B2BGateway to sponsor NetSuite SuiteConnect EMEA in London

B2BGateway will be sponsoring SuiteConnect EMEA which takes place on October 11^th in the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London.

SuiteConnect EMEA is a NetSuite conference for clients and partners located in the European, Middle East and African regions. The conference promises to give attendees insights from NetSuite’s seventeen years of delivering cloud solutions to over 30,000 organizations globally, learn how to stay current with new trends and findings from Frost & Sullivan and to network with over 800 attendees. Guests will also be able to attend dedicated industry vertical breakout sessions as well as visit the exhibition hall to meet with NetSuite partners and their solutions. The keynote address will be delivered by NetSuite CEO, Zach Nelson, who will speak on how modern global companies are thriving in the cloud economy.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) has become best business practice in the transfer of electronic business documents such as Purchase Orders, Invoices, Advanced Shipping Notices (ASNs), Inventory Updates, etc., between trading partners and is highly popular in market verticals such as Wholesale Distribution, Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Automotive and Finance.

By integrating with B2BGateway’s cloud based EDI solution the NetSuite user can be compliant in all internationally recognized EDI standards and communication protocols such as EDIFACT, Eancom, Tradacoms, ANSI X12, oioUBL, PEPPOL, VAN, AS2, etc. The B2BGateway EDI solution is built into the NetSuite dashboard and full integration removes the need for the user to re-key data when exchanging electronic business documents with trading partners, leading to greater accuracy, increased labour efficiencies and expediting the ‘order-to-payment’ cash cycle with customers.

For further information on B2BGateway's cloud based, fully integrated EDI solutions for NetSuite please visit https://www.b2bgateway.net/edi-for-netsuite/

NHS adopts PEPPOL standards to enable eProcurement with Suppliers.

The NHS (National Health Service) in England recently announced the NHS eProcurement strategy, establishing actions to improve NHS data and information, requiring the use of PEPPOL specifications throughout the healthcare sector for eOrdering, eInvoicing and Advanced Shipping Notifications (ASNs).

PEPPOL stands for “Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line”. PEPPOL is a large scale pilot project that was initiated by the European Commission and is designed to facilitate electronic procurement (including e-invoicing) in Europe. PEPPOL makes e-Procurement easy as it provides a solid infrastructure for exchanging e-business information based on standards for electronic messaging.

One of the four publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, the NHS in England provides healthcare to every legal resident in England, with most services free at the point of use. For 2014/15, the NHS England revenue budget is set at around £110 billion (US $188 bn).

The NHS eProcurement strategy is part of the Procurement Efficiency Programme. This programme sets out the actions to help the NHS save £1.5 billion by the end of the financial year 2015-2016. The new NHS eProcurement strategy will adopt PEPPOL data standards as well as GS1 barcoding standards.

GS1 is an international not-for-profit association with Member Organisations in over 100 countries. GS1 is dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across sectors. The GS1 system of standards is the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world.

If you would like to know more about the PEPPOL standards or if you trade with the NHS, please contact B2BGateway (an approved OpenPEPPOL provider) on +353 61 708533 or email Sales@B2BGateway.Net for further details.

What is PEPPOL?

B2BGateway has recently been selected by the Irish Government to partner with the National Procurement Service (NPS) and Office of Public Works (OPW) in delivering a pilot e-Invoice project as part of the overall EU PEPPOL project. But what is PEPPOL?

Initiated in 2008, the Pan-European Public Procurement Online (PEPPOL) project has been developing and implementing the technology standards to align business processes for electronic procurement across all governments within Europe, aiming to expand market connectivity and interoperability between eProcurement communities.

PEPPOL enables access to its standards-based IT transport infrastructure through access points, and provides services for eProcurement with standardised electronic document formats (based on UBL and CEN/BII) PEPPOL’s vision is to enable businesses to communicate electronically with any European government institution in the procurement process, increasing efficiencies and reducing costs.

Through agreement on specifications for cross-border procurement processes, the European Commission’s pilot project PEPPOL has contributed to the development of a pan-European, standards-based IT infrastructure. PEPPOL has not replaced, but built upon, the existing strengths of national eProcurement systems by using information and communication technologies to enable them to connect with each other.

PEPPOL does not compete with IT service and solution providers. In fact, IT companies will be the key enablers of PEPPOL's connectivity, offering new, value added services and solutions to their clients.

As an open standardised platform, PEPPOL's infrastructure has been designed to interconnect existing networks and bridge individual eBusiness islands in Europe. PEPPOL increases business opportunities for participants and supports interoperability across borders. It facilitates electronic communication among European companies and government institutions.

For further information on e-Invoicing for suppliers of government/public sector departments please email Sales@B2BGateway.Net or call B2BGateway's EU offices on +353 61 708533