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The economic news is unlikely to lift spirits as businesses head into 2012 but some new year’s resolutions can be more useful than others.  Internal investment presents challenging decisions for business at the best of times so some self analysis can be a good alternative which can offer profitable rewards.  By reviewing systems and processes businesses, whatever their function, can improve the way they work and the level of service they provide, raising standards and making them more competitive. 

Trace Solutions recently held its annual conference for clients, focusing on the company’s ambitions for improved automation and the very immediate benefits of ‘Management by Exception’ (MBE), with extremely positive feedback from the audience.  MBE is now being exploited for the first time in the property industry by Trace Solutions through its software and consultancy, to help improve profitability and increase efficiencies for its clients in property management.&

Management by Exception (MBE) is now being employed for the first time in the property industry by Trace Solutions through its software and consultancy, to help improve profitability and increase efficiencies in property management.

Most IT users are familiar with the benefits of ‘open standards’ that allow data to be shared and understood by different systems, but in this respect, the property market has so far lagged seriously behind other industries. To encourage it to catch up, Trace Solutions – a member of the board of OSCRE (Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate) - has played a leading role in today’s unveiling of open standards for property software.

5th July 2011: Trace is a key member of OSCRE, the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate.  OSCRE is a non-profit making body that is defining and promoting open standards, so that data can easily be passed between systems removing the cost and potential errors that has existed in the past.

22nd September 2010: the UK's leading developer of property management software today releases a radical new interface for all its software packages.

The new interface is a huge step forward in accessibility, opening up the full power of these complex products to the average user.

Managing agents, property investors and corporate occupiers will all benefit from the changes, which are the result of many thousands of man-hours spent in interface design and development.

The new UI adds many innovative elements to the software, including: