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July 2010: B2Boost is a sponsor of the EXPP European Summit, the European Congress for E-Invoicing and E-Billing taking place in Munich on October 11th and 12th 2010.

The EXPP annual event has quickly become the most significant e-invoicing and e-billing event in Europe where industry professionals meet to exchange experiences, learn about new technologies and discuss the latest sector trends.

May 2010: B2Boost has been appointed as a Technical Lead for the 'European Committee for Standardization' ('CEN') e-Invoicing Phase III Workshop

Lynn Nicholson, Director of e-Invoicing Services at B2Boost, has been appointed as Technical Lead responsible for the CEN's e-Invoicing 'Awareness and Promotion' project group.

As part of this role, Lynn will focus on increasing awareness and promoting projects aimed at bringing greater standardization of e-invoicing across Europe. This is a mission which has now become a priority in many EU 27 countries.

April 2009: GXS and B2Boost become partners

GXS and B2Boost announce the conclusion of a 5-year cooperation agreement for offering a unique combination of services to professional users in Europe.

The two companies will combine their efforts to propose to European retailers and suppliers of any size an access to state-of-the-art B2B e-commerce integration solution and services.

November 2009: B2Boost has recently delivered several key projects with its major customers with many more similar projects in the pipeline over the coming months. Our key objective remains delivering quality solutions to our clients and we are very proud of the consistently positive feedback we receive from our customer base as demonstrated by our recently updated testimonials.

August 2009: B2Boost is a sponsor of the 5th EXPP European Summit, the European Congress for E-Invoicing and E-Billing taking place in Amsterdam on September 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2009.
The EXPP annual event has quickly become the most significant e-invoicing and e-billing event in Europe where industry professionals meet to exchange experiences, learn about new technologies and discuss the latest sector trends.
At this event, B2Boost will introduce to the industry our new InvoiceGate program, a straightforward solution for quickly deploying e-invoicing in any company, regardless of its size.

August 2009: Monitoring sales and field inventory is a growing objective in the videogame industry as this business is becoming increasingly "hit driven". The challenge is to avoid out of stock situations whilst at the same time being able to quickly highlight and react to any lower than expected sell-through. B2Boost offers a perfect all-in solution for all types of professionals making it easy to visualise data and generate immediate stock replenishment proposals where required. The TRIM (Tactical Remote Inventory Management) is an integrated solution comparing actual store inventories with target values. The business and economical benefits are immediate for all trading partners.

May 2009: BT Global Services now uses B2Boost to extend e-invoicing services in Nordic territoires. The successful deployment in Benelux will now be replicated in Northern Europe.

April 2009: B2Boost adds 50+ new connections in Nordic countries to its network for a strong coverage of the videogame retail distribution in Northern Europe.

March 2009: EA and B2Boost agree to prepare an important Pilot Program in France to evaluate an e-invoicing "opt-out" strategy. The objective is to accelerate e-invoicing adoption for a better service to retail customers, faster processing and substantial gains for all partners.

February 2009: The Atari Distribution division now becomes Distribution Partners and will use B2Boost for a full outsourcing of incoming orders in most European territories, regardless of their format. Full outsourcing of invoicing is also being prepared for a launch during the summer.

September 2008: BT chooses B2Boost to deliver e-Invoices to all its Benelux customers.
In just a few weeks, B2Boost has implemented an e-Invoicing platform that centralizes data from the 10 different BT Benelux billing applications. BT customers can now access, 24/7, their legal e-Invoices and reporting files through a dedicated portal. Among other benefits, BT has shortened the total invoicing process by 10 days.

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April 2008: B2Boost becomes partner of EXPP, the leading European meeting point for users and experts of EBPP & E-Invoicing solutions and services, which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany on September 28th and 29th, 2008. Details on www.expp-summit.com.

