Appointment-Plus Business Scheduling Software Launches Analytics Dashboard for Businesses, Organizations

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, October 04, 2012 (Press-News.org) Appointment-Plus, the worldwide leader in business scheduling software solutions and creators of the most flexible and feature-rich scheduling application, today announced the release of the Dashboard, a robust analytics tool that enables businesses, enterprises and organizations to instantly track and evaluate vital sales, staff and appointment data in real time.

The new feature instantly extracts the information from the over 85 million appointments and reservations scheduled through its system since 2001.
Data that clients can now access in the Dashboard includes:
Daily, weekly and monthly sales information.
New and cancelled daily appointments/reservations.
Number of daily, weekly and monthly appointments/reservations by service.
Number of daily, weekly and monthly appointments/reservations by staff member.

Additionally, clients can also view company notes and a chronological listing of daily appointments, as well as make calculations from the data with an on-page calculator.
As all of these features are widgets, clients can pick-and-choose which ones they want to appear on their personal Dashboard. All widgets have filter options that allow users to include or exclude staff members, locations or services when viewing their appointment statistics. Additionally, several of the widgets display the data in easy-to-view charts and graphs.

"Regardless of the type or scope of business, all organizations need accurate sales and service data for analyzing their operations and improving performance," says Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. "Gathering this information, however, can be tedious is done manually."

"The new Appointment-Plus Dashboard lets clients instantly view and analyze the appointment and reservation data they need to help run their operations more effectively."

The expert in online business appointment software since 2001, Appointment-Plus provides businesses and organizations with innovative and proven solutions to help them operate more successfully. Features and functionality that have made Appointment-Plus the premier scheduling system for over 5,000 clients worldwide include: online self-scheduling, whereby individuals book conveniently book their own appointments 24 hours a day from any Internet-connected device, including smartphones, iPads, tablets and other mobile scheduling devices; automated e-mail and text message reminders; online customer payment and payment processing options; and robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.

Appointment-Plus is also the preferred business scheduling software for Fortune 500 companies, corporations, enterprise-level organizations, franchises and large and medium-sized businesses, as its Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution provides them with the scheduling industry's premier suite of services and functionality designed to perfect their unique scheduling needs. Benefits of implementing the Scheduling Cloud include:

Application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services that allow for seamless integration with existing software systems.
A highly scalable system that allows organizations to easily accommodate increases in workload, users and growth across numerous locations.

The most configurable scheduling software system available.
24-hour support from its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Dedicated business and support contacts.
"Turnkey", existing solutions that are instantly ready to go live
Custom graphic user interface (GUI) development.

In addition to its premier functionality, features, services and customer support, Appointment-Plus also provides the scheduling industry's most complete collection of plug-ins, integrations and modules to help businesses and organizations operate more efficiently and effectively. Among the items featured in its Marketplace are syncs with QuickBooks, Google Calendar and e-marketing service providers Constant Contact, iContact, MailChimp and Vertical Response.

Appointment-Plus has been the industry-leader in online scheduling software since 2001. Our clients range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. We have over 12 million users worldwide. Thousands of organizations rely on us daily for their scheduling needs.