Data Interchange Receives PEPPOL Access Point Certification for Public Sector E-procurement
PETERBOROUGH, England, May 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Data Interchange plc, a leading provider of B2B integration solutions, receives one of the first UK-based PEPPOL Access Point certifications providing customers with access to the PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) e-procurement community. Certification enables buyers and suppliers to exchange PEPPOL compliant documents via the Data Interchange Dinet Integration Network with any trading partner connected to the PEPPOL network, regardless of the Access Point used. PEPPOL does not replace systems already in use - it connects them. Once connected to the PEPPOL network, buyers and their suppliers can communicate electronically.
Public sector organisations are seeking to make cost savings during the procurement process, and as a result PEPPOL is experiencing significant uptake across Europe. In the UK, the eProcurement Strategy published by the Department of Health in May 2014 requires the use of PEPPOL across the National Health Service (NHS) for all e-procurement with its suppliers.
"PEPPOL is a key enabler to unlocking the cost savings that exist in public procurement. As the first solution provider to offer a PEPPOL Access Point in the UK, this underlines our commitment to the PEPPOL initiative and the importance we place in e-procurement," commented Ewan Friend, Managing Director of Data Interchange. "PEPPOL certification enables our customers to engage with a wider range of buyers, in particular governmental and public organisations."
PEPPOL, a European initiative, provides greater opportunities for supplier competition, lowering sourcing costs and enabling cross-border implementation of public sector e-procurement by facilitating the pre-award and post-procurement processes. It provides trading partners with structured, standardised electronic documents and a global document exchange network of PEPPOL Access Points. Focusing on the most complex elements of e-procurement, such as the provision of e-catalogues, e-orderings and e-invoicing, these business documents can be validated and processed, using solutions implementing the mandatory PEPPOL Business Interoperability Specifications (BIS).
About Data Interchange
Data Interchange is a leading provider of electronic data interchange (EDI) and integration solutions for over 4,000 global organisations, with over 25 years' specialising in automotive, manufacturing, logistics and local government.
Data Interchange solutions provide critical functionality for integration and data transformation, enabling global organisations to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners. Our portfolio includes solutions for supply chain and business integration, managed file transfer and e-invoicing.
Sandie Simms, +44-(0)1733-371311, Sandie.Simms@datainterchange.com
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