In 2010, Odette published its Guidelines to eInvoicing Practices including an overview of national eInvoicing Requirements.
Since the publication of these Guidelines, the legal context
has evolved with the release of the VAT EU Directive 2010/45 and its implementation in national legislation of the EU member states. It is now
necessary to review the latest industry practices.
You will have read above about the recently published Odette Guidelines for Collaborative Forecasting which provide a methodology to improve the accuracy of demand forecasts. Now Odette Sweden has developed a practical tool which helps to put the recommendations into practice.
Odette recently hosted a delegation from the Japanese Automotive
Manufacturers Association (JAMA), who were in London to find out about
our latest activities and to learn about our experiences in implementing
several of our best practice recommendations.
The Materials Management Operations Guideline/Logistics Evaluation
(MMOG/LE) tool enables any organization in the global automotive supply
chain to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its Materials Management
and Logistics capability and performance.
For many years the
automotive industry has suffered from deficiencies in the holistic forecasting and planning process
that is used to determine the demand profile for parts and assemblies required
from the upstream supply chain. The impact of
inaccurate forecasts has come more sharply into focus as a result of
difficulties in the business climate coupled with greater
expectations from customers.
Odette now has a new website, providing Odette members, and
all others working in the automotive supply chain, with the tools, support and
information they need to adopt and implement Odette standards and services.
Freight Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) reporting has become an important topic, not only for the automotive industry,
but for the transport industry as a whole - yet there is often confusion about
which reporting methods to use and how to gather the necessary data.
More and more companies are now using the VDA training programme on Global MMOG/LE. The two-day
course explains
the purpose and structure of the logistics capability assessment tool
and allows
participants to practice completing assessments based on real life
use-cases.
Odette
has appointed CEDEX, provider of e-Autohub, the largest Chinese automotive
network, as a Registration Authority (RA) in China for the Odette Certification Authority
(CA).
The Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD) became an
Associate Member of Odette in 2006 in order to have a stronger voice in
the global industry. Vehicle makers in Turkey now play an influential
role in initiatives to improve supply chain integration and set the
industry standards which give all automotive manufacturing and supply
companies in Turkey greater access to customers across the world.