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Preface It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you the first of the European e-Business Lab’s Guides, the ‘European e-Invoicing Guide for SMEs’. The European e-Business Lab (EBL) is an initiative launched by successful organisations who are committed to sharing and improving e-Business best practices, adoption, standardisation and innovation. We monitor and gather business needs to improve the current electronic business ecosystem and work closely with European institutions, the public sector, solution and service providers to make sure that SME requirements are taken into consideration. For the first e-Business Guide, we chose to address an accelerating trend that will impact every company in Europe over the next few years. The trend is the automation of the invoicing process and is known as “e- Invoicing”. The intent of this Guide is to provide SMEs (and all organisations) with unbiased information and insight regarding the different aspects of e-Invoicing and practical guidance on how to begin. The Guide combines business, technical, practical, legal and compliance information in a way that interested SMEs can be armed with knowledge when making their own independent decisions to chart the best way forward for their business. AUTHORS: CARMEN CICIRIELLO Carmen Ciciriello is a Member of the European Commission (EC) Expert Group on e-Invoicing and of the EC Payment Systems Market Expert Group. She gathers and validates business requirements, providing an expert view of corporate needs in legislation and technology relating to e-Business. As Chief Executive Officer of SEPA International Ltd., Carmen promotes the vision of an integrated and competitive European e- Business ecosystem, advocating corporate needs and requirements with decision makers and regulators. Carmen is the Chairman of the European e-Business Lab. MAIRI HAYWORTH Mairi Hayworth is a Founding Member of the European e-Business Lab; previously a ten year member of the European e-Commerce Standards Board. Her career has spanned twenty-five years primarily managing transaction centres in a multi-national, cross-industry environment. She has been a driving force of e- Business solutions, global standards, and harmonisation of e-Invoicing legislation. Mairi has held senior management roles in operations, finance and information technology.
European E-Invoicing Guide for SMEs Contents ABOUT THIS GUIDE SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO E-INVOICING Chapter 1 - E-Invoicing Introduction to electronic invoicing and its benefits ........................................................................ 1 E-Invoicing behaviours and needs of SMEs in Europe ................................................................... 2 Key e-Invoicing initiatives in Europe ............................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 - Impact of e-Invoicing Impact on business ......................................................................................................................... 4 Impact on processes ...................................................................................................................... 4 Impact on technology ..................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 3 - E-Invoicing adoption models E-Invoicing evolution ....................................................................................................................... 6 E-Invoicing models ......................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION TWO: HOW TO GET STARTED Chapter 1 - E-Invoicing Checklist Define the scope ........................................................................................................................... 18 Assess Capability ......................................................................................................................... 18 Identify your e-Invoicing platform ................................................................................................. 19 Implement your solution ............................................................................................................... 21 Chapter 2 - Electronic Signatures Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 25 Electronic Signature Technologies ............................................................................................... 25 Electronic, Advanced and Qualified signatures ............................................................................ 26 i
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