B2B Sending Flows

Which Flows are involved for Domestic B2G invoicing

For French domestic B2B einvoicing, 3 flows are concerned:

Communications between Seller and Billit for Domestic B2B

As a Seller/Supplier working with Billit, you only need to activate a limited number of communications.

Schematic overview of 3 types of Communication when using Billit API's:

Explanation of the Billit activities:

• A. API Submit / Send Invoice
  • Submit API content to Billit
    • positive result : status code 200 and OrderID are returned
  • Launch the sending of the Invoice : via API or automatic sending next day
• B. Capture feedback messages, options:
  • Perform API GET of the messages on a regular base
  • Activate webhooks
  • Or no integration needed, just view the messages on the MyBillit Billit user interface
• C. Send status back : payment received
  • When payment is received, this status is returned to the network via API

Global Process Overview B2B Domestic

When sending B2B domestic invoices from a French supplier to a French B2B customer, the the following 3 flows are involved:

As a Seller/Supplier, the communications with Billit are limited to the 3 communications above.

Below a diagram of the Global Flow allowing a more global understanding (sales invoice).

More information:

1. PPF
   • 1 : start with status exchange between Billit and PPF (Flux 6):
     • send status 200 (automatically done by Billit)
     • get status 500, 250 (stored by Billit in messages)
   • 2 : Ereporting Flux 1 (automatically done by Billit)
     • Billit ereport to PPF
     • Get return statusses 500, 250, 280, 281 (stored via Billit - messages segment)
   • 3 : Sending
     • 3a Sending (by Billit)
       • Sending of the notification 201 to the service provider of the buyer (flux 6)
       • Sending of the invoice Flux 2
     • 3b Return statusses
       1. Get return statusses 202, 203 (stored via Billit - messages segment)
   • 4 : Communication between Service Provider Buyer and Customer
     • 4a Service Providers delivers invoice to Customer (Flux 2)
     • 4b Service Provider Customer gets status from Customer (Flux6),
       • can be one or multiple status messages as there are several optional statusses
   • 5 : Payment
     • 5a Payment received by Seller notifications (Flux 6)
       • Notification sent to the Service Provider Buyer
       • +Notification sent to the PPF (status code 250)