IT&I Magazine No. 31 - Edition April 2021

Invoices from energy suppliers and service providers, consumption data from the heating meter reading service and smart metering tools – all these sources flood the housing company with endless data, which needs to be carefully prepared for the annual operating cost statement. How do housing companies with digital utilities cost management stay in charge of their data? PROMOS knows the answer.

PROMOS consult has served as an IT service provider for TAG Immobilien AG since 2013. The MDAX-listed real estate company relies on a lean organisational structure with quick reaction times to efficiently manage its real estate portfolio – a portfolio now comprising over 88,300 units. Mission ‘21, a comprehensive optimisation project for the in-house ERP system, will soon be complete. Claudia Hoyer, COO at TAG Immobilien, spoke with us about digital processes and innovation at her company.

Cars become uneconomical after a certain period of time due to maintenance costs. The warranty period expires, costs for repairs increase and the resale value decreases. They start to lag behind newer models: old cars lack electronic driving assistance systems and USB ports for charging cell phones, not to mention heated seats and exterior mirrors. So unless you have a vintage car on your hands, a new purchase is practically inevitable. This is all good and well, but what does it have to do with SAP^®?

For temporary living arrangements, increasing numbers of people are looking for small apartments in a central location with high-quality and functional furnishings, reduced to the essentials. In 2015, we wrote an article on the subject of micro living as a new asset class from an investor perspective. In the follow-up article, we now look at the micro house from the perspective of users who practice minimalism, reducing superfluous space without any loss of quality, in such a way as to ensure unlimited living.

With Dirk Krause, PROMOS consult is pushing forward its expertise for innovative utilities cost management. A proven expert in the field of billing services, he has been responsible for the further development of a solution perfectly tailored to the housing industry for the entire billing process in the area of operating costs since August 2020. In an interview, he talks about the current challenges facing companies, the approach that PROMOS consult is taking and the petroleum of the future.