Location and mobile technology experts Localz have been announced as a new software partner for Castleton Technology, with the addition of its ‘Find My Engineer’ solution to Castleton’s existing suite of housing software. Ian Stewart, commercial sales manager, Castleton Technology, said, “With an average of 20 per cent failed appointments and each failed appointment costing…
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Mobile Working
Kirona bought by Advanced
Advanced has bought Kirona, the field-based workforce and resource scheduling software provider. The acquisition is intended to strengthen Advanced’s ERP capabilities. Although 80 per cent of its revenue comes from social housing, Kirona also has expertise in central and local government, infrastructure, retail, utilities and healthcare, with customers including Balfour Beatty, Carpetright and North Lanarkshire…
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Extending Microsoft Dynamics – Going Mobile
In the March issue of Housing Technology, I wrote about how Microsoft Dynamics can be extended to tenant self-service portals; in this article I will discuss how Microsoft Dynamics can be extended to mobile devices. There is an increasing emphasis in the housing sector on flexible working, whether this is because there are more face-to-face…
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Axis turns to Fast Lean Smart
Axis Europe is now using Fast Lean Smart’s automated scheduling, planning and route optimisation software for its team of housing maintenance and repairs operatives. Axis was previously using a number of different service management software packages and manual scheduling system. Russell Measor, head of data and delivery, Axis Europe, said, “We wanted a user-friendly scheduling…
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Driving efficiencies in housing
With a shortage of almost four million affordable homes in the UK and existing social housing properties hitting the headlines, the UK’s housing providers are under severe pressure. It is estimated that one in three homes in England are classed as ‘non decent’ and don’t meet the basic government standards for what is deemed as…
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NDL app mobilises Settle’s surveyors
Settle Group has saved hundreds of hours of administrative time and reduced by two months the surveying period for its annual repairs programme by introducing mobile working. Its building surveyors are now using an app built using NDL’s awi MX software when they inspect properties, eliminating paper forms and enabling the automatic transfer of reports…
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