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Overcoming the hurdles of fixed asset management
Controlling fixed asset information and extracting the data needed for compliance and reporting purposes can often come with many challenges. These hurdles may be caused by a lack of a proper functioning asset management system or the need to update …
A balancing act: how technology continues to help businesses keep IFRS 16 compliant
Lease accounting rules were dramatically altered when the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS 16), requiring all leases to be recorded on balance sheets in a bid to increase the transparency of business exposure to costs, came into force…
Become a fixed asset management master by avoiding these 5 common failures
There are common failures that often occur with fixed asset management, largely due to ineffective systems or policies. However, the common mistakes that many organisations experience don’t need to be a re-occurring factor in your management. E…
Real estate investment post-COVID: Technology is here to stay
Since March 2020, the real estate industry has experienced a large shift to a digital environment in the face of a global pandemic. As investors shift their attention to the future of commercial spaces in a tech-driven world, many are wondering which…
MRI Software wins 2021 Stevie® Award!
MRI Software is thrilled to announce that we’ve won a Stevie® Award for the fourth time in the Large Computer Software Company of the Year category! For the past 50 years, we’ve taken pride in our ability to come together as one company with the best…
4 benefits of cloud migration for real estate firms
Commercial and residential real estate firms have undergone a digital transformation over the past few years, and when the pandemic forced many to social distance and work from home, that transformation was dramatically accelerated. Even with return …
AASB 16/IFRS 16: Are you up to date?
With the start of FY2020, the demands of AASB 16/IFRS 16 are now real. This new financial reporting standard is now impacting many of South Africa’s best companies; however, many organisations remain under-prepared. As a result of being forced to ado…
Top 4 technologies to help employees feel safe as they return to work
It is fair to say that lockdown in the UK has been a strange and testing time with over 35% of Brits doing some form of working from home. However, with lockdown restrictions easing since 19 July 2021 people are starting to return to their workplaces…