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Digitalization, Microsoft, Sharepoint
8 minutes
readings

E-invoicing in Microsoft 365: an obligation you don't have to worry about

January 2027 is approaching, and with it comes the mandatory e-invoice. Most companies take it as another hassle for accounting. Fear of the e-invoice Nonsens? Let us show you why you can have it where you already work today, in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint. What is an e-invoice and a digital postman? From January 1, 2027, VAT payers in Slovakia must issue electronic invoices to their customers in accordance with the new regulations […]

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Digitization
8 minutes
readings

Summer Mode: How to Keep Your Business Running When Half the Team Is on Vacation 

It's Wednesday, three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's 33 degrees outside. There are three people in the office and one air conditioner that has given up. An email arrives from a client: they need a confirmation that only Janka can issue. Janka is currently on vacation and, understandably, does not feel like answering her phone. And suddenly you're trying to figure out whether it's polite to text a colleague on vacation, or if you should leave the client waiting until September. You know […]

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AI
9 minutes
readings

New Copilot Features in SharePoint: Tips, Tricks, and Practical Real-World Scenarios 

If you've been following the development of AI for a longer time, just like us, and you're familiar with Copilot, then in our previous article, we already looked at how it can function as an everyday assistant for content work. However, things have progressed since then, not with one wow feature, but with a number of practical improvements that are starting to be noticeable, especially in regular workdays. We'll introduce you to 5 useful features that are gamechangers in daily work life. In other words, Copilot is already [...]

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Digitization
7 minutes
readings

If cities stopped putting out fires: 3 solutions that save them hundreds of hours today

Imagine a Monday morning at the city hall. The department head opens their laptop, needing to check the status of an investment project. They start searching through emails. Then they call a colleague. The colleague sends an Excel file – but it's not the right one. A third attempt. Fifteen minutes gone. And the project is still not clear. This is not an exception. This is the daily reality for most Slovak municipalities. In our experience, the average [...]

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Case study
4 minutes
readings

How to set up a Digital Workflow?

At Opium.systems, we love innovation, and sometimes we even „cook“ it up. One of our most unique activities, which we recently implemented at the Slovak Savings Bank's business conference, BIKOSS 2025, is the cooking show „How to Cook a Digital Workflow.“ Why did we have a cooking show, anyway? During typical digitization training or workshops, the human experience is often lacking – processes, workflow mapping, and automation are [...]