EAA and Mass Documents: Why Accessible PDFs Become a System-Level Issue
With the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and analogous accessibility regulations in various countries, digital accessibility is becoming mandatory for many companies. Mass documents that are automatically generated from IT systems are particularly affected. Invoices, contract documents, and system-generated letters are produced in large volumes every day and are a central component of digital business processes. This is exactly where it becomes clear whether accessibility can be implemented at scale or not.
Accessibility Does Not Scale as a Post-Processing Step
In many projects, accessibility is still treated as the final step in the process chain. PDFs are generated, delivered, and manually corrected if necessary. This approach may work for individual documents, but it fails when dealing with automated document streams. Effort increases, quality becomes inconsistent, and reliable proof of compliance for auditing bodies is lacking. However, the EAA and BFSG require stable, standards-compliant processes rather than isolated, case-by-case solutions.
What the EAA Changes for System Integrators
With the EAA and BFSG, expectations for document processes fundamentally shift for system integrators. Accessibility becomes a fixed component of system architecture and therefore a planning and integration task. Document generation can no longer be viewed separately from the overall system. It must be implemented in a structurally correct, reproducible, and verifiable way.
This is where axesFlip comes in. Instead of adding accessibility afterward, it is defined as part of a template-based process. Structure and semantics are deliberately specified so that accessible PDFs are generated automatically and consistently. For integrators, this means fewer special cases, clearer responsibilities, and a solution that can be integrated into existing system landscapes.
Special Focus on SAP Commerce and SAP Systems
In SAP Commerce environments and related SAP systems, document generation is often highly automated and historically grown. axesFlip provides a stable document layer in this context. Data is taken from SAP, the document logic is defined in the template, and the accessible output is generated reliably and in compliance with standards. For SAP Commerce specialists, this reduces complexity and ensures a clean separation between business logic and document structure.
Conclusion
The EAA and BFSG make accessibility mandatory. For mass documents, this means it must be embedded in the system architecture. For system integrators and SAP Commerce specialists, accessibility becomes a key quality criterion of modern document solutions. axesFlip supports this approach through an integrated, scalable document process.
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