Our specific requirements for EDI communication and integration relating to the transition to a central SAP system were solved in no time. Thanks to the collaboration between EDI experts at our central EDI unit and EDITEL CZ consultants with a deep understanding of the local Czech and Slovak environment, the transition had no negative impact for our EDI partners. Tomáš Mandík, finance director at LEIFHEIT CZ.
The solution
EDI Integration and Digital Archiving were considered the perfect combination to meet LEIFHEIT‘s requirements during the transition to SAP. EDI Integration takes care of converting EDI messages, while the unified EDI subset can be used for communication with SAP and the central EDI solution. All messages are tailored to suit the requirements of participating business partners. This approach, which was part of the collaboration between EDI experts at LEIFHEIT's central EDI unit and specialists from EDITEL CZ, allowed us to take into account country-specific requirements in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as the redirection of the product side to the current EDI solution. The exchange of all supported EDI messages, e.g. ORDERS, DESADV and INVOIC, was initiated with all participating business partners. INVOIC messages are signed with an electronic signature.
The combination with the Archiving solution by EDITEL was used to implement paperless e-Invoices, with an additional business monitoring and reporting function that evaluates confirmation messages received from the e-invoicing process, which are not transmitted in the SAP system and can easily be monitored by LEIFHEIT CZ employees via a web interface.