Author: Paul Young, Orchard Here at Orchard we’re into week two of all of our staff working remotely from home. We have around 45 permanent home workers and our staff often work from home regularly anyway but this is the first time that everyone has worked remotely at the same time. So far, it’s going well…
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Working 2.0 – It’s not just mobile
In 2007 I visited the InMotion conference organised by Xmbrace. This was an impressive event, with everyone who was anyone in the mobile working space present. Back then, the talk was almost exclusively concerned with maintenance field force automation; repairs operatives in vans, GPS, how to introduce scheduling, rugged devices and promises of integration with…
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Orchard wins TechUK’s business professional certificate
The software company was awarded the business professional certificate by Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah at TechUK’s annual dinner in London. TechUK’s certificate accredits IT companies that can demonstrate best practice in security, business continuity, project management, risk management, customer care, corporate and social responsibility and human resources. Receiving the award, Orchard’s finance director, Nick…
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Suits you, Sir
Once, social landlords used software applications that had been developed inhouse or as bespoke solutions by contracted developers. At first these systems delivered huge advances in productivity and were well regarded. However over time, they became unwieldy, difficult to maintain and, in the worst cases, impossible to develop. Lack of documentation and staff turnover could…
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In4Systems’ success with Promaster and Schedulemaster products
In4Systems, now part of Orchard, has announced that Golden Gates Housing Trust is now using its new Schedulemaster software, and Longhurst Group and WM Housing Group have both upgraded to the latest version (v4) of its web-based Promaster software for asset management. Gavin Black, senior project manager for business improvement, Longhurst Group, said, “As the…
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Collaborative relationship management with Gentoo and Orchard
Orchard and Gentoo Group are using their shared experiences to develop a new Sales CRM system, built by Orchard from the ground up, to enable both organisations to understand their customers better and to sell their growing range of products and services. For both North Eastern organisations, effective CRM is becoming more important in a…
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