Orange Business Services,
certified provider of European Network Exchange (ENX) services to many
companies in France, has announced that their service will shortly be discontinued.
This means that many users will be searching for an alternative solution in
good time to ensure that there is no disruption to their EDI exchanges. The
Odette file transfer protocol OFTP2 offers a cost effective and reliable
alternative solution tailored to the needs of automotive companies of all
sizes.
The deployment of standard
digital messages to support communication across all Finished Vehicle Logistics
processes continuesacross the industry
with more implementations planned. Odette and ECG are also planning the next
steps to help automotive companies and finished vehicle LSPs streamline their
invoicing processes and meet the upcoming ViDA regulatory requirements.
An increasing number of EU member
states are obliging their companies to be able to receive invoices in a
structured electronic format (often according to the EN16931 standard invoice).
Use the Odette Invoice Viewer
& Converter if you need to accept UBL and CII invoices from your business
partners but are not ready to process them. The tool is available free of
charge.
The European automotive industry
fully recognises the benefits to be gained from eInvoicing, after all, we have
been doing it for the past 40 years! We also recognise the desire of EU tax
authorities to introduce a single eInvoicing standard in an attempt to close
the so-called ‘VAT Gap’ but we must
strive to ensure that current, well established automotive eInvoicing practices
continue to be accepted. We are pleased to report that progress is being made
on this front.
The European automotive industry
fully supports the introduction of more sustainable practices to minimise the
negative environmental impacts of non-optimised packaging and non-recyclable
packaging waste. At the moment, however, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste
Regulations (PPWR) present the industry with an unclear roadmap which is
hampering our collaborative efforts to develop solutions which are both efficient
and legal. We therefore continue our attempts to influence the law makers to
modify certain aspects of the legislation to make it more readily applicable to
automotive packaging practices.
For various reasons, including
concerns about safety, quality and recyclability, Governmental Authorities,
Vehicle Manufacturers and Battery Suppliers all want to be able to uniquely identify
the individual components which make up a complete EV battery pack. To assist
in the collection of data, Odette has published a standard digital message for
Battery Data Exchange.
The next Forum AutomobilLogistik, FAL2025, will take place
on 18 & 19 February at the International Congress Centre, Dresden, the
centre of the German semiconductor industry. Visit the Odette Stand to learn
more about our latest Supply Chain collaboration initiatives.
AI mania has infected virtually everyone in the past 18 months and will surely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. It certainly has the potential to take over many of our administrative tasks but what will be its impact on supply chain operations? We have seen other technologies looking for a problem to solve, come and go, but this one seems here to stay and Odette has also embarked on the AI journey.
The EU ViDA legislation is fast approaching and the non-alignment of the proposed legislation with current automotive industry practices would undoubtedly generate significant costs for all actors of the automotive supply chain. Odette is therefore working with CEN (European Committee for Standardisation) to integrate automotive requirements in the legislation and to protect 40 years of successful experience with B2B invoicing via EDI.
The electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Regulation is a significant contributor to the tsunami of regulations currently hitting or approaching the automotive supply chain. It is essential that automotive processes are taken into account in the implementation of the regulation in order to minimise disruption and avoid additional cost. Odette is on hand to ensure that the regulation can be implemented as smoothly as possible by our member companies.
