technological advances and fierce competition among industry leaders,
scanning and OCR is – and will always be – a flawed approach to the
conversion of 'human readable documents' into 'machine readable
structures':
 Scanning:
First, paper needs to be converted into a format that can be processed
by an OCR platform. A manually intensive process: mail is received,
opened and sorted. Staples are removed and batches prepared. Paper
documents are scanned and original documents either archived or
destroyed.
 OCR:
The scanning function feeds the OCR platform which reads the
photographed image of the document, attempting to convert the
pixels on the photograph, into meaningful characters. OCR companies’
often boast about high recognition rates – but the variables impacting
success are often outside of their control: poor quality paper used by

the supplier; the way data is laid out on the document; the quality of
the scanner used and even the way the paper has been folded in the
envelope, can all impact on OCR results and make the most powerful
platforms close to useless.
 Quality control:
Irrespective of how good the image is, you still need an operator to
check OCR results and either correct what’s been captured or fill in
what’s missing.
So, where is the data? Most organizations now send and receive PDF
documents via email. It is the easiest and most efficient way to send
documents, such as invoices and orders, as the functionality is ‘out of the
box’ with modern billing and procurement applications.
There is no question that email and PDF is ubiquitous. However, what
many may not be aware of is that when an application generates a PDF, in
almost all instances, the data – such as invoice number, line quantity, and
amounts – will be embedded within the PDF, put there by the generating
application. This type of nethod guarantees data quality and removes the
manual activities and risks associated with scanning and OCR. Now, you
know where the data is stored, you can automatically map this data to an
e-document structure that’s compatible with your processing application.
As this approach is so simple and non-disruptive to any supply chain,
adoption rates are extremely high when an organization promotes this
method of e-invoicing. So again… why OCR? Of course, it would be fool
hardy to predict that there will ever be a truly paperless office. Some
paper will likely remain – at least in the short term. However, since most
billing applications can generate and send PDF invoices via email, it is the
easiest and quickest way to move closer to a paperless office.
Recent B2G e-invoicing developments in 9 EU
Member States
2017/01/12 - Adoption, Electronic Invoicing, Europe, Government
The EU Member States are obliged to implement European e-invoicing
between the public sector and its suppliers by November 27, 2018.
Directive 2014/55/EU is a ruling designed to facilitate cross-border trade
relations by the creation of a common standard that will be interoperable.
Once e-invoicing becomes widespread throughout the European Union, the
economic savings are reported to reach up to 2.3 billion euros.

Given the proximity of the regulation coming into force, some countries are
now gradually rolling out mandatory B2G e-invoicing with public
administration suppliers. Underneath is an update of active B2G e-invoicing
projects already up and running in nine European Union countries.
1. Spain
In Spain, a Royal Decree was announced in December 2016, whereby
some 62,000 businesses meeting certain requirements were required
to submit their VAT statements electronically as of July 1, 2017. The
system, designated Immediate Information Sharing , proposes
electronic VAT bookkeeping in order to encourage the electronic
exchange of tax documents and strengthen control of tax affairs. You
can download the White Paper on SII - Immediate Information
Sharing here to find out all the details.
2. Italy
Italy has updated its FatturaPA system to the new version 1.2. The
format used for exchanging e-invoices with government agencies has
been extended to also allow e-invoicing between private companies
from January 1, 2017. Starting next January 9th, the Exchange System
will only accept e-invoices in the new 1.2 format, under the updated
rules.
3. France
In France, January 1, 2017 is the starting date for mandatory e-
invoicing with public administrations for larger companies and the
former Chorus Portal tool will be replaced by Chorus Pro. French
legislation sets a timetable for progressive adaptation, with medium-
sized businesses due to join the scheme in 2018. Since September, 18
public institutions are working on the pilot project, with the
collaboration of Edicom to facilitate their incorporation to the system.
Download the White Paper on e-invoicing in France to find out all the
details of this ‘dematerialization’ project.
4. United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) is rolling out
an eProcurement initiative whereby all transactions, purchasing
processes and communications with the British public health sector are
carried out electronically. March 31 is the deadline for suppliers to
adapt to the receipt of orders from NHS access points, and by
September 30, 2017 they must be able to manage their billing with this
system. All these exchanges will take place within the PEPPOL network.

