Electronic invoices

Requirement

While most countries are introducing e-invoicing regulations for the public sector, France is going further and plans to make e-invoicing mandatory for all businesses by 2025. This will not only keep them in line with Directive 2014/55/EU, but will also bring the country cost savings and greater competitiveness in international markets.

In accordance with Directive 2014/55/EU, public sector contracting authorities must be able to receive and process invoices sent by private sector suppliers. Europe-wide, this affects 300,000 public administrations.

M3 solution

Users can submit their invoices electronically in the required format using an integration with Infor Localization Services Platform (LSP).

For each issued invoice and regardless of the invoicing function used, an invoice BOD is created by M3 and can be viewed by users in 'Invoice Header. Open' (CMS500). The invoice BOD is then published and sent to LSP using ION. LSP then generates a .json file with the Sent status. Connectivity to PEPPOL for the registration of the invoices is provided through the LSP web services gateway. Once connected to the PEPPOL network, organizations can immediately start sending electronic invoices immediately. Successfully sent electronic invoices receive the Forwarded status. PEPPOL Access Point connects participants to the PEPPOL eDelivery network and performs the electronic document exchange.

The ProcessInvoice BOD is used to handle the response files for outbound invoices that are generated using the PeppolAccessPoint format. This updates the invoice in ‘Invoice Header.Open’ (CMS500) through the INVBODMI API.

Configuration guidelines

Program ID	Program name	Description or comment
CMS500	Invoice Header. Open	All created and recreated invoices are displayed. See NCR 11227 for details about the process. For details on the consumption of the ProcessInvoice BOD to enable feedback from external portals for eInvoicing, see NCRs 12061, 12200, 12201.

See "M3 configuration for electronic invoicing" in the Infor M3 Core Configuration Guide for Infor Localization Services Platform.