Scheduler Plus Conference Scheduling Software Testimonials
Healthcare
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), founded in 1964, is a 202-bed, tertiary-level hospital located in the city of Orange. With a medical staff of more than 500 physicians, CHOC offers nearly every pediatric specialty and provides a full spectrum of healthcare services ranging from prevention programs for healthy children to the most advanced medical care for those with serious illnesses. CHOC is dedicated to providing the highest quality pediatric health care as well as offering specialized programs and services to meet the unique needs of children and their families.
CHOC manages about 4,000 meetings and activities annually for its 50 departments using Scheduler Plus. CHOC meeting space includes conference rooms, lecture rooms, two board rooms and the Harold Wade Education Center. Scheduler Plus tracks CHOC rooms that are further divided into sub-rooms by partitions. Denise Chaudoin, Executive Secretary, Ancillary Support Services, stated, "Scheduler Plus makes it easy to stay on top of cancellations and last minute changes."
www.choc.org
Sun Health Corporation
Sun Health is a non-profit, community-owned network of healthcare services providing world-class long-term residential and home-delivered healthcare and related services to communities just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Sun Health operates two hospitals: the 343-bed Boswell Memorial Hospital and the 297-bed Del E. Webb Memorial Hospital. In addition, the Sun Health Research Institute investigates diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Also offered are extensive community health and wellness programs and a nursing school to help ensure availability of trained clinical personnel.
Sun Health utilizes the Scheduler Plus MultiSite feature, which supports multiple unique locations, each with its own customized content and settings geared specifically for each individual site. For example, Sun Health has a home site containing all classrooms and conference rooms, an executive site strictly featuring executive level boardrooms and conference rooms, and a community site dealing with rooms for the community education center only. With Scheduler Plus security settings, users from one site can be restricted from accessing another site. "Scheduler Plus is such a big benefit. Without it, we would be writing everything in pencil on a calendar," Sun Health Conference Planning Coordinator, Phuong Lameira, stated.
www.sunhealth.org
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Education
Hofstra University
Hofstra is a selective institution seeking to enroll those students who demonstrate the academic ability, intellectual curiosity, and motivation to succeed and contribute to the campus community. Hofstra's campus is now home to approximately 4,000 resident students with a full-time enrollment of over 8,000 students. With 113 buildings and 240 acres, Hofstra is an accredited member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.
Hofstra University uses Scheduler Plus to schedule over 500 rooms, as well as manage university events held off-campus at Madison Square Garden and Nassau Coliseum. Over 200 schedulers manage rooms, meeting spaces and locations, including the student center, continuing education classrooms, dance studios, parking lots, the stadium, workshop dorm rooms, dining areas, and conference rooms. According to Mike Goldberg, Director of Information Services, "From implementation of the latest releases to training and phone support, Meeting Maker has consistently delivered the level of technology we need for more than 10 years."
www.hofstra.edu
The University of Arizona
A student-centered university with over 34,000 students, The University of Arizona is considered one of America's top research universities. The University prepares students for a diverse and technological world while improving the quality of life for the people of Arizona, the nation, and the world. The new 404,000 sq. ft. Student Union Memorial Center is among the largest Unions in the country.
The University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center uses Scheduler Plus for its meeting rooms and to schedule deliveries across the entire campus. "With Scheduler Plus, we never have to worry about double booking," said Larry Jones, Assistant Director of Operations. "Further, everything we need to know about an event, AV inventory and furnishings, can be found in one single document."
www.arizona.edu
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Corporate
AAA
On March 4, 1902, nine motor clubs met in Chicago to create the American Automobile Association. After over a century of actively representing the interests of motorists and other travelers, AAA is today nearly 45 million members strong. From emergency road service to approved auto repair facilities, from the school safety patrol to driver education programs, from special cruise and tour packages to member discounts around the world, AAA stands behind its commitment to provide safety, security and peace of mind.
