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Was founded in 1945. It counts 1200 manufacturers in the electrical supply chain, with a consolidated turnover of 5.5 billion of euros (end of 2014)
METEL - acronym for Materiale Elettrico Telematico (Electronic Telematic Material) - was established in 1993 with the aim of offering the market standardization of procedures for the creation and management of documents related to the order cycle, from price lists to electronic invoicing.
They are employees or consultants of manufacturers, wholesalers, and agents operating in the market with commercial, logistical, and IT skills, as indicated by the members of Metel.
The Metel standard is an intellectual property of Metel based on international communication standards such as EDIFACT.
USEFUL for suppliers, distributors, and agents.
The Metel Data Pool is a comprehensive and downloadable database of more than 3.7 million catalogued products. Using the ETIM International classification, it’s easy to enrich the basic information for sales, purchasing, and logistics, and distribute product information in various formats.
Once a company has generated its own product price list in the Metel standard, it can distribute it to customers through the MDP portal. The information is always up to date and available.
It is a system for generating, certifying, and publishing product price lists in the Metel standard. It is a web app that allows users to create a Metel price list starting from an EXCEL or CSV format.
A web app for all companies in all sectors.
It is an international merchandise classification composed of groups and classes (2 levels). For each class, it includes a certain number of technical characteristics that can be enhanced with free text or with tabular values provided by the standard itself. MDP contains ETIM information and makes it available through Metel channels or within a BMEcat file. Metel is on the board of ETIM International for the electrical and lighting sector.
It includes the article codes of major low-voltage cable manufacturers who have adopted a standard nomenclature (CEI). Born from an agreement between ANIE and FME, it associates manufacturers' article codes with a unique code expressed in 16 characters: the CEI code of the cable, the color (RAL), the type of packaging (coil or reel), and the quantity in the packaging.
ElectroGoal is a combination of services specifically formulated for sales representatives that enables them to access the principals’ price lists, technical sheets and information available to wholesalers, all through a single interface. With MyMetel, the agent manages the wholesaler's order directly via the web or via EDI.
METEL connects EDI with non-EDI, translating an EDI order into an email that will contain the order (PDF and/or XML) and can be processed on the MyMetel web platform, directly creating the order confirmation. MyMetel even transforms the manufacturer's reply into an EDI file for the wholesaler, thus fitting into a consolidated process.
The wholesaler sends the order to the agency, which is an active part of the order cycle and manages it, modifies it if necessary, and forwards it to the receiving manufacturer through this platform.
Connects Manufacturers, Carriers, and Wholesalers through EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).
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Advantages
- No waiting time for the carrier
- Integrated with CloudEDI
- Digitized management of deliveries and documents
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Allows the management of the digital preservation process in all its stages, ensuring easy and fast document retrieval. Enables the downloading of preservation batches. Complies with legal regulations for all necessary procedures related to digital preservation. Utilizes servers with suitable security and confidentiality standards. Optimizes workflows, especially for those who have invested with Metel for the entire EDI document cycle: Order, Order Confirmation, Despatch Advice, and Invoice.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the exchange of data between information systems in a defined format, requiring human intervention only in exceptional cases. Originally, specialized networks called Value Added Networks (VANs) were used for EDI and are still widely used due to their high level of security and traceability they provide. Additionally, other transmission methods have been added, such as FTP, HTTP, AS2, and, under certain conditions, email.
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Was established in 1970, representing now the 85% of wholesalers in the electrical supply chain, with a consolidated turnover of 5.3 billion euros (in 2012)
Translates vector PDF files, .csv, .txt, .xls, .html into standardized record formats (Metel or private formats). Starting from a file received from various communication channels such as EMAIL, SFTP, As2, API, it transforms orders, confirmations, and delivery notes into any desired format.
The "SAP Connector Metel" module exposes SAP's RFC functionalities for order management as a web service. All validation and execution logic resides in SAP.
- Translates data received via the web into a query for SAP.
- Translates SAP's response into a web response.
Platform for the exchange of non-Metel standard documents: it is modular, customizable, and licensed for full CLOUD use. It has defined and agreed application maintenance based on customer needs. It integrates with the most common management systems, including SAP (I-Doc) and Baan, and can interact with various application environments depending on the objectives to be achieved (FTP, SFTP, HTTPS, AS2, API, email, and SOAP Web Services). It integrates different platforms, from Public Administration platforms (SDI, System for Data Interchange) to standards (EURITMO, EDIEL, ENEL, EANCOM, Indra Electronet, Iungo), to logistics platforms (Geodis and Bartolini) for the exchange of waybills and delivery status. In 2022, over 50 clients and over 2.5 million documents were exchanged, including EDI documents to and from any type of information system.
This IN CLOUD EDI service owned by Metel provide data transfer in all international EDI standards (e.g., ANSI X12) in a private format (any file type) on any operating system (OS-400, UNIX, LINUX, WINDOWS, OS X). Metel format documents (Order, Order Confirmation, Delivery Note, Invoice) are always accompanied by their PDF version, viewable and printable directly from the platform. Metel CloudEDI is connected to all international EDI platforms through the VAN service (GXS, INTESA, Transalis, Easylink, Sterling, Covisint, Allegro, and others). Metel CloudEDI can be used in online web mode or unattended with the Metel client, as well as in widely used protocols such as HTTPS and AS2. In 2022, over 200 clients and 32 million EDI documents were exchanged on our platform.
It is possible to send orders - automatically - to any partner enabled for receiving. The recipient receives them in a single electronic format, without having to re-enter the data, already set for internal approval workflow within the company. In 2022, over 200 users for over 32 million documents exchanged on Metel systems.
Advantages for the supply chain
- Reduces manual errors (reading faxes, data entry from paper)
- Reduces internal costs for sending/receiving/managing paper
- Reduces costs of manual order management
- Increases the quality and accessibility of the information contained within
The order response is sent after receiving the order and must comply with the three service levels provided by the Metel® standard:
- It confirms the ordered quantities
- It confirms the commercial agreements (prices)
- It confirms the shipping/delivery date
In 2022, over 200 users for 5 million documents exchanged on Metel systems
Advantages for the supply chain
- High quality of the service provided
- Order progress updates
- Increased level of service to the final customer
EDI management of this document allows for a drastic reduction in the time required for warehouse loading, increasing control over the entire process and eliminating potential errors. In 2022, over 200 users and approximately 4 million documents were exchanged on Metel systems.
Advantages for the supply chain
- Order and DDT reconciliation
- Reduced time required to update the ERP
- Reduction in errors and phone/fax checks
The EDI invoice allows for automatic reconciliation with the order and the dispatch advice, as well as automation of the accounting registration. In 2022, over 200 users and approximately 3 million documents were exchanged on Metel systems.
Advantages for the supply chain
- Fiscal registration of the document in one's own ERP system
- Reconciliation with the order and the dispatch advice
- No printing needed to check the orders
- No manual checks of order/invoice line
- Ready to be stored according to regulations
- Robust protocol transmissions
Metel's invoicing system is compliant with the format required by the Italian Public Administration.
Metel is an accredited intermediary with the Revenue Agency for the sending and receiving of B2B invoices, serving over 300 clients and exchanging approximately 16 million documents through the SDI (Sistema di Interscambio - Exchange System).
All the documents connected
to the order’s cycle
Was born in 1979 with the aim of creating a supply chain database for associates with comprehensive market information relevant to each agent.
President ANIE/FME for a three-year term
Vice President FME/ANIE in alternation with the President
Up to 12 council members
The Board of Directors consists of managers or owners of companies appointed by the associations ANIE, ARAME, and FME.