Merthyr Valley Homes (MVH) is moving to dynamic scheduling for its repairs teams using Kirona’s Intelligent Mobile Opti-Time system. In the past, jobs created in MVH’s Academy housing management system were manually allocated to its repairs team. This time-consuming and labour-intensive process will be replaced with dynamic scheduling direct from Academy to Opti-Time. Kirona will…
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Virtual desktops for Solihull MBC
Solihull Community Housing Association has installed a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) system to enable its duty managers to work from any site in the borough. Working with independent consultancy Centralis and in collaboration with Solihull MBC, Citrix XenDesktop has been installed, allowing registered users to access their virtualised desktop from any location, giving them greater…
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Hat-trick for Northgate
Northgate Public Services has been busy over the past few months, signing housing services deals with Hammersmith and Fulham Homes, LHA-ASRA and Ipswich Borough Council. Hammersmith and Fulham Homes hopes to realise £4.7 million in efficiency savings by 2010 following a contract with Northgate. The self-financing deal, which links fees to Northgate’s performance, centres on…
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Irvine Housing goes paper-free with Documotive
Coinciding with its move to new premises, Irvine Housing Association is in the process of moving to paper-free working with the introduction of an electronic document management system from Documotive. The Ayrshire-based housing organisation plans to electronically store and manage its housing tenancy and HR files, with the Documotive system expected to be live in…
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Flagship upgrades Deeplake SMS systems
Peddars Way, part of the Flagship Housing Group, was one of the first housing associations to replace paper communications with SMS text messaging for managing rent arrears and repairs appointments. David Seaton, managing director, Peddars Way, said, “Back in 2005, SMS was considered a leading-edge technology and we were one of the first users of…
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Castle delivers new FMS for South Lakes Housing
South Lakes Housing, an ALMO set up by South Lakeland District Council, has deployed Infor FMS SunSystems with the implementation carried out by Castle Computer Services, including integration with SLH’s existing housing management systems. Garry Ronson, financial director, South Lakes Housing, said, “We now have a financial management system with a high degree of functionality,…
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