When we talk about innovation in social housing, we always assume it means doing or creating something new to address something going forward, such as addressing the status quo to make the future better. What if we could innovate to address legacy issues, removing the need to create a date in the future where everything…
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066 - November 2018
ForViva gets active with Orchard’s Options Appraisals
ForViva has extended its 10-year usage of Orchard’s Asset Management software with its recent additional implementation of Orchard’s Options Appraisal to get a better view of its housing assets. Orchard said that as a module within Orchard Asset Management, Options Appraisal is an active asset management tool, enabling a more strategic view of asset management…
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Using technology for a more personal approach
Northgate Public Services’ development director, Ewan MacLarty, says it’s time to focus on creating more face-to-face and personalised contact with tenants. A one-size-fits-all approach to housing is in danger of failing tenants as highlighted in a recent report by Shelter. The report revealed that as many as 48 per cent of families in social housing…
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Mobysoft expands its account management team
Mobysoft has appointed Rachel Collings as an account director and Jonathan Maplesden as an account manager to help support its housing customers. Collings has over 20 years’ experience of working in social housing, including local authority services, voluntary sector positions and various social policy and performance improvement projects. In addition, she has had relationship management…
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Chelmsford council gets OmniLedger for homelessness
Chelmsford City Council is now using OmniLedger’s Pyramid housing management system to help with homelessness and temporary accommodation. Dianne Gable, project manager, Chelmsford City Council, said, “In the past, our housing service recorded the data for properties and tenancies in different locations. As a consequence of this approach and the fast turnover of our tenancies…
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Edge value – How to achieve BoBSVoT…
The premise of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is simple; by integrating all of an organisation’s processes and data into a single platform, efficiency, effectiveness and security can all be increased while lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO). To further ‘acronymise’, in housing providers’ IT departments this is often conflated with achieving a single…
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