Category Archives: MOW Scheduler

MOW Scheduler Feature Update: A Slicker “Ongoing Assignments”

Posted by editor on February 1, 2017 Comments Off on MOW Scheduler Feature Update: A Slicker “Ongoing Assignments”

At Meals on Wheels, we rely on many volunteers who come in regularly to drive a route or pack meals. Even though they are “regulars”, they often have very different schedules. Mary may drive route 3 every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, while Bob drives route 10 only on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. MOW Scheduler’s “Ongoing Assignments” feature, which stores different types of recurring schedules and uses them to automatically populate the job calendar, has been a major time-saver for the volunteer coordinators.

The following additional improvements to this feature were introduced recently:

1. Multiple weeks of the month can be added (or cancelled) in one action.
2. An existing schedule can now be simply modified without having to vacate and start over.

MOW Scheduler – State of the Union

Posted by editor on January 30, 2017 Comments Off on MOW Scheduler – State of the Union

Our MOW Scheduler product was officially launched about 8 months ago (although we’d been in production use at beta sites for over a year at that point), and since then we’ve been busy! A few highlights:

  • focus on usability: we’re constantly striving to make the every day tasks as simple as possible (but no simpler!), and the complicated stuff doable.
  • new features, including “monthly” ongoing assignments, job groups, performance reports, etc.
  • easier setup, improved administration tools for adding new routes, importing volunteer data, etc.
  • new users: in our first few months we’ve helped a number of customers successfully implement the Scheduler, and received a lot of valuable feedback in the process.
  • conferences: it was great to meet so many motivated people at the national MoW conference in Nashville and the NY state conference. It’s nice to be able to put a face to the names, and our “early adopter” customers have become our most enthusiastic supporters.

What’s next for MOW Scheduler? 

  • more features… what do you want to see?
  • continuous improvement in performance and usability
  • we’ll be at the national MoW conference again this year, plan to stop by our booth in Denver

MOW Scheduler is a web application that helps Meals on Wheels and similar home meal delivery nonprofit organizations schedule their routes and other recurring volunteer commitments. Visit the website at www.MOWScheduler.com — then contact Cha through the form on the site, or by phone (315) 234-0079 x301 to talk about your needs or to schedule a demo.