November, 2009

A property company in north London has just bought the TRAMPS  property management system.  The organisation is both a property investment company, plus they manage properties on behalf of others.  Nothing unusual there you may think, but read on...

The new project is very exciting as the proprietor has investigated very thoroughly the possibility of automating as many parts of the business as possible.  Most organisations are happy to manually start off automatic processes such as rent demanding and the issuing of demands, plus debt chasing and the actual issuing of correspondence.  Once started TRAMPS will run complex process and we have designed them to minimise or eliminate any manual intervention, but most companies still expect to put a note in their diaries and kick the process off at the appropriate time.  However, our North London company will fully automate all of these areas, all of which TRAMPS is capable of but most people do not use.  The processes will run and will issue the necessary documentation whether someone is present or not.  The benefits of this are very clear.

Interestingly, the proprietor contacted many suppliers of property systems and was not successful in finding one that would automate the business sufficiently, including his incumbent supplier, a well known provider of property systems. 

For more information, please contact us.  All of this is available without any bespoke work! 

Following on from my recent news about the potential merger of PISCES and OSCRE (for more information on the PISCES standard, please see my earlier blogs) I am delighted to confirm that the merger has gone ahead.

Stephen Spooner, OSCRE Chairman said the following:

I am very pleased to announce that we have now completed the merger of PISCES and OSCRE Americas.

Retaining the name Open Standards Consortium For Real Estate (OSCRE), and our not for profit status, our unified global consortium can now fully realise the vision of maximising value in the real estate industry through open interoperability among real estate information systems; an effort founded on common business interests and internationally accepted information technology standards.

Operating as a global consortium mirrors the scope and business objectives of OSCRE members. Merging the operations and more closely integrating global standards development and adoption activities to match the increasingly global needs of the real estate industry was always a goal in PISCES and OSCRE Americas development. Now, having reached this milestone, we are eager to provide a setting where consortium members and strategic partners can gain new levels of efficiency and effectiveness....

More of this statement is available via this link:  http://web.pisces.co.uk/OSCREx/eNews/MemberNews20091120.htm

The OSCRE web site is here: http://web.pisces.co.uk/oscrex/default3.aspx

Watch this space.  More information on Trace's involvement with OSCRE will follow soon.