AAA has stood by Scheduler Plus since 1991 to conduct over 12,000 bookings a year at the company's national headquarters in Heathrow, Florida. AAA Support Services Manager Howard Jaffe said that in 2001, the company called for a major software upgrade, and AAA policy required Jaffe and his team to consider other software vendors besides Scheduler Plus. Of all the scheduling software vendors AAA had spoken to back in 1991, Jaffe said PeopleCube was the only one still in business. Jaffe said the wisdom of their decision to stick with Scheduler Plus was evident, "It confirmed that we had made the right decision from the beginning."
www.aaa.com
Sears
Sears has a rich history dating back to 1886 when Richard Sears sold his first batch of watches. Today, Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a leading U.S. retailer of apparel, automotive, home products and services for families across the country with nearly 900 full-line Sears stores. Sears also boasts exclusive brands including Craftsman®, Kenmore®, Covington Classic Apparel®, Fieldmaster®, DieHard® batteries and RoadHandler® tires and Lands' End®.
After hiring an outside consulting firm in 1992 to study the best scheduling software, Sears was recommended to select Scheduler Plus. With approximately 201,000 associates in the U.S. booking meeting rooms in Sears' conference and training facility, Scheduler Plus manages up to 17,000 events a year for Sears. Scheduler Plus has become so vital to the company that Graphics Services Manager Chuck Jones says they could not operate without it. "Scheduler Plus is basically our vehicle for doing business in the Conference Services department," Jones stated.
www.sears.com
PeopleSoft
Founded in 1987, PeopleSoft is the world's leading provider of flexible and adaptable enterprise solutions for industry and business. More than 12,200 organizations worldwide - from mid-sized manufacturing companies to the largest service establishments in both the private and public sectors - are using PeopleSoft solutions to help build stronger and more profitable businesses. In 2003, PeopleSoft became the second largest provider of enterprise application software in the world by completing its acquisition of J.D. Edwards. PeopleSoft has 11,900 customers in more than 20 industries and 150 countries.
Scheduling over 2,600 appointments per year would be a daunting task if done manually. Luckily, PeopleSoft has utilized Scheduler Plus to track resources and create reports since 1999. Mark McShane, PeopleSoft's Workplace Services Manager, said he had been so satisfied with Scheduler Plus for the past five years, he has considered no alternatives. "Scheduler Plus is a 24/7 working partner that only costs me $2.92/hour to employ! The decision to go with Scheduler Plus has proven to be a great value and increases my ROI annually!" McShane raved.
www.peoplesoft.com
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Community
Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church
With a 220, 000 square foot facility, Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Northville, Michigan, is equipped to handle lots of traffic - 5,000 parishioners and visitors on any given week. A staff of about 80 helps run the Church, a Sunday School, a School of Fine Arts, a School of Christian Living, a daytime preschool, and various conferences.
WEPC found Scheduler Plus in 1998 after conducting a product comparison, in which Scheduler Plus came out on top due to its many features and ease of use. WEPC uses Scheduler Plus on over 75 workstations to manage and book - up to two years in advance - rooms, vehicles, baseball diamonds, volleyball courts, kitchen resources, and the gymnasium. They even use Scheduler Plus to track students on offsite activities such as retreats. Director of Finance and Information Systems, Chris Ockerman, states, "We have been very pleased with Scheduler Plus, and we have recommended it to many large churches."
www.wardchurch.org
Vineyard Community Church
Vineyard Community Church began in 1983 with a handful of people meeting in various homes around Cincinnati, Ohio. By 1985 the group had grown to 37 and began meeting in a barn on Sunday mornings. By 1989, after relocating a few times, four hundred fifty people were attending the weekly gatherings. Today, the Vineyard is home to as many as 8,000 weekly attendees on a 48.5 acre campus with five weekend Celebrations, many small groups, weekly outreach and a variety of ministries.
With nearly 100 conference and meeting rooms potentially booked up to 100,000 times per year, Vineyard Community Church's 124 full time employees and almost 3,000 volunteers depend on Scheduler Plus to simplify the process. Minister and Senior Director of Information Technologies, Greer Bower, said the church's staff love that Scheduler Plus allows you to mouse over a room and have it automatically display the capacity of the room, location and size. "Scheduler Plus empowers us to get more done, faster," Bower said.
www.cincyvineyard.com
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