Making the most of best-of-breed applications and ERP in housing Housing Technology interviewed ERP, application and integration specialists from DtL Creative (David Loudon, founder), Hitachi Solutions Europe (Ciara McMillan, industry director for housing), Mobysoft (Glenn Phillips, CTO) and Manifest Software Solutions (Dave Carr, director) on the merits of housing providers using a single ERP-style platform…
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Housing Technology has just published ‘The E-State of the Nation 2018/19’ report, covering UK social housing providers’ current and future plans for their IT estates and how technology underpins all of their business operations. The report is based on a comprehensive online survey of over 150 senior IT and business executives from UK housing providers…
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MHS Homes moves to MHR
MHS Homes has reported how it moved to a digital HR system during the summer of 2018. The housing provider’s ‘My Space’ is built on MHR’s (formerly Midland HR) platform and enables MHS staff to book annual leave, check holiday balances, submit and see overtime, mileage and expense claims, update their personal details and see…
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Best-of-breed 1, ERP 0…
When reviewing which software to buy for a housing provider, much of the required functionality, such as asset management, HR, rent collection and so on, is found in traditional ERPs. If you wanted to make a snap purchasing decision, an ERP system will typically fulfil a housing provider’s basic needs. For the first few weeks…
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Itica appoints new directors
Itica has recently appointed Martin Joy and John Doughty as new directors of the company. Joy has been a consultant for Itica for a number of years and previously held CIO and IT director positions in a number of blue-chip organisations. Doughty has over 20 years’ experience in the social housing sector and was previously…
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A single IT platform or best-of-breed?
Housing Technology interviewed Itica’s director, Neville Brown, on the merits of best-of-breed applications vs. enterprise resource planning (ERP) software in social housing. What’s the background to the single platform vs. best-of-breed debate? The housing sector is undergoing significant change at a time when the options for delivering systems are increasing, therefore it’s right that housing…
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