August 2007: B2Boost is now completing the development of a specific VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) connector to serve growing distribution requirements. Through this connector, industry suppliers can now input planning data, automatically receive retail sales and inventory data, and generate proposed refill orders. The architecture and functionalities of this connector were successfully validated with Carrefour, making B2Boost the first company offering a ready-to-use VMI solution satisfying all the immediate needs of the largest retail chain in Europe and its suppliers in the videogame industry.

July 2007: At the request of a major operator in the industry, B2Boost is launching a prototype phase for securely exchanged shipping and dematerialized invoicing data between a large manufacturer of chemical products and its network of transporters. The goal is to completely eliminate the exchange of paper documents which have proven to be the direct source of a large number of errors, mistakes, delays and... aggravation !

June 2007: After a very long series of validation tests covering a particularly wide spectrum of security and data integrity aspects, Ubisoft has decided to clear the way to the deployment of a network of connections in several European countries. Ubisoft and B2Boost will now cooperate to establish links between Ubisoft and its partners for the exchange of several types of data files, drastically improving operational speed, accuracy and efficiency.

May 2007: The B2Boost network of connections is growing very fast. Hundreds of connections are now live in Europe (with many more in the pipe-line) reliably exchanging transaction data with European distributors and retailers. Thousands of error-free transactions are processed every day. And if any problem occurs our friendly monitoring staff will intervene within minutes. You can access all of this through one single connection to the B2Boost hub.

April 2007: Business associates were interviewed to say how their relationship with B2Boost works. We are very proud of the feedback received. Have a look here. What can we now do for you? Act now to save money and gain in efficiency. The time has come for you to join the early adopters of BTM (Business Transaction Management).

March 2007: Growing statistics... More than 1 million order lines and more than 100.000 sales and inventory reports were processed by the B2Boost platform during the fiscal year ending 31st March 2007. Zero error, zero data loss, zero delay, via one simple interface. Could that help you too?

March 2007: B2Boost e-Invoicing and e-Archiving are live... Production pilot tests are now running in Spain, Germany and UK. All green lights are on and we are readying for a large scale European deployment. Now your company can produce a single standard invoicing file and B2Boost will convert it automatically to the legal format, the language and protocol desired by your partner. Regardless of where they are located in Europe.

February 2007: More than 12 billion invoices are exchanged between companies every year in Europe alone. How many stamps, how many envelopes, how many errors, how much encoding work is that? B2Boost is in the final development stage for its highly innovative European platform, resolving in one single step absolutely all of your present and future e-Invoicing plans for 100% of your customers.

January 2007: Time to expand sideways. B2Boost strategy has so far been to concentrate first on the videogame industry. A business with a large number of actors, high seasonality factors and extremely quick inventory replenishment requirements. Now the B2Boost network of connections covers the market leaders on the supply side and 80% of European games distribution (in volume). B2Boost processes several different types of files : Orders, Dispatch Advice, Inventory Reports, Catalogues, Prices... Now comes the official, legal, fully dematerialised electronic Invoice. No more paper. All businesses are now welcome in the B2Boost network. This can make a huge difference to your bottom line...

 
Testimonials

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) moving away from paper based messaging and transactions is a big driver of efficiency for us (...) "

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Performance Improvement Consulting - Pieter Breyne
Senior Manager

" (...) Wij hebben ervaren dat B2Boost kan deliveren. Ze kunnen opleveren op tijd, met een deftige kwaliteit, er is een goede en vlotte samenwerking
(B2Boost have demonstrated to us that they are able to deliver on time whilst providing the highest standard of output. It was a very positive and open collaboration)
(...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) Currently, we as BT have 39% of our customers using e-invoicing services which of course has an impact on our working capital. Because we are now in the position to deliver immediately our e-invoicing (...) "

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) We want the flow of business transactions between EA and our trading partners to be seamless and to happen without any problems. Which is effectively what they are providing (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) Technically they are very high-tech but they also supported us to move this forward in terms of commercial development (...) "

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) They have high levels of expertise in their industry, their business (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) We did not have experience in e-invoicing and that's the reason why they supported us and this approach was really impressive (...) "

