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Digital transformation
in transport

Digital freight documents are transforming transport and logistics by enabling paperless processes, real-time visibility, and more efficient data exchange.

Mandatory e-Invoicing: time to get on board

Belgium, Croatia, Poland, and soon France: the list of EU countries introducing mandatory B2B e-invoicing is growing rapidly. Companies in other European countries with subsidiaries in these jurisdictions also need to take action.

EDI in the fresh produce supply chain

EDI enhances the fresh produce supply chain by automating data exchange, reducing errors, and ensuring fast, accurate communication from farm to retailer.

What is eInvoicing

einvoicing simplifies invoicing processes, enhances efficiency, and ensures compliance. Discover how it can transform your business operations.

ERP and EDI: a practical guide to smooth integration

A practical guide to ERP and EDI integration, showing how seamless connectivity enhances automation, data accuracy, and business efficiency.

EDI and FMCG

EDI streamlines FMCG supply chains from warehouse to store shelves, enabling faster processes, real-time communication, and improved efficiency.

New documentation for the FA(3) KSeF 2.0 schema

The Ministry of Finance has published documentation on the new version of the FA(3) schema for the National e-Invoice System (KSeF) 2.0, which will come into effect on February 1, 2026. This documentation is a key resource for companies and e-invoicing system integrators who need to adapt their systems to the upcoming changes.

E-invoicing in Europe

The digitalization of invoicing is changing the reality of business throughout Europe. What at first glance seems like a regulatory requirement actually opens up new opportunities for companies to optimize processes and strengthens digital competitiveness.

eInvoicing
in France

Explore France's eInvoicing regulations and how businesses can streamline processes, enhance compliance, and boost operational efficiency through digital invoicing.

EDI in 2026:
How Electronic Data Interchange has changed over the past decade

e-invoicing
in Denmark

Understand the key aspects of e-invoicing in Denmark, including regulatory compliance and how businesses can leverage digital invoicing for efficiency.

How ViDA enables seamless
VAT transactions across borders

The digital future of VAT – ViDA as a catalyst for efficiency and transparency

Six key factors for a successful EDI integration

Maximize efficiency with a successful EDI integration. Explore six key factors that ensure seamless implementation and streamlined business processes.

What are EDIFACT messages?

EDIFACT messages standardize electronic data exchange. Explore their structure, benefits, and how they streamline business communication.

What is Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)?

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a key component of modern business processes. EDI digitizes and automates the exchange of business documents—such as orders, despatch advices, invoices, and more—between business partners. The goal is to create more efficient and integrated workflows in the procurement process through automation.

e-invoicing
in Austria

Understand the key aspects of e-invoicing in Austria, including regulatory compliance and how businesses can leverage digital invoicing for efficiency.

e-invoicing
in Poland

Stay informed on Poland's e-invoicing regulations and how businesses can streamline processes and ensure compliance through digital invoicing solutions.

e-invoicing
in Croatia

Explore e-invoicing in Croatia, including the regulatory framework and how businesses can enhance efficiency and compliance with digital invoicing solutions.

e-invoicing
in Czech Republic

Stay up-to-date with e-invoicing regulations in the Czech Republic and explore how digital invoicing can streamline processes and ensure compliance.

e-invoicing
in Germany

Understand Germany’s e-invoicing regulations and how businesses can streamline invoicing processes and ensure compliance with digital solutions.

e-invoicing
in Hungary

Stay informed on Hungary’s e-invoicing regulations and discover how digital invoicing solutions can improve business efficiency and ensure compliance.

e-invoicing
in Slovenia

Explore e-invoicing in Slovenia, including regulatory updates and how businesses can benefit from digital invoicing solutions to streamline operations and ensure compliance.

e-invoicing
in Slovakia

Stay updated on Slovakia’s e-invoicing regulations and explore how digital invoicing solutions can improve efficiency, ensure compliance, and optimize business processes.

e-invoicing
in Serbia

Explore e-invoicing in Serbia, including key regulations and how digital invoicing solutions can streamline business operations while ensuring compliance.

e-invoicing
in Belgium

Stay informed on Belgium's e-invoicing regulations and explore how adopting digital invoicing solutions can streamline processes and ensure compliance.

e-invoicing
in Italy

Stay updated on Italy's e-invoicing regulations and explore how digital invoicing solutions can simplify compliance and enhance business efficiency.

e-invoicing
in Netherlands

Explore the e-invoicing landscape in the Netherlands, including key regulations and how businesses can enhance efficiency and ensure compliance with digital solutions.

e-invoicing
in Spain

Stay informed on Spain’s e-invoicing regulations and how digital invoicing solutions can streamline processes, ensure compliance, and improve operational efficiency.

e-invoicing
in Romania

Explore Romania’s e-invoicing regulations and how businesses can adopt digital invoicing solutions to improve compliance, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.

e-invoicing
in Bulgaria

Stay updated on Bulgaria’s e-invoicing regulations and explore how adopting digital invoicing solutions can help businesses enhance compliance and operational efficiency.

e-invoicing
in United Kingdom

Explore the e-invoicing landscape in the UK, including key regulations, and find out how digital invoicing solutions can streamline processes and enhance compliance.

e-invoicing
in Sweden

Stay informed on Sweden’s e-invoicing regulations and explore how digital invoicing solutions can help businesses streamline operations and ensure compliance.

