Having worked within the IT side of housing for 20 years and witnessed massive developments in technology, the advances are now at a rate many could never have imagined beyond the realms of science fiction. In housing, the primary focus for IT systems so far has been to improve organisational processes and trying to do…
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Housing Management
Tamil Community Housing live with OmniLedger
Tamil Community Housing is now using a hosted version of OmniLedger’s Pyramid housing management system. The OmniLedger system replaces two separate applications for managing rents and repairs, removing the need for TCH’s staff to constantly refer to both systems or enter tenant and property data multiple times. The hosted version of Pyramid is fully managed…
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Tips for trouble-free HMS implementations
Implementing a new housing management system can be a challenge, even for the best prepared housing provider. Northgate Public Services’ housing director, Roger Birkinshaw, explores some of the common pitfalls and offers his tips for a trouble-free implementation. A new IT system is a major investment for any housing provider, and the ultimate goal is…
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New or better? How to use what you already have
The housing sector is grappling with a range of new technologies, from chat-bots, digital transformation, cloud and off-premise hosting to the internet of things, machine learning and advanced reality modelling. Against a background of competing business priorities, deciding which of those might be applicable to your organisation is difficult in itself, aside from the related…
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CCG’s digital transformation with MIS AMS
Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd is using software from MIS AMS to underpin its digital transformation strategy. The housing provider has chosen ActiveH as its core business system to streamline its internal processes and the Customer Portal for digital services. Llŷr Aled Hughes, business transformation project manager, Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd, said, “We knew a digital makeover would…
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Goliath vs. Lots of Davids…
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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