Aareon Mobile Saves New Charter Group £125k

The introduction of the new mobile voids process follows New Charter’s widely acclaimed digitisation programme. This succeeded in driving efficiency; achieving optimal Value for Money and boosting customer care for the association, which has around 19, 500 homes across Manchester and Nottinghamshire. The Aareon Mobile voids process was chosen by the association’s Business Transformation team and enables New Charter to produce a number of key electronic forms, moving away from a paper based process. Voids is an important part of the Keysto-keys process; an area of the business which has been streamlined resulting in astonishing savings across the Group.

Through using the Aareon Mobile voids system, time has been significantly reduced for operatives, who can now access and record information relating to void properties on their mobile devices. This instantaneous response means any repair work is completed quickly and efficiently. By eliminating paper forms and streamlining the processes involved, the new voids system has saved a total of £125k.

Robert Porter, Director of Asset Management at New Charter Group comments, “The new Aareon Mobile void process has significantly streamlined our void pre-assessment process, delivering significant efficiencies. We have reduced the surveyor time spent on voids, experienced less human errors, reduced the overall processing time - all resulting in an improved void re-let time and higher levels of job satisfaction from the surveyors.”

Chris Brown, Senior Developer at New Charter Group also comments. ‘Developing the voids process form is crucial to how the procedure works and introduced a new way working, not only for the team but the business as a whole. The Aareon Mobile voids software allows me the flexibility to adapt the form when needed, further improving the process for end users and ultimately adding to our cost savings.’