Electronic Arts - Dr. Gerhard Florin
Executive Vice-President & General Manager, International Publishing Electronic Arts

" (...) reliability is the word I would use most to define B2Boost. Because, to my knowledge, we have not lost an order since we started using B2Boost services. Which is quite remarkable (...) "

Take 2 Interactive France - Christian Bellone
Managing Director

" (...) B2Boost services are efficient, fast and professional, from technical and marketing viewpoints alike (...) "

Sega France - James Rebours
Managing Director

" (...) in terms of placing orders and order flow, B2Boost clearly increases our speed and efficiency (...) "

CodeMasters - Luc Bourcier
Vice President & General Manager, Southern Europe

" (...) they're always available. Every time we've sent them requests, major or minor, they've always been dealt with very quickly (...) "

Atoll Soft - Daniel Janssens
General Manager

" (...) the client can enter the B2Boost system at any time, view the latest updates, and know what he can order right away. This makes it very efficient (...) "

SCP France - Jean-Pierre Odonnet
Managing Director & Guy Bonnabé - IT Director

" (...) with the B2Boost system, I've never had any problems. The service is very stable, implementation was very fast and they constantly provide new solutions (...) "

Electronic Arts - Dr. Gerhard Florin
Executive Vice-President & General Manager, International Publishing Electronic Arts

" (...) B2Boost is a very responsive and has a tendency to be stubborn (if I may say so). They will never give up until they find a solution to answer your needs or problems (...) "

BT Global Services - Erik ter Horst
VP finance/CFO EMEA and Latin America

" (...) B2Boost was able to translate our needs into workable solutions and implement those solutions even when it didn't go as smoothly as it was planned to go (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) We give them challenges and they deliver even in those challenging environments and demands (...) "

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) Without the ability to transact electronically with our trading partners, we would not be able to do business efficiently (...) "

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Performance Improvement Consulting - Pieter Breyne
Senior Manager

" (...) De commitment, de professionnaliteit en de "excellence" zoals ze dat bij PwC noemen, dat zag ik ook bij B2Boost.
(We have found in B2Boost the level of commitment, professionalism and excellence that we strive to achieve at PwC) (...) "

Sega France - James Rebours
Managing Director

" (...) we're very happy to work with B2Boost and would not hesitate to recommend their services. In fact, our teams are doing just that! (...) "

SCP France - Jean-Pierre Odonnet
Managing Director & Guy Bonnabé - IT Director

" (...) my clients have definitely increased their productivity (...) as a logistics service provider, I save time and money when setting up new clients (...) "

Take 2 Interactive France - Christian Bellone
Managing Director

" (...) B2Boost truly represents savings in terms of time and money, the person in charge of administrative support now has time for other tasks. If we can reduce the time spent on administrative work, it's a plus (...) "

CodeMasters - Luc Bourcier
Vice President & General Manager, Southern Europe

" (...) but B2Boost's advantage over EDI systems in general is everything that goes on around it. In particular the flow of information (...) "

Atoll Soft - Daniel Janssens
General Manager

" (...) everything is automated and highly transparent. It's truly an integrated chain from client to supplier, which is perfect for us (...) "

Electronic Arts - Dr. Gerhard Florin
Executive Vice-President & General Manager, International Publishing Electronic Arts

" (...) I would clearly recommend B2Boost to other companies, even if I know I should not help competitors, but it's something that makes life a lot easier (...) "

BT Global Services - Erik ter Horst
VP finance/CFO EMEA and Latin America

" (...) We delivered together a project. And for me this word "together" is very useful in the relation between B2Boost and BT Benelux. That's how we felt it (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) We had to take some decisions within short time frame due to some business requirements and they were always there, delivering on time! (...) "

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) Their focus is very much about working with us and supporting us (...) "

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Performance Improvement Consulting - Pieter Breyne
Senior Manager

