Power Pivot in Excel and Power BI are amazing tools that can deliver substantial efficiency savings and provide an awesome level of analysis and insight; working with data has never been easier. Our story Five years ago we realised, like most housing organisations, that we had lots of data in a variety of different databases…
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Go Westward for digital transformation
Like many housing providers, Westward Housing has been reviewing and re-planning its digital transformation programme. We believe that digital transformation is a much wider concept than merely ‘channel shift’ or ‘digital by default’; it should be all encompassing, applying digital to everything we do. With the help of 3C Consultants, our digital journey began in…
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A day in the life at Coastal Housing
I’ve worked at Coastal Housing for over seven years and over six of them I’ve spent in the IT department. Back in July this year, I was promoted to be team leader of our business partner team which had just been expanded to include two others – the ‘team’ had been just me for a…
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Uncertainty and opportunity
I’m sure I don’t need to set out the political and economic issues we currently operate within. I certainly have no intention of commenting on them, except to highlight that uncertainty seems to be everywhere. In an uncertain world, certainty is exceptionally valuable and there are opportunities here. One of those opportunities is to review…
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A bird’s eye view of the future
Drone surveying is the latest technology to empower stock condition assessments and support both surveyors and asset managers in their day-to-day work. Scaffolding, ladders, cherry pickers – these are all bits of kit which instil fear into the minds of health and safety managers. But they’re necessary pieces of equipment for completing full maintenance and…
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Business intelligence is not predictive analytics…
Business intelligence (BI) and predictive analytics are common phrases you hear thrown around the office. People often think that predictive analytics are part of BI, but this isn’t the case. Sometimes you might hear BI and predictive analytics used interchangeably when in reality they are very different tools. Most organisations are very data-driven these days,…
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