LM3: Development Highlights

At a glance

• Used by organisations including Morgan Sindall, Wellcome, Kier, the University of Parma, EDF and Strength2Food
• A complete rebuild of the LM3 platform in its first year
• 25+ improvements delivered from the project's own issue list
• 400+ code changes, with work in 12 of the last 14 months
• About 28,000 lines of code across the Hub, its mapping API and five background services
• Within half a percent of the master LM3 spreadsheet on real project data
• 5 LM3 calculation models, chosen automatically to suit each project's data
• 3 kinds of local area: a distance around a site, administrative regions, and a wider regional layer

What it means for LM3

• Any organisation, anywhere. All an organisation needs is a list of its suppliers and what it paid them.
• Results you can trust. The calculator matches the established method, and a confidence panel shows when a result is ready.
• Less chasing. Supplier uploads, address lookups and email campaigns run inside the Hub.
• Built to grow. A modern platform that new LM3 products can be added to quickly.

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