If you would like more detailed information on the aims of this
initiative and the deadlines for rollout in companies, download this
free white paper on the NHS eProcurement Strategy (available in
English and Spanish).
5. The Netherlands
In the Netherlands, from 1 January 2017, the central government will
only require e-billing from suppliers with contracts signed as of January
1, 2017, through its own platform, known as Digipoort. Suppliers with
contracts signed prior to this date are under no obligation, but may
voluntarily decide to submit their invoices electronically at any time
they see fit. To connect to the Digipoort platform, it is advisable to
obtain a solution integrated with your company’s ERP to make the
process transparent and agile.
6. Germany
Germany is currently working on a draft bill of the law scheduled to
regulate e-invoicing in public procurement at federal level and
currently pending its final approval. Aside from this, regional and
municipal authorities will also be launching their own rules on e-
invoicing. The standard planned in Germany would be a hybrid format
designated “ZUGFeRD”, designed to serve both large, small and
medium-sized businesses. This hybrid format would consist of a PDF A3
and an embedded XML, so that it can be viewed easily, while
simultaneously providing the option of integrating the necessary data
into the ERPs of businesses wishing to automate the process.
7. Poland
In Poland, as of January 2017, companies with fewer than 250
employees and a business turnover of more than 2 million euros must
submit their records to the Tax Authority electronically, in compliance
with the SAF-T standard. Specifically, they are required to send the tax
agency the file called VAT evidence or JPK_VAT. The obligation affects
all companies registered in Poland for tax purposes, even though they
may have no physical office in the country. Poland is pursuing a
progressive adaptation to this system. Larger companies have been
adapted since July 2016 and in January 2018 it will be the turn of SMEs
and micro businesses.
Belgium
In Belgium, the Flemish Government also steals a march on the
European directive and is asking its suppliers to send and receive their
bills electronically through its Mercurius platform as of January 1,

2017. Governments in Belgium have opted to use the PEPPOL
standard, which promotes the use of a single XML standard (UBL 2.1)
through the PEPPOL network. Edicom can connect to this network to
deliver e-invoices to any European public administration.
8. Portugal
Portugal has published Ordinance No. 302/2016, which regulates the
standard XML format and allows easy export of a predefined set of
accounting records in a readable and common format, designated SAF-
T. The ordinance came into force on January 1, 2017, except for the
data structure cited in Article 3, which takes effect on July 1, 2017.
EDICOM, certified PEPPOL platform Access Point
Accreditation as a PEPPOL Access Point or authorized third party enables
Edicom to link up with the PEPPOL platform, through which private
companies and governments in Europe can exchange any kind of e-
documents. Moreover, Edicom has a global Public Administrations HUB
that ensures connectivity with any public body, transparently for the user
and adapted to the legal and fiscal requirements of each country.
Communications with any public body are automated through this HUB.
Edicom also has a Permanent Observatory on e-Invoicing worldwide, to
ensure constant updating and knowledge of the regulations in each
country affected and adaptations of our platforms to the specifications of
the source and destination countries, thanks to our acknowledged
experience in international markets.
Contact EDICOM to find out more

Case Studies
Vodafone: Unlocking Early Payment For All
Suppliers [Case Study]
2017/03/20 - Case study, Supply Chain Finance
In recent years, Vodafone has made significant investments in innovative
technology to unlock working capital for their business needs and to
support their vast supplier ecosystem. By leveraging today’s best-in-class
working capital optimisation tools, Vodafone has aligned their commercial
objectives with the health of their suppliers to build strong, mutually
beneficial relationships, free up cash, and eliminate inefficiencies.
Graham Taylor - Treasury Manager, Commercial Treasury at Vodafone:
“Now we can offer our suppliers a complete end-to-end process, from when
they’re submitting their invoices, all the way through settlement. Because
Taulia is free for suppliers, and we like the technology so much, it has been
mandated in a lot of our markets and has been successful. The suppliers like
it as well.”
CHALLENGES:
 Previous bank-led SCF program did not address ALL suppliers in
network??
 Complicated onboarding process, not electronically based
 Suppliers lacked visibility into payments process
 Need for a solution with user-friendly interface, seamless integration
into existing workflow and NO supplier fees
RESULTS:
 Enrolled over 12,400 suppliers
 Extended $6.1 billion program to $10 billion within just 9 months of
program launch
 Accelerated payments by 51 days on average
 Successfully on-boarded Huawei, one of the largest suppliers
Contact Taulia on the Vodafone case Source

Case Study: All Star Association relies on CorConnect for
unrivalled growth
2017/02/27 - Case Study, E-invoicing, Invoice Automation, North America
When your membership and supplier list is growing, that’s a good thing
… until the subsequent growth in payment processing becomes
unwieldy. This case study shares the experience of All Star Association, a
purchasing organization serving more than 275 members in the dairy and
food industries, as they expanded beyond their traditional industry base.
CorConnect became the go-to solution for their accounts receivable and
accounts payable automation. Not long after All Star implemented the
CorConnect solution, 75% of their invoices were being sent
electronically. Our cloud-based technology also helped All Star:
 Avoid the expense of new hardware and software
 Increase the volume of daily invoice processing
 Maintain the staff dynamic while boosting efficiency
 Achieve a configurable solution that satisfies suppliers
All Star considers CorConnect “our technology employee…and one that
never calls in sick.”
Download the case study to see how you can achieve an all-star
business with CorConnect.
Mammut automates invoice processing to
streamline workflows [Case Study]
2017/02/17 - Case study, Invoice Automation
Mammut is one of the world’s best-known mountaineering companies.
They receive over 20,000 invoices each year. Their manual invoices
processing was very labour-intensive and invoices were not getting paid
on time.
Mammut implemented Basware Invoice and invoice matching. They
found that their processing time was cut almost in half, errors were
drastically reduced, and their employees’ job satisfaction increased.

