Following our story in the last issue of Housing Technology (July 2012, page 2) about Aareon acquiring mobile software provider 1st Touch, Kirona Group has announced that it has bought the dynamic scheduling specialists Xmbrace for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition would seem to be a good strategic fit for both companies, strengthening Kirona’s position…
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Adactus saves £1.5m with 1st Touch & Xmbrace
As part of its centralisation of the DLO operations of its subsidiaries, Adactus Housing Group has saved £1.5 million by deploying mobile working technologies from 1st Touch and Xmbrace. Adactus began a three-year ‘Adactus2012’ business re-engineering programme in May 2009 to capitalise on the potential economies of scale and efficiencies resulting from the group’s recent…
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Trident gets dynamic with Goldcrest & Xmbrace
Trident Housing Association is pioneering the use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM alongside Xmbrace’s Opti-Time software to decrease costs and improve the accuracy of its repair logging. The new system is planned to be operational by September 2012, with all repairs logged, scheduled and costed in Dynamics CRM, with Xmbrace’s software providing the scheduling functionality. Goldcrest…
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Osborne spends £900,000 with mobile working consortium
Construction and property services company Osborne is spending around £900,000 on a new mobile working solution from a consortium led by 1st Touch. The new PDA-based system will be delivered as a managed service and is expected to be live by March 2012. The system will be used by all of Osborne’s 320 DLO staff…
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Brent Housing Partnership to save £1.5 million with Xmbrace
Following the introduction of Xmbrace’s Opti-Time dynamic scheduling system for mobile workers, Brent Housing Partnership predicts that it is on track to achieve annual savings of almost £1.5 million for its repairs service. The Opti-Time system allows BHP to allocate appointments to its repairs operatives one job at a time, ensuring that they are working…
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Magna avoids voids with Xmbrace
Magna Housing Association has installed Xmbrace’s Project Planner tool to manage its voids process, resulting in better workforce utilisation and properties typically being turned around ready for re-letting five days faster than before. The housing provider, which employs 200 staff and manages 6,000 properties in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset, had already been using Xmbrace’s…
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