The Future of Market Communication: Secure, Flexible and Simple

We provide you with the necessary infrastructure for your applications. You can take over operation yourself or select one of our operating models to suit your requirements .

Our complete offer: If you want to avoid your own efforts, we deliver the MaKo solution - gladly with all components of technical market communication for your system environment.

Our API solution includes the MaLo identification process with optional API directory service and SAP adapter in the cloud - for a smooth connection to your system environment.

You want your MaKoapplications on Premise? Then we will provide you with the software, application support and documentation and assist you with installation and commissioning.

With our solution you fulfill all requirements of an efficient and secure data exchange per AS4-Protocol:

• AS4-Consulting and -support: We advise you on the integration of the new AS4 communication with full cost control and are available for and related problems at any time.

• AS4 commissioning: We commission your preferred AS4 environment for you.

• Security components: We take care of the setup, maintenance and monitoring of your Hardware Security Module (HSM).

• Licensing: We license your AS4 modules basic communication electricity or gas, SM-PKI or encryption and signatures.

• Interfaces: We provide access to customer-specific developments and connect your third-party systems.

Correct and up-to-date contact information is the basis of all business communication. With the new EDIFACT message format PARTIN (derived from Partner Information), the Federal Network Agency is closing a standardization and automation gap in the exchange of contact and communication data as well as certificates in market communication. The new format will apply to grid operators, metering point operators and suppliers in the electricity supply sector from October 1, 2022.

Until now, there was no standardized communication process for master data changes. For the companies concerned, the introduction of PARTIN means a significant improvement in data quality and therefore process efficiency. For several reasons:

• The cumbersome exchange of Excel-based information is abolished.

• In many cases, the various market roles had inconsistent customer data records. Master data maintenance and reconciliation involved considerable manual effort (research, reconciliation).

• The new PARTIN process requires all market partners involved in the customer process to be informed automatically and ad hoc about changes to master data. This means that uniform and correct data is available to all market partners at all times.

• The occurrence of clarification cases is reduced to a minimum.

Our PARTIN solution ensures that contact information is exchanged easily, automatically and in accordance with the rules in the affected market roles. Central cloud-based data storage supports the goal of uniform data statuses in the affected market roles.

Creating and validating EDIFACT messages in the applicable format can be a challenge for market communication clerks. Our tool offers a simple approach to fulfill all regulatory requirements of market communication. The software enables the creation of EDIFACT messages that comply with the latest version. At the same time, the validation of the files is ensured by a comprehensive check.

Correctness and completeness of the data are required when creating EDIFACT messages in accordance with the respective valid application manual. Especially when it comes to regular format adjustments and changes, it is important to maintain a clear overview under high time pressure.

With our tool EDIFACT messages can be generated conveniently and reliably. On the one hand, all the fields that need to be completed in order to send a complete EDIFACT message are displayed. In addition, validations are stored in the individual fields, which automatically indicate whether the content is formally correct. The messages generated in the tool can be saved in projects, for example to run through test situations. This allows new EDIFACT formats to be tested at an early stage and developed sustainably.

The big plus of our solution is the tidy graphical user interfaces and the plain text description. This means that even developers and users who do not yet have maximum knowledge and experience can cope with the creation of new EDIFACT messages. Thanks to the cloud-based provision of the tool as software-as-a-Service (SaaS) can be used for reproducible test scenarios with work colleagues Workspaces can be set up.

A suitable solution is essential for reliable archiving of ever-increasing volumes of messages. It is therefore important that you choose a suitable and reliable solution that meets your performance and stability requirements. With our archiving solution, you will meet these framework conditions.

Our MaKo solution is hosted on Microsoft's Azure platform. In terms of solution technology, it is based on B2B by Practice, the market communication solution established in the energy market by the former Next Level Integration GmbH. Our MaKo solution is a cross-sectional solution that is linked with specialist functions (such as billing engine, gateway administration, metering data management, etc.).

Our MaKo solution provides a simple, reliable and automated cloud solution for market communication in the energy market. This means in particular:

- Support for the relevant market processes in accordance with WiM, GPKE, GeLi Gas, MaBiS
- Ensuring expertise in format conversions through automated processes and BPO services
- Provision of integrated monitoring and analysis tools

The challenges in the energy market are extensive and complex. In addition, there are legislative requirements that tie up additional resources and do not contribute to the actual core business. With our MaKo solution, you can meet all regulatory requirements.

- Error-free communication with market partners to support internal business processes
- Timely compliance with BNetzA requirements for market communication
- Cost and effort reduction in message management and the processing of incorrect messages

Our MaKo solution is an end-to-end solution for professional and technical market communication independent of the market roles in the energy market. It covers the following functions:

- High level of integration into the existing infrastructure independent of the backend system (e.g. solutions from SAP, Kisters, Soptim, Robotron)
- Individually designed processes possible for each use case
- High performance independent of the quantity structure

Our MaKo solution is an end-to-end system for market communication that meets all regulatory requirements, which are updated twice a year in line with BNetzA requirements. As a result, you reduce your operating costs for updating your systems by using software as a service and can concentrate on your core business. You also have the option of outsourcing process monitoring and error analysis tasks to a BPO service provider.