Wednesday 13th January, 2016

Basware has added two new services to its Basware Commerce Network. With the global launch of these new services, buyers and suppliers will find it easier to connect, transact and manage trading relationships over the network.

The Basware Commerce Network is more than just an infrastructure for e-invoicing. As the largest open business network in the world, it acts as a marketplace connecting 1 million companies across 100 countries, helping organisations of all sizes grow their business and improve cash flow.

The first feature, the Business Directory, allows businesses signed up to the Basware Commerce Network to easily search and find any trading contacts, such as suppliers and customers, and add them to their personal e-invoicing address book. This will boost further adoption of e-invoicing and bring greater payment efficiencies.

There are two ways to use the Business Directory. The first is simply to search for your customer or supplier manually by typing their name into the search field. Once found, it’s just one click to ‘Add to My Network’. The second method, to be introduced during the second quarter of 2016, is to import a list of your suppliers or customers and let the network match them against the entire Business Directory.

The second feature is the Vendor Manager – a tool for larger organisations to provide self-service for vendors to manage their own data on the network. Vendor data maintenance is a key challenge for both Accounts Payable and Procurement functions in an organisation.

In effect, buyers empower businesses in the supply chain to manage key data required to process and pay invoices to the right accounts, on the right terms and in a timely manner. In making the changes themselves to certain fields, they can get paid more efficiently.

"By adding more valuable services and capabilities to our network, we’re creating an exciting marketplace that is changing the way business is done. More tightly linked financial and informational supply chains are creating new opportunities for business growth and working capital management," said Ilari Nurmi, SVP, Products & Services at Basware.