ABB Spain optimizes its (e-)invoice handling with
Pagero (Case study)
2017/02/10 - Case study, E-invoicing
ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies, and one of
the largest conglomerates in the world. ABB Spain have been using
Pagero’s services since 2011 to send and receive e-invoices, which has
helped them optimize their invoice handling.
Some advantages have been to raise efficiency and save time, decrease
environmental impact and lower costs. With Pagero’s services, ABB are
also able to send e-invoices to the Spanish Public Administration, which
was made mandatory in January 2015.
Ms. Ana Jiménez, Head of internal control processes, ABB:
“We started the project with Pagero in 2011, because we wanted to have
an optimal system for receiving invoices – given that the tax authorities in
Spain allowed electronic invoices. Electronic invoicing with Pagero is
secure, accurate and simple and has really helped us optimize invoice
handling.”
Read the full case study here
TrueCommerce helps Travis Perkins plc build on
success with new EDI managed service
2017/02/09 - Cooperation, EDI
TrueCommerce announced today that Travis Perkins, one of the UK's
leading distributors of building materials, has implemented the
TrueCommerce EDI solution, OneTime. TrueCommerce is a HighJump
company and a global provider of trading partner connectivity and
integration solutions.
Although experienced in electronic trading, Travis Perkins' previous
existing on-premise EDI solution was both complex and expensive to
maintain. Since moving to the TrueCommerce EDI managed service for
trading with its customers and suppliers, Travis Perkins has been able to
free up internal resources to focus on more strategic activities.
Mark Elvy, IT Development Manager at Travis Perkins:
“After a review of our electronic trading processes it was decided that an

outsourced solution was more appropriate to our requirements. It was felt
that the internal resources required to support and maintain an EDI
solution in-house could be redeployed to more value-added activities.”
As part of the transition process, the TrueCommerce managed service
team completed the onboarding of customers and suppliers for Travis
Perkins plc, including the end-to-end communications with its trading
partners, the mapping of all document types and the testing of all
messages.
Mark Elvy, IT Development Manager at Travis Perkins:
“The transition was smooth thanks to the thorough testing process
supported by TrueCommerce. Over 1,000 customers and suppliers were
moved seamlessly on to the TrueCommerce platform.”
Travis Perkins now benefits from TrueCommerce’s fully scalable EDI
managed service that harnesses the power of the TrueCommerce global
trading partner platform. As a fully outsourced solution, Travis Perkins no
longer requires internal software or hardware for EDI purposes and
instead the company benefits from TrueCommerce’s first-class
infrastructure.
Since moving to TrueCommerce, Travis Perkins plc has been able to
concentrate on managing the demand for EDI services across the
business, leaving TrueCommerce to manage the EDI platform, day-to-day
support and on-boarding of new trading partners.
Jerry Quinn, Senior Sales Manager at TrueCommerce Europe:
“As a result of switching to our managed solution, Travis Perkins plc no
longer needs to worry about the diverse range of technical standards,
data formats, and communication and security protocols that it previously
had to manage internally and can instead focus on more strategic
activities.”
To learn more about the TrueCommerce EDI managed service, visit
https://www.truecommerce.com/uk-en/solutions/edi-managed-service

Rentokil uses FLOW Partner Automation by TIE
Kinetix
2017/01/27 - Digitalisation, Case study, E-invoicing, AP Automation,
Rentokil is using the FLOW Partner Automation tool by TIE Kinetix. FLOW
Partner Automation from TIE Kinetix removes all boundaries and blockers
in marketing, sales and fulfillment through your partner community.
FLOW creates a seamless end user experience and buyers journey by
paving the partner-customer journey. It enables you and your
independent channel and trading partners to seamlessly work together
and lets you operate as if you are 1 company.
"Why would I recommend FLOW? Oh well, that’s easy. It gives me peace of
mind. It’s working in the background, it’s doing its job. I cannot remember
the last time I logged on to the support portal."
Rentokil’s trusted and regional brands have served pest control customers
in the United States for over 90 years. Operating in more than 50
countries worldwide, Rentokil is part of Rentokil Initial plc, one of the
world’s largest and most diverse business service companies.
Ehrlich Pest Control, Western Exterminator, Presto-X Pest Control
and Alpha Ecological are all part of the Rentokil family of pest control
companies in North America. Rentokil provides commercial and residential
pest control services from more than 200 local offices in the U.S., Canada
and Mexico.
Full case study: https://www.flowpartnerautomation.com/rentokil-initial
Carcoustics saves 50% in costs with the EDI
technology from Data Interchange
2017/01/16 - Case study, EDI, Europe
In the automotive industry, the timely delivery of the right products, at the
right time, to the right place, in the right order is often mandatory. To
improve communication with trading partners, Carcoustics now uses new
technology from Data Interchange and thus saves around half of its costs.
Just in Time (JiT) and Just in Sequence (JiS) are the magic words in
automobile production.

