In a situation where consumers are less and less willing to spend their time on the move, and where they value the convenience businesses provide when shopping, digital supermarkets are beginning to gain market in the region.
New companies that have emerged as supermarkets that do not have physical sales areas and are operated entirely online have found acceptance in some Central American countries.
Understanding which are the main and relevant data that must be managed in a company and how to protect them in digital format is fundamental for the expansion of a company.
Representatives of Costa Rican technology companies WIC, Innovamars, ATTI Cyberlabs and Grupo Inco, agree that organizations are facing challenges arising from the digital transformations they must make to continue growing.
The Guatemalan government expects that in the first two months of 2019, all procedures related to the issuance of construction permits can be carried out online.
Representatives of the Ministry of Economy (Mineco), reported that the plan is that through the Ventanilla Única de la Construcción, construction companies can process licenses digitally.
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Starting February 25th, goods declaration documents will be transmitted electronically to the Customs Service Information System.
From February 25th Documents Supporting Declaration of Goods in the Customs System Information Service will be transmitted electronically. This is a pilot program that will start running in the Customs Office of Puerto Barrios, Izabal and then will gradually be implemented in all customs offices in the country.
The Customs union intends to invest $2.5 million to implement the Project Paperless Customs Offices.
The initiative could reduce fraud and corruption in the country by up to 85%.According to Victor Manuel Rivera, president of the organization, when the Vice President Roxana Baldetti, as manager of the National Anti-Smuggling Unit (Conacon), authorizes the proposal, they will will have, in less than six months, the program installed in all Customs offices registered with the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT).
The Social Security Institute has invited companies to bid for providing document digitizing services.
These documents include those from the Department of Disability, Aging and Survival, and the Deputy Manager of financial benefits at the Social Security Institute.
The estimated quantity to scan is 5 million pages and the date for submission of offers is January 7th, 2011.