Swan Housing Group has reported that its implementation of a purchase-to-pay procurement system from Soprano Solutions had resulted in a 40 per cent increase in the number of invoices being processed without any increase in finance staff. The Soprano system delivers real-time and online budget management and commitment reporting to allow Swan Housing’s budget holders…
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Hornsey Housing automates service charges with Kypera
Hornsey Housing Trust is in the middle of installing Kypera’s Service Charges module to automate much of the processing of the service charges relating to its 400 properties in North London. The Kypera system is scheduled to be operational by the end of May 2012. Hornsey Housing is currently using a manual system for its…
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Soprano wins Irwell Valley P2P contract
Soprano Solutions has been chosen by Irwell Valley Housing Association for the implementation of a purchase-to-pay procurement system. The centralised ordering system is expected to enable the housing provider to better manage purchase order and invoice processing to minimise unauthorised expenditure, while reducing administration by as much as 50 per cent. The Soprano system replaces…
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Shared services key to budget constraints – Civica
A survey by Civica of around 100 social housing and local government service directors and IT managers at its annual conference in January 2012 showed that 89 per cent thought that shared services were a viable solution to budget freezes and cuts, up from 52 per cent in last year’s survey and 24 per cent…
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Service charges – What has the accounts system ever done for us?
Why do housing officers so often photocopy service charge invoices and even build their own spreadsheets? This is madness – it’s wasting their time and the company’s money, and they’re simply not experts at it. So why do they do it, and how can we change this? There are four main reasons: They don’t trust…
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Magna upgrades HR & payroll with Bond Teamspirit.
Magna Housing Group has upgraded its HR and payroll processes with an additional module from Bond Teamspirit to give staff and managers more self-service capabilities and reducing the administrative burden on Magna’s eight-strong HR and personnel team. Using the new system, personnel and payroll administrators at Magna now have reliable employee information on which to…
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