Buyers and Suppliers
Peppol enables the efficient electronic exchange of standardised business documents such as invoices and purchase orders.
This is done by connecting public and private sector organisations through the use of Peppol-certified service providers, removing the barriers to trade created by closed (‘three-corner’) networks.
In short, we provide a set of document specifications that integrate global business processes. And we deliver the governance to make it work.
By automating manual processes, you reduce human error and drive down the cost per transaction (for example in eInvoicing).
Time previously spent querying invoices and searching for information on non-standard business documents can now be put to better use. Say goodbye to PDF attachments and filing cabinets full of paper.
Standardising the way information is structured and exchanged makes you more secure against fraud. The data you generate using Peppol is digital and searchable.
As well as invoices and purchase orders, Peppol has the potential to automate the exchange of any kind of business document, between any organisation, anywhere in the world.
We are a non-profit organisation. Whether you are a private business, small or large, or a public body, our goal is to drive growth and efficiency savings by enabling frictionless trade for everyone.
Our unique four-corner model
Peppol’s four-corner model is a game changer. Here’s how it works:
Step 1:
Choose your preferred Peppol-certified service provider. Or ask your current provider to adopt Peppol.
Step 2:
Connect and trade seamlessly with anyone on the Peppol network via the exchange of standardised business documents.
Click here for an up-to-date list of Peppol-certified Peppol Service Providers.
You only need one service provider to trade both at home and abroad. It does not matter which service provider you use to send and receive eDocuments. That means you’re free to choose the service provider that suits you best. Plus, by connecting organisations across disparate systems, Peppol creates a bigger pool of potential trading partners—a truly global, borderless network.
The old three-corner model, by contrast, requires sender and receiver to connect through the same service provider. This restricts choice because buyers often dictate to suppliers which service provider they must use in order to do business.
To use an analogy: this is like people with mobile phones needing to be on the same network provider in order to talk to each other. Furthermore, because every service provider has its own way of doing things, the three-corner model creates islands of eCommerce, each with its own set of standards and specifications.
Peppol connects these islands of eCommerce, providing a shared language and set of standards with which to do business.
No more end-to-end testing, an end to issuing multiple contract formats to multiple parties, and no more mountains of paper. Just fast secure borderless trade, saving you time and money.
That’s why more than 350,000 public and private organisations across the world already use Peppol.
Join the global network.
Ask your service provider about Peppol.
Key Benefits
- Get paid faster, increase efficiency and reduce costs. Automating manual processes reduces human error and drives down the cost per transaction
- Make your data work for you. The information you generate using Peppol is digital and searchable
- Swiftly adopted to handle eInvoicing and other core procurement tasks, Peppol has the potential to handle the exchange of any kind of business document.
- Freedom to choose the service provider that suits you best
- Time previously spent querying invoices and searching for information on non-standard business documents can now be put to better use. Say goodbye to PDF attachments and filing cabinets full of paper
- Trade in a shared language using standardised business documents
- Connect once to connect to trade with all organisations on the global network of Peppol-enabled service providers
- Standardising the structure and exchange of information makes you more secure against fraud.