" (...) Ze zijn heel professionneel, committed. Die respecteerden ook altijd de timing. Die voorzagen altijd feedback. 100 % wat wij verwachtten in feite van een partner
(They are very professional and committed. They deliver on time and provide us with their feedback. That is exactly what we expect from a partner.)
(...) "

SCP France - Jean-Pierre Odonnet
Managing Director & Guy Bonnabé - IT Director

" (...) the interface is always identical, regardless of the target client or the contractor. This greatly facilitates communication between parties (...) "

Sega France - James Rebours
Managing Director

" (...) B2Boost is a very efficient service that allows us to save time and money by simplifying order processes and flow (...) "

Take 2 Interactive France - Christian Bellone
Managing Director

" (...) B2Boost's added value comes from exceptional speed, time savings and heightened security. Reliability is a key factor (...) "

CodeMasters - Luc Bourcier
Vice President & General Manager, Southern Europe

" (...) B2Boost is a professional IT service for companies. With an unparalleled knowledge of the video sector (...) "

Electronic Arts - Dr. Gerhard Florin
Executive Vice-President & General Manager, International Publishing Electronic Arts

" (...) by connecting all the retailers electronically on a single platform, B2Boost has made the whole process more efficient. The real added value is efficiency (...) "

Atoll Soft - Daniel Janssens
General Manager

" (...) instead of sending faxes and emails that could get lost, we see to it that their system and ours communicate via B2Boost and orders are processed automatically (...) "

BT Global Services - Erik ter Horst
VP finance/CFO EMEA and Latin America

" (...) They deliver what they promise, they even exceed your expectations (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) We have been described as "best in class" in the E-Pilot Prior Project with EC, due to the good services and the strong and efficient collaboration with B2Boost (...) "

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) They understand our business and they work hard on helping us (...) "

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Performance Improvement Consulting - Pieter Breyne
Senior Manager

" (...) Die waren ook technologisch heel sterk. Wat ze ontwikkeld hebben is toch een redelijk geavanceerde interface
(They are technologically very competent. The interface that they have developed is already highly advanced ) (...) "

Take 2 Interactive France - Christian Bellone
Managing Director

" (...) B2Boost is a terrific solution that I'd recommend with no hesitation to other companies, for its efficiency, rapidity and professionalism, not to mention its reliability (...) "

Sega France - James Rebours
Managing Director

" (...) B2Boost is a prompt, expert and efficient structure (...) "

CodeMasters - Luc Bourcier
Vice President & General Manager, Southern Europe

" (...) B2Boost is technically reliable and it has given us a wider perspective by not just restricting itself to being a technical service for taking orders via EDI (...) "

SCP France - Jean-Pierre Odonnet
Managing Director & Guy Bonnabé - IT Director

" (...) I'd rather not recommend B2Boost to a company similar to mine because it gives me a competitive edge (...) "

Atoll Soft - Daniel Janssens
General Manager

" (...) we most certainly save time. B2Boost has enabled us to allocate resources better and prioritise more essential tasks (...) "

BT Global Services - Erik ter Horst
VP finance/CFO EMEA and Latin America

" (...) You need to be able to adapt to that and to such a changing environment and still deliver what you promise. I think that's the core competence of B2Boost (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) We have a very transparent, open and direct relationship with them on a daily basis. They are really very flexible and we have a very strong relationship (...) "

Electronic Arts - Shaun Campbell
Director, European Category Management

" (...) Their role is about managing the flow of business transactions between EA and our trading partners. It is their specialty (...) "

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Performance Improvement Consulting - Pieter Breyne
Senior Manager

" (...) Die hebben er mede voor gezorgd dat het piloot project van de Europese Commissie een succes was
(Thanks to B2Boost, the European Commission pilot scheme was a success) (...) "

BT Global Services | Finance - Catherine Dubu
Head of Billing Operations Northern Europe

" (...) They deliver very cost effective solutions compared to the other competitors that we look at on the market (...) "

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