Delivery chains in automotive
manufacturing run smoothly

Depending on the model and make, an average car consists of roughly 30,000 parts. The pyramid of suppliers and subcontractors consists of several levels (Tier-1, Tier-2 etc.) and requires all involved parties to work together to perfection. Luckily, EDI is there to help and connect all parties with each other.

Highly automated processes and a paperless office

The coronavirus has turned paper-based processes upside down. While employees work from home, important paper documents and other things they need for their jobs are left behind at their offices. And this is just one of many challenges on the way to a paperless office.

7 reasons why your business should be part of
EDI's ongoing success story

Today, almost no business sector would like to operate without this ingenious and constantly evolving technology. But why is that the case?

Questions and answers about
XRechnung in Germany

If your company is a supplier to the German federal government, then there will be an important change for your invoicing. Federal agencies in Germany will no longer accept paper invoices, but require e-invoices instead.

Behind the scenes of the
EDI project delivery department

This is how I would succinctly describe my team in the project delivery department: we are a diverse group with high social skills that enthusiastically tackles new challenges in the area of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) on a daily basis.

Best practices: how to successfully connect pre-suppliers

Successfully connect pre-suppliers with EDI solutions, ensuring seamless data exchange and streamlined collaboration across supply chain networks.

EDI trends,
success driver in business

Stay ahead with the latest EDI trends, driving success in business through enhanced data exchange, automation, and optimized supply chain processes.

Digitalization in the
automotive industry

The automotive sector has always been at the forefront of EDI. The continuously growing exchange of business documents among business partners has helped to continuously refine and perfect this proven technology for the digitalization of the supply chain.

EDI in trade logistics

The interaction between different suppliers and the huge volume of data that has to be processed on a daily basis pose particular challenges for retail logistics. Electronic data exchange ensures that the data contained in orders, delivery notes and invoices can be processed as efficiently as possible.

Paperless along the supply chain

Digitalization of processes is more important than ever! Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) enables a completely paperless Order2Cash process - from the order to the invoice. But how does one work with the "tool EDI" in practice? And how does such a paperless supply chain work?

Is it time for you to
upgrade your EDI system?

Upgrading your EDI system can optimize business operations, improve data exchange efficiency, and enhance collaboration with partners.

Blockchain in logistics

Blockchain technology revolutionizes logistics by enhancing transparency, security, and efficiency in supply chain management.

EDI and the potential of blockchain technology

As a leading provider of EDI solutions specializing in the area of digital supply chains, EDITEL also thoroughly explores the blockchain technology and its potential. It is said to have enormous power in the supply chain.

Quality and security for
responsible data exchange

It is not only this crisis, which is hopefully merely temporary, that poses ever-growing challenges to the industry. An increasingly complex market environment, guidelines imposed by authorities, and fast-paced changes all force companies, especially SMEs, to be quick to adjust and evolve.

Working at EDITEL:
interview with Alexander Schaefer

Constant change is a given at EDITEL, which is one of the reasons why a strikingly high number of employees has worked at the company for so many years. No day is like any other. What always stays the same is our high quality standard.

What's a fax doing in the office?
Looking old!

The digital communication is on the rise, but even in the year 2021, 43 percent of surveyed businesses indicated that they used faxes "frequently" or even "very frequently." The surveyed businesses were not small companies or even one-person businesses as you might think.

Good interfaces
are crucial

To transfer information from one system to another, high-performance interfaces are key. In practice, data is usually exchanged via eXite, a centralized data hub that connects more than 20,000 businesses in central and eastern Europe.

On the right track to EDI

One of the many advantages of EDI is that it can be used by companies of any size and in any industry. Many different implementation options exist, depending on individual needs. An inexpensive option for SMEs and start-ups is Web-EDI.

How much do you know
about EDI?

Luckily, the use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is not limited to specific industries or company sizes. Almost every company can use it to optimize its digital supply chain, although first-time EDI users will probably encounter terms that require a bit of explanation.

