Portalen Handelsplats Wermland — Practical E-commerce for Värmland’s Businesses and Municipalities

Abstract

Portalen Handelsplats Wermland (Portal Meetingpoint Wermland) offers a range of services designed by the Wermland Chamber of Commerce to permit the cost-effective exchange of electronic messages, including invoicing, ordering, certification and procurement. The portal meets the needs and expectations faced by businesses, both large and small, in the area of e-commerce. The portal also provides a way for businesses to share the cost of applications and equipment. As a result, they enjoy greater flexibility with their partners and more efficient internal procedures. Most importantly, the portal represents a local, impartial effort to strengthen Varmland’s private sector and open up avenues that are beyond the financial means of individual businesses.

A series of packaged solutions furnish even small and medium-sized busi-nesses with simple, inexpensive options. The portal currently offers both EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and Web EDI services. An electronic procurement service and a procurement supply center are also up and running. The objective of Wermland Chamber of Commerce is to promote e-commerce between municipalities and businesses, whether large, medium-sized or small. The portal strives to be the first place that a municipality or business will tum when it wants to engage in e-commerce — in other words, it is a regional hub for exchanging electronic messages. What makes the portal so special is its use of the latest technology to help sup-pliers Ineet the requirements of purchasers.