E-invoicing Flashback: hot topics in 2008 [part 1]

It was Spanish philosopher. essayist, poet and novelist George Santayana who said that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. In other words, if we do not study the past and learn from it, we will make the same mistakes over and over again. Only by learning from what has happened before can we make progress and stop repeating things that don’t work.

The history of e-invoicing and AP Automation

We believe that the same goes for e-invoicing. Let’s see if we can help you appreciate the recent history of e-invoicing and AP automation. And then it’s up to you to not repeat the past and move forward into the future.

We will start off your historical journey with a post of THE hot e-invoicing and AP automation topics in 2008.

December 2008

• First version of the eProcurement map including eInvoicing available
• EC: Action Plan on e-signatures and e-identification

November 2008

• SEPA and e-Invoicing: ECB progress report 2008
• European Commission: webpage on e-invoicing
• First release of OASIS UBL 2.0 IDD begins public review
• CEN / Adobe: Intelligent PDF and XML for legally valid electronic invoicing
• EU: Prototype IDABC eInvoicing and eOrdering project ready
• e-Invoicing adoption continues to skyrocket

October 2008

• Research: the intermediairies’ value creation for e-invoicing users
• Survey shows that German users are not yet familiar with e-invoices
• Commission launches survey to assess up-take and experience of Public eProcurement
• Draft Good Practice Guidelines: how to comply with e-invoicing regulations?
• Case: NemHandel - Open Infrastructure for Danish E-Business
• Commission proposes clear legal framework for innovative payment solutions
• Study: E-invoicing and supply chain financing to boost bank revenues after SEPA
• E-invoices gain popularity
• Corporate finance benefits from SEPA going electronic

September 2008

• EC workshop eProcurement solutions in Vienna
• Industry standards could be years away, says Clearstream
• Joint initiative to create a European e-invoicing solution
• E-invoicing implementation hampered by regulatory compliance requirements in Europe - study
• E-invoicing could help businesses cut costs as they brace themselves for recession
• How green is your invoice?
• Compliance complexity inhibits implementing e-invoicing
• European Commission and e-invoicing
• Legal uncertainty hinders electronic invoicing, says EU task force
• Finland still lagging behind in consumer e-invoicing
• eInvoicing: VAT – Review of existing legislation on invoicing

August 2008

• Future trends in electronic invoicing
• European Payment Council clears up Sepa for Cards confusion
• A Control Framework for e-Invoicing
• eInvoicing initiatives in Finland and in the EU

July 2008

• Beyond business as usual
• Infrastructures for electronic invoicing in B2G transactions
• Expert Group on e-Invoicing: “There is no future for paper invoices!”

That’s all folks. We started publishing mid 2008, so the period from January to June 2008 will remain an e-invoicing mystery forever and ever.