In its strategy document, the UK Central Government say it aims to use electronic invoicing for all transactions. The UK Government will not mandate suppliers at this stage, but will look at ways to spread best practice, and will track progress with a view to taking action if required at a later date.
For UK businesses, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, to realise the full benefits of e-invoicing, the systems should be easy to install and use, and pricing is flexible enough to suit the needs of diverse businesses. Some UK E-invoicing providers have committed to looking at ways to improve interoperability and accessibility of e-invoicing for SMEs, through the Business Application Software Developers Association interoperability charter.
GXS and KMD today announced a partnership to make GXS Managed Services available in the Nordic Countries. Through the partnership, KMD will offer GXS Managed Services, a comprehensive outsourced B2B integration solution to enable companies in the Nordic Countries to replace aging in-house B2B gateway software with a cloud-based integration offering.
More specifically, GXS Managed Services will enable KMD’s customers to build and grow B2B networks without making additional investment in hardware, software or human resources. Increasing the ROI from their efforts to connect electronically with their customers, suppliers, banks, transportation carriers and other business partners.
We need your help. Well actually, the EU Multistakeholder Forum on E-invoicing needs your help. Help in the form of feedback on the “draft recommendation on interoperability and a semantic data model for electronic Invoicing“.
There is also a “background document” as well as a “comment template” for your comment. Please help the EU Forum and send your feedback before 23 of May to peter[dot]potgieser[at]rbs[dot]com.
Finland is relatively far in e-invoicing B2B segment but B2C is in a low penetration stage at the moment. So how come these two segments have followed different paths?
So it seems the main difference is coming from the fact that user groups are different: consumers have not seen a clear benefit, while the B2B business benefits were obvious. But there is more…
DHL has selected Tradeshift as its preferred solution for working with suppliers. The first phase of the project will see DHL Global Business Services (GBS), the internal DHL services division, rolling out e-invoicing across its European suppliers, connecting with them electronically to save time and money.
DHL joins global enterprises such as MITIE, DSM and Vestas Wind Systems, who work with tens of thousands of suppliers and are looking for a better way to manage core business interactions. Tradeshift is different because it provides free accounts to all those suppliers, resulting in much higher adoption levels than other providers — and therefore providing the ROI these enterprises need.
Basware has been named as one of Europe’s most innovative and disruptive financial technology companies. The FinTech 50, compiled by a panel of industry and venture capital experts, contains companies representing a number of emerging technologies, such as mobile payment devices and currency exchanges.
Read MoreDEPANN 2000 is a French company with 160 employees which specialises in breakdown recovery. But that’s not why we find the company so interesting. The thing is, together with Accelya DEPANN 2000 has launched an e-invoicing project for its customers. That’s over 100,000 invoices we’re talking about here.
Read MoreSponsored by GXS, Stanford’s report “B2B Managed Services, Business Value and Adoption Trends” analyses the current state of B2B integration adoption and evaluates its potential growth. Engage earnest face: the report found that 96 percent of respondents felt managed services has added significant value to their overall B2B integration programs.
Read MoreZUGFeRD has been developed by BMWi, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and BITKOM, the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, and includes input from OB10. Using ZUGFeRD, OB10 is able to provide e-invoicing adoption to a growing number of German SMEs willing to start with e-invoicing and invoice automation.
Read MoreThe latest big news on EESPA’s MIA is that OB10 and Anachron have agreed to interoperate across the Benelux region with the Model Interoperability Agreement as the basis of their contract. The agreement between OB10 and Anachron will facilitate the exchange of e-Invoices through both networks.
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