To meet the high demands of manufacturers, suppliers must ensure
smooth communication, in real time, with their their trading partners. This
was not guaranteed from Carcoustics prior to Data Interchange’s
involvement. "Our previous carrier was very expensive and couldn’t support
the new technology, OFTP2" says Frank Mueller-Boehm, CTO and Vice
President of Carcoustics Shared Services GmbH. "In addition, the response
times for our requests were far too long and the scalability and the
capacity no longer met our growing demand. We needed a new
communications solution."
Carcoustics, an innovative, medium-sized company, with headquarters in
Leverkusen, has approximately 1,500 employees at 11 locations. It
develops and manufactures acoustic and thermally-effective components
for the automotive industry, as well as other sectors. Thus, their
customised solutions can also be found in household appliances, plant and
mechanical engineering, agricultural machinery, heating technology and air
conditioning technology, as well as rail vehicles.
Read the full story by Data Interchange here
Webinar replay: keys to working capital success
featuring the Bavelos Group
2017/01/16 - Events, Supply Chain Finance
Launching a high ROI project like supplier financing can seem like a
daunting task--where do you start, and how do you prevent failure?
To start, every department needs to be involved in the entire process--
from Accounts Payable, to Sourcing and Treasury--and must be aligned
with the project’s goals and benchmarks. It’s called Procure-to-Pay for a
reason!
Tom Glassanos, President at Bavelos Group shows you how to develop a
working capital optimization plan that involves every stakeholder in your
company to ensure ongoing success and high ROI.
Watch the webinar replay here

Gustaf Fagerberg: A more efficient e-invoicing
process with a virtual printer [Case study]
2017/01/16 - Adoption, Case study, E-invoicing, Europe
Gustaf Fagerberg provides the manufacturing industry in Sweden with
technology for controlling, managing and measuring flows. Many of its
customers are large Swedish companies that have come a long way with the
use of e-invoicing. For that reason, some of its customers asked to receive e-
invoices and Gustaf Lagerberg decided to get on board the digitization train.
Lennart Svensson, Finance Manager at Gustaf Fagerberg:
”We switched to e-invoicing not only because of external demands; we
wanted to streamline our own business processes as well. We issue about 10
000 outbound invoices per year and wanted to escape the tedious work of
stuffing and stamping envelopes for example. There are three people at our
company that use Pagero Online and everyone thinks the invoicing process is
much easier now. The only thing we have to do is to print to a virtual printer
and then the whole invoice issuing process is completed. This is a huge
difference compared to how it used to be.”
View the full case study here

News in General
UnifiedPost signs deal with Assuralia for a
sectoral e-invoicing platform
2017/03/30 - Cooperation, Electronic Invoicing, Payment
Assuralia is the umbrella organization for Belgian insurance companies.
The last few years Assuralia has been looking closely into several e-
invoicing solutions. This is because in recent years, the adoption of
electronic invoicing, under pressure from customer demand, the advance
of new technologies and the availability of new portable devices
(smartphone and tablet) has grown significantly.
That is why in 2014 the Assuralia Productivity Committee established an
action plan considering the digitization of documents and procedures by
Belgian insurance companies.
One of the projects was realized at the end of 2016: a unique sector-wide
multi-channel portal for the digital transmission and payment of
premium advice notes. This portal serves as an interface for receiving
premium advice notes in a standardized electronic format, which are
then forwarded to the existing environments (PC Banking, BilltoBox ...) or
to an agreed solution (Secure Email , app ...). This particular insurance
portal also offers new digital solutions that take better account of the
needs of the insured.
The board of directors of Assuralia agreed on the proposal of UnifiedPost,
having developed a solution that meets the requirements listed in the
tendering. Late 2016, the exclusive Memorandum of Understanding was
signed between Assuralia and UnifiedPost.
Luc Caubergh, CEO of UnifiedPost:
“We are very pleased to be selected as the exclusive partner for Assuralia.
Due to our experience and so-called one-stop-shop approach we can
deliver a full range of products and services. From document to successful
payment in a click.”
"The platform offers many advantages for insurance companies, such as:
preferential rates, less need for additional IT-developments (the platform
provides a standardized transmission format), better accounting
reconciliation, an alternative to rising postage costs, lower storage and

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