While many of the systems offered in the marketplace are canned systems there are several systems that are highly configurable. The Tuppas system for example is available online as a configurable system. They can make modifications for their customers or they offer an open source capability as well. The Demand ERP system is usually sold as canned system but they also do configured modules for their customers. Implementing a system that can be altered can be a pretty big deal in scheduling. There are so many differences in scheduling systems that inflexable vendors don't seem to last very long in the marketplace.

One of the considerations that is very important when choosing an online scheduling vendor is customer service. The company you choose will most likely be working with your team on a very regular basis so it's very important to pick a vendor that works well and provides it's customers with high quality service. Make sure to ask for references and find out how willing a given vendor is to adapt their systems to the culture of the customer. Your ability to innovate is most likely a crucial part of the future succes of your company and there are few systems that are more crucial to customer care than the scheduleing systems.