Today I fielded ANOTHER call from a supplier that is frustrated with and challenged to support all the various buy-side e-procurement and e-invoicing solutions of their customers. “We’re a high volume shop,” they said, “it’s not practical for us to log into a dozen different portals to download orders and submit invoices.” To complicate matters, other customers of this vendor use a variety of networks such as OB10, Ariba and Xign. What they and a steady stream of vendors want is a solution for them, is a B2B e-billing solutions that their customers welcome. What they will probably have to eventually settle for is a partner that will allow them to funnel / dumb down/ build up the various buyers formats /channels down to one pipe of information. Lixto software does this in Europe for the auto industry. US-based Hubspan has also recently jumped into this market. But this is just a drop in the barrel for what is needed in this market to address the increasing demand from suppliers. Help wanted . . . . .
Help Wanted . . !
November 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: E-Procurement · Multienterprise Business Process Platform · Supplier E-Invoicing · The Business of Software · Transaction Enablement
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1 Bassam Alhakim // Nov 10, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I suggest openerp, very modular, and purchasing work-flows work great.
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3 Mikkel Hippe Brun // Nov 17, 2009 at 6:26 am
PEPPOL (Pan European Public Procurement) is a 30 million Euro EU pilot project with 18 partners from 12 countries. This pilot will go into production from May 2010 with a complete Internet based infrastructure for secure and reliable exchange of business documents. Standardized business processes and business documents are furthermore being implemented based on UN/CEFACT and OASIS standards. PEPPOL will pilot exchange of catalogues, order and invoices and more than 30,000 public sector buyers will be available on this infrastructure. This is the best shot we have at an infrastructure for interconnecting service providers across the world. This is not just a European thing! Go to our free 3-day conference in Malmo, Sweden in February next year. This is all about standards and forcing the market to convergence. Join up and we will succeed.
Regards
Mikkel Hippe Brun
Technical Director @ PEPPOL.eu
Chief Consultant @ Danish National IT and Telecom Agency
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