The Self Billing Invoicing (SBI procedure) is a special form of settlement between customers and suppliers. Instead of the supplier issuing an invoice, the customer creates their own invoice document (credit note) and thus takes over the settlement. This credit note replaces the supplier’s invoice for both accounting and tax purposes. The prerequisite for using the credit memo process is compliance with all tax regulations and the correct creation of the credit memos.

This process is only suitable for suppliers of production material, as well as certain other procurement scenarios, for example catalog procurement (Catbuy) and non-production material (NPM).

Advantages of the SBI process:

✔ Fully automated and standardized process based on contract conclusions.
✔ Credit notes are generally transferred electronically via EDI VDA4938 or as a PDF-Document.
    Credit notes can be downloaded as PDFs via the Financial Vendor Portal (download is only possible 6 months retroactively).
✔ Positive cash flow effect for the supplier through regular and timely payments based on goods receipts and price agreements.

If you are interested in the SBI procedure for the German plants, please contact the following e-mail address, stating your supplier number:

MBOX-060-VDA4938_GSV@daimlertruck.com