E-Businessnet
Efficiency improvement through digitalization
The indispensable EDI link for buyers and suppliers in the out-of-home segment in Belgium and the Netherlands
A trading platform created to reach buyers who do not have EDI functionality
A user-friendly platform that enables buyers to send orders to suppliers via the E-Businessnet web portal or through a direct system integration from the buyer’s ERP system
E-Businessnet is an addition to the existing EDI solution for the supplier
Suppliers can use the platform to send order confirmations, delivery notes, and invoices to the buyer
E-businessnet is a unique solution for wholesalers in the food industry in the Netherlands and Belgium. Not so long ago, a situation had arisen within this sector in which large (often multinational) suppliers had their own EDI solutions, while a large proportion of their customers did not (yet). These customers, usually wholesalers, placed relatively few orders as individual companies, but taken together all these relatively small orders formed an enormous burden on the suppliers’ back offices. For wholesalers, however, mainly because of the small number of orders, the costs of regular EDI solutions did not outweigh the benefits.
As a solution to this situation, E-businessnet was launched in 2013. It is a user-friendly platform that enables wholesalers to send orders to suppliers. Thanks to an integration between the ERP system and E-businessnet, orders can be sent directly from the wholesaler’s own ERP system. Alternatively, a wholesaler can also choose to send orders via the E-businessnet web portal.
The platform then enables suppliers to send order confirmations, delivery notes, and invoices to the wholesaler. Where this previously took place by telephone, fax, or email, this is now no longer necessary. Eliminating manual work reduces the margin for error and saves a great deal of time.
Productfeatures:
- Cloud-based platform: An extension of existing EDI infrastructure, not a replacement.
- Broad network: A single connection provides access to 300+ buyers/wholesalers in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Supported messages: ORDERS, APERAK, DESADV, INVOIC according to the GS1 Food standard.
- Connectivity via your EDI provider; plug-and-play.
- Web portal: Dashboards, order status, statistics, search functionality, news/publications.
- Multilingual: Dutch, English, French, German.
- Integration with GS1 DAS: Automatic product information visible to buyers.
- Benefits: No manual processing → fewer errors, faster processes; Cost savings: approx. €0.40 per order vs. €25–50 manual processing; ROI through lower operational costs and improved cash flow.
- Target groups: Suppliers – direct connection with hundreds of buyers; Buyers can place orders manually without their own EDI system or via integration with ERP.
- Proven technology, part of AGENA3000 (30+ years of experience).
Easy exchange of EDI messages
E-businessnet is an excellent solution for both wholesalers and suppliers. The wholesaler does not need to invest in its own solution, and the supplier gains access to a large market of 300 connected wholesalers in the Netherlands and Belgium for a relatively small fee. The supplier does not even need to be connected to A3 EDI; E-businessnet can be connected to any EDI solution the supplier uses.
Thanks to E-businessnet, wholesalers can now easily and efficiently exchange EDI messages with more than 150 suppliers in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Unilever
“Through automation, we save time and can deploy our workforce on other tasks.”
Nico Elings
“A very good system. Purchase orders are easily and automatically forwarded to the vendors.”