EDI mapping as a success factor:
why this process is so important

Companies usually have different internal data structures. This is due to the fact that myriad different IT and ERP systems exist and that not all of them follow the same logic. Applied to the world of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), we could say that they speak different languages.

Exchange data
worldwide via eXite

Whether an Austrian automotive supplier provides parts to a German carmaker on a just-in-time basis or a produce manufacturer from Burgenland provides fresh merchandise to a large retail chain on a daily basis, eXite always works like clockwork in the background.

VAT law amended
by the Parliament

Discover how recent VAT law amendments affect e-invoicing and compliance. Stay updated on key regulatory changes impacting businesses.

Breakthrough in
e-invoicing in Germany

Germany is making strides in e-invoicing. Explore key regulatory changes, compliance requirements, and what this breakthrough means for businesses.

ViDA will not reach a political agreement in 2023!

The ViDA initiative faces delays, with no political agreement expected in 2023. Explore the implications for e-invoicing and VAT compliance in the EU.

VAT in the Digital Age
mandatory e-invoicing in the EU

The new system introduces real-time digital reporting for VAT purposes based on
e-invoicing, which will provide Member States with valuable information needed to step up the fight against VAT fraud, especially carousel fraud.

Paper invoices
can be stored electronically

Switching to digital? Find out how paper invoices can be stored electronically, ensuring compliance, security, and efficiency in invoicing processes.

Mechanisms for the failure of the
National e-Invoicing System (KSeF)

Poland’s KSeF e-invoicing system faces challenges. Discover the failure mechanisms, key issues, and their implications for businesses.

What does e-invoicing look like in other countries?

E-invoicing varies by country. Discover global approaches, regulatory differences, and how businesses adapt to digital invoicing worldwide.

EDITEL
+ the digital engine of logistics

EDI powers modern logistics by streamlining processes and ensuring seamless supply chain communication. Discover how leading companies use EDITEL’s EDI services to stay competitive and drive the future of Logistics 4.0.

True d-EDI-cation!

In today's fast-paced business world, time is a precious commodity. As a result, the key lies in optimizing and streamlining workflows. Businesses are constantly looking for ways to improve their performance and gain a competitive advantage.

eXite®: more than just data exchange

The data hub eXite® is well known for enabling worldwide and secure EDI communication with all business partners. And yet, there is much more to EDITEL’s EDI service than meets the eye!

EDI-based processes between
automotive suppliers and OEMs

Mobility is something we can no longer do without. We all want to get from A to B swiftly and easily, we want to be safe and of course comfortable. To succeed in the automotive industry, nothing can be left to chance because smooth supply chain processes are decisive.

How to choose the right EDI provider in 2026?

How to modernize road freight transport

Road freight transport can be modernized through digital solutions such as eCMR and EDI, enabling greater efficiency, transparency, and seamless data exchange.

Using EDI for e-commerce

What has been used in the brick-and-mortar retail business for decades is now a must-have in e-commerce as well. Professional retailers, suppliers, and manufacturers exchange orders, despatch advices, and invoices by using Electronic Data Interchange.

Transition to EDI:
first steps made easy

Experience shows that once a company has switched to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), hardly anybody wants to do without it. But before making the transition, major questions need to be addressed. After all, anything new involves a degree of uncertainty.

Switch from Web EDI
to an integrated solution

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) via an online portal can be an easy first step into the world of EDI. However, as the amount of business partners or the document volume increases, it usually makes sense to switch to an integrated solution.

How do e-invoices
to the federal government work?

Since early 2014, all companies that provide goods or services to one of the roughly 1,600 departments of the federal government in Austria have been legally required to issue their invoices in electronic format only. Invoices sent via fax or e-mail are not allowed because these documents cannot be processed electronically by the federal government.

Reducing costs
by switching to EDI

Wouldn’t it be highly convenient if you no longer had to exchange all orders, despatch advices, and invoices with your business partners by fax, e-mail or even mail, but everything happened automatically via electronic data interchange (EDI) instead?

Have a good trip with the
EDI standards

EDI is a language that is understood all over the world. EDI standards as languages are used by ERP systems at companies that rely on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to communicate with the entire world. The entire process takes just a few seconds and no "dictionaries" are needed.

Fit for the future with EDI -
environmentally friendly, of course!

The advancing digitalization gives a new sense of urgency to the sustainable use of resources in the area of IT. At EDITEL, we team up with our partners on a regular basis to launch initiatives and make business processes paperless and effective.

eXite data hub on a Christmas mission

This article is for anyone who has ever wondered how the bearded man from up north makes a true logistics feat happen each and every year. One of Santa's helpers has broken his vow of silence for an exclusive interview with EDITEL.