Information about invoices

Invoices are issued the day after the end of the ten-day period, unless this day is a Sunday or public holiday.

DB Schenker Rail processes accounts in cooperation with DVB Bank AG and its subsidiary DVB LogPay GmbH according to the freight settlement procedure (FAV).

DB Schenker Rail continues to issue paper invoices, but new ways of transferring data have proven themselves as well. Electronic invoicing, or eInvoicing, lets customers receive invoices on the day after an invoice is issued, either by e-mail or SFTP server. DB Schenker’s eInvoice is signed with a digital signature.

Overview of the options of sending invoices

You can choose whether to receive data as a PDF or XML file depending on your processes. Regardless of which format you choose, we can also send you the other format for your information.

You can choose to have the signature embedded in the PDF file or attached to the structured raw XML data.

The XML data are the same invoicing data that we can send on request as supplementary invoice data along with the paper invoice. Our brochures provide detailed information about the data.

DB Schenker Rail Deutschland offers invoice data in XML format in addition to paper invoices. The most important invoicing data for national and international transport services are clearly laid out in detail on the invoice.

Because data is provided from our IT systems effectively and in real time, we can also make supplementary invoice data available to you.

Our supplementary invoice data contain details from the paper invoice plus additional information. DB Schenker Rail aims to add value to your internal order-to-cash process through this service.

By using the popular XML language for supplementary invoice data, DB Schenker Rail makes it possible for you to import your invoice data directly into your own ERP/IT systems.

Our aim is to make programming and automation relatively easy and straightforward for you. We would be happy to provide you with the templates and procedures required for this. Our XML Supplementary Invoice Data Brochure contains more detailed information about our new data set.

If you would like to receive data by e-mail, everything you need to know is provided in the Supplementary Invoice Data Transmission (XML data) file.

As a participant in electronic data interchange (EDI), you can contact your EDI application consultant for information about the steps required for transferring supplementary invoice data.