Festo C.T.E., part of the Festo SE & Co. KG industrial group, operates through the Festo Consulting and Festo Academy divisions. The company supports organizations in improving their performance and strengthening their competitiveness by combining ongoing innovation processes with concrete interventions in operational activities. In this process, personal development and the enhancement of professional skills play a central role.
The need for an efficient electronic invoicing system
Metz’s administrative department was experiencing significant operational difficulties due to manual processes, delays, and inefficiencies in the electronic invoicing cycle. In a constantly evolving regulatory environment with increasingly stringent requirements for submitting invoices to public administrations, the company identified the need to adopt a user-friendly platform that was fully compliant with legislative requirements.
Zen E-Invoices: the solution chosen by Festo C.T.E.
Festo C.T.E. has adopted Zen E-Invoices, Interzen Consulting’s platform designed to automate electronic invoicing management. This solution has enabled the company to equip itself with an integrated system capable of efficiently managing all phases of the process: from invoice creation to transmission to monitoring the status of digital documents, while ensuring operational reliability and full compliance with current regulations.
Implementation objectives
The main objectives that guided the introduction of Zen E-Invoices were:
- make administrative activities more efficient by automating the electronic invoice issuing process;
- ensure compliance with Italian and European regulatory provisions regarding digital invoicing;
- be able to count on continuous assistance for the timely management of any technical difficulties or critical issues.
The benefits obtained
Using Zen E-Invoices has resulted in several operational improvements:
- streamlining the invoicing process and significantly reducing errors thanks to the automation of administrative operations;
- clear and intuitive control panels that allow you to immediately view the quantity and status of issued invoices;
- greater visibility and control over the entire billing cycle, resulting in significant time savings for the administrative department.
The all-inclusive service for sending and receiving electronic invoices.
Festo C.T.E. chose Interzen to automate its billing cycle and offer the highest levels of security and compliance. In fact, Interzen is:
- NSO and SDI accredited intermediary
- OpenPeppol Member
- Access Point provider (AP) and Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) in the Peppol network.
The software is in the Cloud by Microsoft Azure and guarantees back up every 4 hours on different regions, system redundancy and disaster recovery.
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