1. SNI ZUGFeRD e-invoice for SAP
April 2017
A standards for electronic invoicing and other document
exchanges
e-invoice I e-Archive I e-Ledger I e-Ticket
2. SNI
About SNI
SNI is a Computer Technology Corporation focused on e-
invoice, SAF-T, SII, e-ledger, e-archive, and other
interfaces & technologies
‣ Founded in 2004
‣ Leading e-solution provider
‣ 300+ clients: 70% MNCs from 12 countries
‣ 40+ employees
‣ Providing end-to-end solution from development to
implementation & support
‣ Providing certified SAP add-ons and other integrated
software solutions
We service through offices located in the Netherlands,
Poland, Germany and Turkey.
The KEY Group is a strategic alliance partner and
international distributor.
3. • PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version and a subset of PDF that is meant for archiving
information
• The "A" stands for “Archive”
• In order to preserve the information in the file and to ensure that content is still available
after a long time of storage
• PDF/A sets a stricter standard than PDF
• PDF/A is different from PDF:
• Prohibiting features ill-suited to long-term archiving, such as font linking (as opposed to
font embedding)
• Metadata is embedded using the XMP format
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What is PDF/A?
4. • SNI SAP-ZUGFERD is a SAP add-on enabling electronic invoice exchange including structured
data in an efficient way
• ZUGFeRD is abbreviated for »Zentraler User Guide des Forum elektronische Rechnung
Deutschland«
• It is a new invoicing standard that will play a major role in efficient and effective electronic invoicing
• The goal of ZUGFeRD is to enable electronic invoice exchange including structured data in the
public and private sectors
• ZUGFeRD invoices carry both a human-readable representation (rendering) of the invoice as
well as a structured machine-readable XML representation
• The human-readable rendering is encoded as one or more PDF pages according to the PDF/A
(standard
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SNI SAP-ZUGFeRD Sub-Add-on
SNI e-invoice SNI ZUGFeRD Sub-Add-on
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Inbound e-Invoicing as-is / legacy process flow
Incoming
invoice
• Digital transmission:
e-mail, EDI, pdf,
webservice, xml etc.
• Hard copy
Retrieve Metadata
• OCR
• MANUEL ENTRY
• XML ,TXT, etc.
Financial
posting to SAP
• Filter
• Display
• Accept – reject
• Report
• Manual data entry
• Automatic
• Hard copy
• Soft copy where
regulation allows
Monitor invoice
The way companies transmit invoice differs according to Country legal standards,
Company’s IT standards & Business Decisions
Archiving
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How to improve
Incoming
invoice
• Digital transmission:
e-mail, EDI, pdf,
webservice, xml etc.
• Hard copy
Retrieve
Metadata
• OCR
Third party software, cost ,
workload
• MANUEL ENTRY
Data inconsistency & cost
• XML ,TXT, etc.
Third party intermediate
software
Financial posting
to SAP
• Filter
• Display
• Accept – reject
• Report
Additional user interface
or softwares needed
• Manual data entry
• Automatic
Data inconsistency and/or
additional programs
needed.
• Hard copy
• Soft copy where
regulation allows
Space requirement,
additional hardware &
softwares
Monitor inc
invoice
SNI SAP-ZUGFeRD meets all requirements
Archiving
7. • One single system for all processes
• One Single user interface (SAP)
• SAP certified add-on
• Sign & archive on SAP
• No longer a need for:
• OCR
• IDOC, EDI, etc.
• Smartforms
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Main Benefits
Outbound Benefits Inbound Benefits
No SAP Script Development for printing/sending
output
No OCR needed
No SAP Smartform Development for printing/
sending output
Output data is accessible and inbound posting
is possible
No Idoc, EDI or similar development for
integration
No need to keep paper
Data can be sent via Web service, or file based
technologies like email, Ftp, sFtp..
Output data will be accessible via PDF and Xml
any time
Digital signature Supported files (Xades,
Pades)
13. Outgoing e-invoice
• Display Invoice - we can see the e-invoice documentation in the system
• Display Ref. Documentation - we can see the information regarding invoice on VF03 screen
• Documentation Details - we can reach out to detailed information regarding documentation
• Confirm Invoice - it is used to seal the e-invoice documentation
• Send Invoice - it is used to send an e-invoice
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SNI SAP ZUGFERD e-invoice SAP Menu
22. • We offer a TURN KEY solution:
• Implementation in 6-7 weeks
• Training in English
• Support & Maintenance (one year free, yearly renewable)
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SNI SII Implementation
23. ✓ Online Helpdesk
✓ Dedicated Project Manager
(SPOC -Single Point Of
Contact)
✓ 2 hours response time for
first priority issues
✓ Mail tracking
✓ Ticket Reporting
❑ SNI provides yearly maintenance agreements (optional) for consecutive years
❑ Maintenance Services include version upgrades due to legal changes and bug-fixing
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Support & Maintenance - Online helpdesk
24. The integrated SAP add-on characteristics
✓ Fully integrated in SAP without an external interface or use of external software
✓ SAP release and upgrade independent; implemented without core modification
✓ Globally registered «/SNI/» namespace for all objects
✓ ABAP is the programming language, English is the product language
✓ Installation done simply by external transport file
✓ All developments under a package
✓ XML data stored in /SNI/ tables
✓ Compatibility – working with XI/PI or e-invoice integrators
✓ Standard SAP functionality (variants, selection screens etc.) available
✓ Standard SAP authorization used
✓ User-friendly screens
✓ Own customised tables
✓ Own transaction codes and menus
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