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Infomart Partners with Tomakomai City to Enhance Accounting Services Through Digital Transformation

Recently, Infomart Co., Ltd., a company based in Minato, Tokyo, has established an individual cooperation agreement with Tomakomai City, a notable municipality in Hokkaido. This significant partnership aims to promote digital transformation (DX) in accounting services, addressing the pressing issue of administrative efficiency in local governments worldwide.

Background of the Cooperation Agreement

With an increasing demand for the digitalization of administrative procedures across Japan, Tomakomai City recognizes that its traditional analog methods, particularly in accounting operations such as payment notifications, need modernization. The city’s administration faces challenges due to cumbersome paperwork and outdated processes, hence the partnership with Infomart aims to relieve the administrative burden while advancing sustainability.

Infomart has been at the forefront of digitizing not just businesses but also local governments, ensuring a streamlined transition towards a paperless society. Their flagship product, the “BtoB Platform Invoice,” enhances productivity by minimizing operational costs and effort for municipalities while simultaneously digitalizing interactions among businesses that use invoices.

Details of the Cooperation

The following key areas were agreed upon in the cooperation:
1. Digital transformation of accounting tasks, including payment notifications.
2. Implementation of pilot experiments aimed at promoting digitalization.
3. Collaboration on information sharing and planning related to accounting DX initiatives.
4. Any other matters deemed necessary by both parties.

Pilot Project Specifications

The forthcoming pilot project will utilize the payment notification function of Infomart's “BtoB Platform Invoice.” Key details include:

• - Duration: July 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026 (3 months)
• - Participants: Approximately 15 local businesses
• - Evaluation Focus: Enhancing efficiency in accounting tasks (payment notifications) through digital means, and assessing the usefulness of this approach in boosting community productivity and convenience.

Adjustments to the pilot project, such as extending the timeline and increasing participant numbers, may be reconsidered based on situational requirements.

Future Prospects

Should the pilot project validate the proposed advantages, discussions regarding the comprehensive implementation of this digital solution will proceed. Infomart is dedicated to contributing to the overall digitalization of accounting tasks for Tomakomai City and its local businesses through this agreement.

Statements from Officials

Tomakomai City Mayor Toshiyuki Kanazawa expressed gratitude towards all stakeholders for their efforts in reaching this agreement. He stated that the city is committed to enhancing productivity and citizen services via ICT-based administrative redesign. He emphasized that Infomart’s expertise in electronic transactions will significantly accelerate Tomakomai’s digital transformation journey, creating a model case for effective regional DX.

Daisuke Sugiyama, a director at Infomart and head of the Sapporo office, shared his enthusiasm for collaborating with Tomakomai City, highlighting the initiative’s dual benefit of increasing operational efficiency within the city’s administration and helping local businesses alleviate paperwork burdens. He stressed the importance of applying the company’s proven technologies and know-how, originating from the BtoB market, to foster the success of this initiative and ultimately enhance community productivity.

Service Overview

The “BtoB Platform Invoice” is not just a service for issuing invoices; it also facilitates receiving invoices and notifying payment amounts, effectively digitizing a wide range of invoicing operations. This cloud-based service significantly improves the time, cost, and effort associated with invoicing processes, thereby supporting a paperless environment and enabling remote work for finance teams.

By allowing data transactions without converting to PDFs, this service uses a