Stonewater has gone live with a new SharePoint-based EDRM integrated with its MIS-AMS housing management system. With over 32,500 homes and more than 70,000 customers, Stonewater generates huge amounts of data and documentation. A systems review determined that its existing data handling solutions were starting to feel clunky, with inefficient processes, a lack of functionality…
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Housing Management
One Housing’s digital transformation
The here and now There is now much evidence globally that the spotlight has begun to shine more brightly on local digital transformation programmes. This may be due to the search for certainty and assurance regarding what has been delivered so far, and whether a full digital programme will help organisations survive as we emerge…
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The future of data in housing
Data, when put to good use, can completely revolutionise the way a housing provider works. At Yorkshire Housing, we’re capturing and using data in new ways to transform our organisation from one that is reactive to one that is proactive. I started my career in the manufacturing sector where one of my first projects was…
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In-house development vs. off-the-shelf software
Housing Technology interviewed senior executives from Aareon UK, Accent Group, MIS-AMS, Northgate Public Services and Weaver Vale Housing Trust on how, when, where and why to consider in-house software development instead of buying off-the-shelf software from external IT suppliers. Why opt for DIY/in-house software development or external software? Accent Group’s digital development manager, Simon Green,…
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Northgate Public Services’ remote HMS implementation at Slough Borough Council
Slough Borough Council is replacing numerous outdated systems with a single cloud-based housing management system from Northgate Public Services. The new NPS Housing system is intended to give the council a single view of its customers and provide more self-service options. The pandemic threatened to slow down the implementation of NPS Housing, but with NPS’s…
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Migrating from seven HMSs to one…
Managing the project of implementing one housing management system to replace seven is challenging. Add working through a pandemic at the same time, and you have the ingredients for some very interesting days ahead… You will all be familiar with this story. A service with dated systems built up over the years without any proper…
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