eConnect & Corporatieketen.nl go for e-invoicing in the housing association sector

Woerden, November 30, 2021 - eConnect, market leader in the field of e-invoicing and Corporatieketen.nl, SaaS solution for organizing and facilitating the chain process within housing associations and construction and installation companies, are joining forces. Together they ensure a secure invoice flow between corporations and suppliers.

Corporations currently mainly use e-invoicing in the form of invoices, which are exchanged as part of a DICO integration. DICO is the messaging standard for digital communication between chain parties in the construction and installation sector. By using this messaging standard, companies can exchange messages between their computer systems safely, efficiently and error-free. Currently, only the invoice flow surrounding 'Daily Maintenance', such as repair requests, is covered.

Corporatieketen.nl, together with eConnect, now ensures that all invoices, including cost invoices for energy and telephony, for example, are delivered securely in the form of an e-invoice. "Housing associations have now discovered the benefits of e-invoicing in collaboration with parties from the construction and installation sector. With the eConnect solution it is now also possible to receive and process e-invoices from suppliers from other sectors in a secure manner. It is also a solution that takes into account the specific requirements that the housing association sector places on incoming invoices. In short: this solution is unique and specific to the housing association sector!”, says Bertus Meijer, founder of Corporatieketen.nl.

Collaboration with eConnect

For this purpose, Corporatieketen.nl has access to the secure Peppol network via eConnect. This network is used for the secure and cross-border receiving and/or sending of, among other things, electronic invoices and purchase orders between companies among themselves and European Governments. Customers of Corporatieketen.nl have the option to only receive e-invoices. These are automatically processed in the customer's ERP solution. Johan Schaeffer, founder of eConnect, is proud of this collaboration: "The processing of invoices is truly automatic: the invoice is posted within a few minutes of receipt, so the administration is always up to date. In case of doubt or a remarkable there will be a signal in the invoice, so that all attention can be paid to the exceptions. Industry-specific invoices are also booked correctly via the Corporatieketen.nl solution.

Benefits of e-invoicing

E-invoicing offers many benefits for both the sender and recipient. It is safe, because e-invoices are sent via the secure Peppol network. Everyone who works with Peppol in the Netherlands is identified by a unique characteristic. In the Netherlands this is in most cases the Chamber of Commerce number. In addition, it is accurate. Invoices are immediately read into the financial software without errors. Moreover, it has been proven that e-invoices are paid faster.