Having implemented a document management system from Invu last year, Derwent Living Housing Association has estimated that it is now saving £26,000 each year in finance staff time and costs dealing with invoices. With 11,000 properties under management, Derby-based Derwent Living had been struggling to deal with increasing tenant numbers and suppliers, dwindling off-site storage…
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Document Management
North Lincolnshire Homes scans the future with ORS
One year after North Lincolnshire Homes partnered with Optical Record Systems to implement electronic document management and remove all historic paper files and manual processes, the housing provider has reported the successful deployment of the new EDM system for both tenants and staff. Mat Ashmore, technical support manager, North Lincolnshire Homes, said, “We needed a…
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North Glasgow chooses Documotive
North Glasgow Housing Association has chosen Documotive to provide a fully integrated document and process management system to manage its housing and tenancy files. With 3000 homes across Glasgow under its management, NGHA reviewed its working practices and information management processes and decided that a key requirement was to move away from paper-based processes. Bob…
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Soho sources EDM with Sovereign
Soho Housing Association, which manages 800 homes in central London, has chosen Sovereign Business Integration to advise on the procurement and implementation of an electronic document management (EDM) system. Soho recognised that EDM would be an efficient way of managing the large number of business-critical documents it needs to store, archive and retrieve. However, as…
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Documotive purchase-to-pay at Accord
Accord Housing Group has selected Documotive to deliver a fully-integrated purchase invoice management solution to work alongside its existing OpenAccounts finance system. The new system is expected to be operational by May 2010. Following a recent review of its internal processes and back-office systems, Accord realised that there would be significant benefits in improving the…
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The ‘less paper’ office, not a paper-less office
Ian Keers OBE, managing director of Cave Tab explains how housing providers can move towards a ‘less paper’ office. As the housing sector faces stricter regulatory and legal requirements, coupled with rising tenant expectations and ambitious post-Gershon efficiency targets, managing the exponential volume of paperwork is a major challenge. As a result, many organisations are…
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