What is Peppol?

Peppol is a reliable and effective communications network that has been successful in harmonizing communications between companies from different countries.

Select topic

Peppol

Originally, Peppol was designed to make public procurement between companies and administrations more interoperable in a European context, facilitating the operations between suppliers and public administrations throughout Europe. It was not for nothing that the acronym of the system was based on the definition "Pan European Public Procurement On Line".

Today Peppol has transcended European borders and has become a system adopted by countries such as Australia, Japan and Singapore.

Its scope extends beyond the interaction between companies and public administrations, consolidating itself as a transversal communications network widely adopted in both B2B and B2G environments, allowing global interoperability and integrating transactions exchanged between partners around the world.

What is openPeppol?

OpenPeppol is an international non-profit organization responsible for the development and maintenance of the Peppol specifications.

It has public and private members with the idea of ensuring interoperability in public procurement and B2B environments, with the goal of contributing to the development of a global digital marketplace.

What objectives does PEPPOL have?

  • Solve the problem of interoperability in e-procurement and promote transparency.

  • Automate business processes, both with the public and private sectors.

  • Help companies, especially SMEs, to become more competitive globally.

  • Achieve a single digital Marketplace

Peppol's Infrastructure

Peppol is built on 3 essential pillars:

Peppol Network (Peppol Transport Infrastructure)

It is an infrastructure with multiple interconnected nodes that enable public and private procurement processes worldwide. These are the components of the Peppol infrastructure:

Access Points (APs): Access points must be certified by OpenPeppol. Specific protocols and defined standards are used to conform the electronic documents. Any transaction issued from an AP must be received by another AP, so that communication through this infrastructure can only be done via Access Points.

Service Metadata Publisher (SMP): It is a decentralized registry that provides information about the access points and types of messages that a Peppol recipient can receive. These services contain the addresses and available metadata of users connected to the Peppol network.

Service Metadata Locator (SML): Central register that defines the SMP containing the information of each partner in an electronic data interchange. Each partner has a unique identifier in the form of a URL through which the Access Points locate the SMP and the access point to the receiver of the transaction.

Peppol Interoperability Specifications (BIS - Business Interoperability Agreements)

The standard adopted by the Peppol Network is known as Peppol-UBL, which is a variant of the "Universal Business Language" developed in XML.

Peppol has developed a series of interoperability specifications between companies to standardize the exchange of documents: electronic catalogs, purchase orders, shipping notices and electronic invoices. These requirements are set out in the Peppol-BIS (Business Interoperability Specifications) document, based on the analysis of the CEN BII (CEN Workshop on Business Interoperability Interfaces).

Agreements and Legal Frameworks (Peppol Transport Infrastructure Agreements)

These are agreements between the parties involved in the infrastructure to implement the Peppol specifications. The agreements will ensure that the parties involved in the network act responsibly and transparently in the interest of the community. The SMLs and SMPs are designed to provide users with all the information they need to complete the exchange processes correctly.

What should be taken into account when contracting a Peppol Access Point?

In addition to accreditation as an Access Point to operate with other Peppol access points, EDICOM is part of the framework agreement of the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the British government's trade agency. This gives us the ability to work with any British public sector agency.

SMP servers contain the addresses and available metadata of users connected to the Peppol network. All those who are part of this network must be registered in an SMP. EDICOM has SMP (Service Metadata Publisher) server certification, which enables it to manage its own identifier infrastructure in the PEPPOL network connected to the SML (Service Metadata Locator).

EDICOM has its own AS server, accessible to all customers who need to connect with their interlocutors through this protocol.

EDICOM has certified its AS.x server (EAS Server) and is approved to use the AS4 protocol with customers who wish or require it in communications with their interlocutors.

EDICOM specializes in the development of international projects. Its certifications as Access Point for the Peppol network, and its broad portfolio of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) technology services and solutions are a guarantee for tackling electronic data interchange projects based on this network or any other communications model in an international context.

Choose a partner that offers a scalable solution to other regions of the world, with the capacity to integrate models adjusted to customer and regulatory requirements in any country. EDICOM offers you a comprehensive solution with different EDI, e-invoicing and VAT compliance capabilities globally. Our clients have access to different services and can apply them to their management according to their business needs.

When faced with complex projects, companies may tend to break them down into smaller parts and assign each area to a different vendor. A centralized provider has many advantages, provided it can offer a comprehensive, flexible, and scalable solution. One of the benefits of having a global provider such as EDICOM is the ability to centralize all electronic communications, even if the company operates in several countries.
Thus, an Italian company operating in Spain, France or any other country can centralize its compliance communications solution in a single provider such as EDICOM, delegating to it all the technical complexity associated with format translation, message routing or acknowledgment integration according to the logic defined in each B2B and B2G project.

Benefits of Peppol

Reduces Economic Costs

Reduce economic costs
With the use of Peppol, there is no need for different solutions to adapt to the technological specifications of the partners, which represents an economic saving.

Connects to any partner in the Peppol network

Interconnections and document exchange are possible with any company or public body. In addition, data security is guaranteed.

Simplifies, streamlines and automates business processes

Peppol and EDI are an open door to automation. Sales and administration departments reduce their workload and can focus on tasks that add value to the company. 

Increases the global competitiveness of businesses

On the one hand, companies using Peppol can exchange data with partners in different countries without difficulty. On the other hand, Peppol adoption is just the tip of the iceberg. Once businesses make the technological leap, they continue to move towards other paperless processes.

EDICOM is a certified Peppol Access Point

EDICOM’s Access Point accreditation qualifies us as an access point to the Peppol platform and the rest of the network's Access Points. Through this platform, private companies and member public entities can exchange electronic documents of any kind (invoices, purchase orders, shipping notices, price catalogs, etc.). These business processes are carried out in a standardized or interoperable manner.

EDICOM Peppol Access Point

Subscribe to our newsletter

EDICOM Group will use the personal data collected to answer questions/or manage the services requested. You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, opposition, restriction and portability of your data in accordance with the provisions in the Privacy Policy.

I agree to be contacted

Sending

Please wait. This may take several seconds.

The form has been sent successfully.