Business case EEI Platform
1. Introduction
General
Electronic invoicing and invoice automation promise to unlock major benefits for almost everyone.
Corporates, SME’s, banks, public administrations, service providers and even consumers can profit
from electronic invoicing. The most striking benefit would be the multi-billion cost savings across
Europe. Supplemented with a large amount of non-financial benefits, e-invoicing and invoice
automation can be a major enabler in contributing to European competitiveness.
Common practice across Europe nevertheless shows that the penetration and adoption of electronic
invoicing and invoice automation in Member States is relatively low. When it comes to European cross
border e-invoicing, it is even lower.
Three interlocking issues have been mentioned as major barriers to a successful penetration and
adoption e-invoicing across Europe. Firstly, the fragmented implementation of the e-invoicing
Directive into the legislation of the several Member States. Secondly, the lack of confidence in and
knowledge of operational issues surrounding e-invoicing. And thirdly, the fragmented standardisation
of e-invoices in Member States, Europe and even globally. This turns e-invoicing in and between
Member States into a fragmented, complex and costly instrument.
EEI Platform
Nevertheless several initiatives in Europe on e-invoicing and invoice automation, it stands out that
there is not a platform with a focus on sharing information, promoting members’ interests, building
social networks and obtaining knowledge.
The EEI Platform has that focus. With that focus, the EEI Platform has the ambition to support the
acceleration, penetration and adoption of e-invoicing.
This mission is carried out by deploying several instruments: an interactive magazine like website, a
forum, web meetings, brochures, social network groups and newsletters. Generating information,
interaction and promotion.
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2. Mission and objectives
The mission of the EEI Platform is to accelerate the awareness, adoption and penetration of e-
invoicing invoice automation and its related domains (payments, accounting, credit management,
archiving, authenticity) across Europe. Creating benefits and opportunities for its visitors, members,
partners and stakeholders.
In achieving this mission, the EEI Platform aims at several objectives that distinguishes the EEI
Platform from other initiatives:
- Communicating a flexible viewpoint on e-invoicing, refraining from developing a proprietary
viewpoint on specific issues, for instance: models, definitions or standardisation formats.
- Taking into account a diversity of domains surrounding e-invoicing such as payments, credit
management, archiving and authenticity.
- Facilitating the transfer of knowledge by organisations inside and outside the EEI Platform;
learning from each other and effectively raising the common level of knowledge on e-invoicing.
- Providing an interactive platform which can be used to broadcast (product) information and new
developments related to e-invoicing.
- Building networks and connections across Europe between SME’s, corporates, service providers,
banks, public administrations, tax auditors and policy makers. Expanding their portfolios and
interconnectivity possibilities.
- Connecting and cooperating with partner initiatives, providing added value for both the members,
partners and stakeholders of the EEI Platform.
- Promoting the interests of the EEI Platform Members on a pre-competitive level, not intruding the
interests of individual members.
- Giving the members and partners the possibility to create extra value by adding special features
for members and partners on the website, in newsletters, the forum and brochures.
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3. Activities and instruments
The EEI Platform has developed an activity and instruments framework that suits the objectives and
mission by applying corresponding instruments. This activity framework is based on a S.M.A.R.T.
approach: Specific, Measurable, Accurate, Realistic, Time based.
Framework
The activities can be divided into four segments based on their nature (knowledge or business) and
effects (internal and external). These segments can then be used to comprise the following matrix:
knowledge cluster business cluster
internal OBTAIN+KNOWLEDGE BUILDING+NETWORKS
external SHARING+INFORMATION PROMOTING+INTERESTS
Each member can decide for itself (1) if and (2) in which –combinations of- segments he or she would
like to engage. The EEI Platform ‘facilitates’ every member to the maximum extent, based on the
member’s input.
This implies that every member can ‘create’ and ‘direct’ its very own tangible and indirect benefits and
interests when pulling the strings on the EEI Platform. Discover the extended list of benefits in
paragraph 4 below!
Instruments
To achieve the ambition and objectives and to support the members’ interests, the EEI Platform
facilitates several instruments:
- magazine-like Web 2.0 website
- online forum
- e-mail newsletters
- digital brochures and fact sheets
- EEI Platform LinkedIN group
- Web meetings (starting January 2009)
These instruments are already in place. Packed with functionalities and opportunities to generate as
much benefits as possible for our members and partners. Visit our website www.eeiplatform for more
information.
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4. Benefits
As a member of the EEI Platform your organisation will receive the latest –background- information
from other members, partners and affiliates. Your organisation will be able to share information with
other parties, get access to several initiatives on e-invoicing in Europe and broadcast your products
and services.
The membership of the EEI Platform also enables your organisation to efficiently discover and connect
to organisations across countries in Europe. Expanding portfolios and interconnectivity possibilities.
The transfer of knowledge and insight might even prove to be helpful.
Some other benefits of the EEI Platform membership are:
Promotion
- Representation as an innovative organisation on e-invoicing, invoice automation and/or its related
domains.
- Representation as an organisation capable of creating fast benefits for corporates, SME’s, public
administrations and banks.
- An extensive profile page on the EEI Platform website. This company profile includes a description,
website, address, 125x125 logo, product names and sales department information.
- Your organisation logo is added to the main page of the EEI Platform website*, the newsletter*,
the digital brochures* and posters and pop-up banners. (*=hyperlink included).
- Broadcasting corporate and product information towards visitors partners, potential customers,
policy makers and competitors.
Information
- Be the first to receive new (technical, legal, fiscal, product) information, research studies,
developments and opinions on e-invoicing in Europe and its Member States.
- Get access to partner activities, initiatives and information.
- Get acquainted with local and cross-border products, services, policies and providers.
Participation
- Participate in (web) meetings and share your knowledge and information with others participants.
- Get connected with representatives from corporations, SME’s, banks, public administrations, policy
makers, service providers and even consumers.
- Participate in accelerating the awareness, adoption and penetration of e-invoicing in your country
and across Europe.
- Your organisation will be promoted as a participant of the EEI Platform.
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5. Interested?
Is your organisation interested in becoming a member of the EEI Platform?
Our value proposition and subscription form provides you with an overview of the membership
features, opportunities and investment.
Download:
- the value proposition.
- the subscription and investment form
Or contact us at:
- Internet: www.eeiplatform.com
- E-mail: info@eeiplatform.com
- Phone: +31 26 32 14 607 (Netherlands)
- Adress:
Office address:
Westervoortsedijk 50
6827 AT ARNHEM
The Netherlands
Postal address:
Brunelsingel 122
6841 KB ARNHEM
The Netherlands
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