The pressure on social housing stock is relentless, with most housing providers doing what they can to build new properties and make best use of their existing properties to maximise the number of residents they can accommodate, with particularly pressure on those operating in the main cities. While technology on its own can’t magically create…
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Asset Management
Keep taking the tablets – Places for People & PIMSS Data Systems
Places for People has just implemented PIMSS Data Systems’ new tablet solution, pimss4tablets, for all of its surveying operations. Dean Moran from Places for People said, “We had been exploring mobile technology for some time, but we found that the available solutions were either unreliable or expensive so when pimss4tablets came along we were keen…
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In4Systems’ success with Promaster and Schedulemaster products
In4Systems, now part of Orchard, has announced that Golden Gates Housing Trust is now using its new Schedulemaster software, and Longhurst Group and WM Housing Group have both upgraded to the latest version (v4) of its web-based Promaster software for asset management. Gavin Black, senior project manager for business improvement, Longhurst Group, said, “As the…
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Happy 20th birthday to SDS
SDS, the Surrey-based housing IT specialist, celebrated its 20th birthday at the National Housing Federation’s recent conference in Warwick with bunny ears, pink boas and fun photo booth that had the NHF’s delegates diving into the dressing up box after the conference dinner.
Now SDS is 20
SDS, a leading software provider in social housing, is celebrating 20 years in business. The Surrey-based company provides real-time software to help housing providers with development appraisals, project workflows, and cash flow management. The company was started by David Shelton in 1994 and now has 14 employees and an annual turnover of around £1 million….
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ERP or not ERP?
It was interesting to note during the panel discussion at the Housing Technology 2014 conference in February that the panel was divided on the question of using ‘standard’ ERP systems, such as from SAP or Oracle, instead of standalone applications for repairs, housing, finance, CRM and so on. One perspective was that the difficulties of…
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