Thursday, December 18, 2008

Integrated In-house and online scheduling

A vast majority of the fitness (personal training, Pilates, aerobics, Yoga, Cardio); sports (tennis, swimming, basketball,..); athletic; wellness; spa and recreation centers still use "paper sheets" to maintain and manage their schedules - a labor intensive solution with no ability to instantly analyze data. This is largely due to the fact that there was lack of an integrated approach to scheduling, managing and analyzing these activities. Software companies in this industry have acknowledged that scheduling and managing activities are very complex operations. There are just a few standalone scheduling solutions in the industry. Downsides of these solutions have traditionally been their inability to seamlessly integrate with the member database, one place to manage member payments or purchases and most importantly to easily manage multiple sports (tennis, swimming, Golf, ..) , fitness (PT, Yoga, Pilates,..) or club events (birthday parties, special functions or league events) or permit members to manage their schedule online.
Given its expertise in this area, AptusSoft was successful in coming up with a product offering an integrated approach to both in-house as well as the online schedules. Clubs may now setup a variety of resources (Personal Training, Tennis, Swimming, Golf or birthday parties) as offered by their businesses; incorporate their complex business rules; setup one time, recurring or random classes or schedules with powerful searches, ability to instantly change schedules or color coded appointments. Aptus online permits members to manage their profiles, schedules, payments, class or event registration or communicate with the club. All options come with extensive reporting and analysis. Clearly, Aptus-CMS schedule has helped to fill a major void in this industry.

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