Six months ago, Housing Technology interviewed Sanctuary Group’s director of technology, Kevin Heslop, about the organisation’s implementation of the SAP-based OneSanctuary system (see Housing Technology, January 2017). We can now find out how the business is managing the new system and what the future holds for one of the housing sector’s largest SAP implementations. Six…
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Procurement is much more than just OJEU…
Housing Technology interviewed CJC Procurement about the opportunities and pitfalls of the IT and business procurement processes. What is ‘value for money’ in IT procurement? Well, for starters, value for money is not simply savings; it’s far more complex and yet far simpler. Value for money in IT procurement is the demonstrable improvement made in…
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Five key IT challenges in housing
Cloud technologies and digital transformation are undoubtedly shaping the world around us. In the last few years, we have seen industries radically disrupted by these trends. Social housing is not immune to this, but housing providers can successfully navigate this sea of changes by keeping a few things in mind. Technical debt The social housing…
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E-RP 2.0: This is not the MS you’re looking for
Definition of an ERP project manager: someone who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in one month. At Housing Technology’s annual conference back in 2013, I gave a presentation titled “E-RP?” to a packed room in which I restated the case for specialised packaged housing solutions (well, I would, wouldn’t I?). I followed this…
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Cutting-edge digital at GreenSquare
Earlier this year, GreenSquare held a ‘digital visioning’ day with a large group of staff and colleagues as we get ready for digital transformation. This transformation is due to our need to increase customer satisfaction and find new ways to deliver services on a more flexible and cost-effective basis. We are currently in the middle…
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GDPR – What it is and why the housing sector should care
Along with every other organisation holding customer and employee personal data, the housing sector will need to comply with stringent new laws which come into force on the 25th May 2018. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is EU legislation designed to beef up data protection regulations and replaces the existing Data Protection Act (DPA)….
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