Orchard has been working with web-design specialists Komodo to refresh the user interface of its Promaster asset management software. Given the widespread use of Promaster in the housing sector, the aim of Orchard’s project was to modernise the user interface (UI) while retaining the user experience (UX). Komodo began by collating a styles art board…
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Finance Management
Universal credit and the power of data
There is still considerable uncertainty across the housing sector as many organisations wait to see what the impact of the full roll-out of universal credit will be for their organisation. Therefore, we wanted to speak to organisations all over the country to find out what they thought the impact would be and how they are…
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Weaver Vale’s collaborative planning with Orchard
Weaver Vale Housing Trust has extended its use of Orchard’s software with the implementation of the company’s new Collaborative Planning module in order to automate its budget planning. Weaver Vale’s budget process was previously managed using a series of Excel spreadsheets which had to be completed and collated in order to move the budget process…
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Adactus automates arrears with RentSense
Having been using Mobysoft’s RentSense software for its income collection processes since 2012, Adactus Housing has recently been working with Mobysoft to automate their rent arrears’ case management processes in order to remove further cases from its income officers’ inboxes. Mike Murphy, head of income and leasehold services, Adactus Housing Group, said, “We are a…
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Using technology to combat rent reductions
With housing providers being forced to reduce rents by one per cent per year since 2016, the UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies has calculated that this will equate to a 12 per cent reduction in real terms by 2019/20. Add the need to comply with this year’s GDPR legislation and housing providers are under ever…
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Orchard helps Shoreline realign its chart of accounts
As part of its merger with Boston Mayflower, Shoreline Housing Partnership asked Orchard to review how its existing OpenAccounts software could be used within the newly-merged organisation. Orchard has been tasked with identifying areas for improvement that will help Shoreline in the use of its OpenAccounts software deployment, with a particular focus on implementing a…
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