“ Our aim is to support the whole public sector and provide guidance to the supplier side , but our main focus is on the government and public sector ”
André Hoddevik Head of e-Procurement at Difi
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The NOK 120.9mn co-financing scheme will further support business growth in the public sector and provide a number of advantages for SMEs against bigger players in the market .
Supplier relationships With the changes in legislation , calling on all central government entities to receive invoices electronically in Norway , Difi has been committed to supporting the market through utilising open source software for connectivity . Additionally , the organisation has built essential validation tools and toolkits regarding its current invoicing processes , which will also work to help simplify the e-procurement process .
“ Our aim is to support the whole public sector and provide guidance to the supplier side , but our main focus is on the government and public sector ,” says Hoddevik .
Such changes have also filtered down to its supply chain management processes . The success of PEPPOL has resulted in a growing number of e-invoicing suppliers within the e-procurement space , all of which offer Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) in Norway . One such company is Norwegian international company Capgemini IBX , which has been acquired by cloud-based business Tradeshift . Hoddevik explains that the business currently has a contract on delivering e-procurement
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