Saturday, February 2, 2013

How we handle software improvements

What is most important with anything you do is not necessarily where you are but rather where you are going.

This concept is extremely important for a software company. Let me briefly explain how we handle this concept here at Shape.Net Software.

We are now in our 10th year of providing cloud-based management fitness software and since day 1 we have enhanced and grown our software system by listening to the wants and needs of our valued clients.
Every month we work on the 5-10 most important requests and provide a software release to all of our clients.

Each month you will see bug fixes, new reports, enhanced reports, easier to use screens and powerful and intuitive new screens and functions. Over the years we have phased in cash drawer management, child-care checkin, class waiting list abilities, income category driven financial reports, etc...

After doing this for 10 years you end up with a product that reflects what the fitness industry is looking for to manage their business most effectively. And since the industry is always evolving our product continues to evolve also as we continue to apply new enhancements every month.

For example, we are working on the ability to require the fingerprint of the client and the trainer when they do their session to minimize operational fraud with high-volume personal training facilities.
We are also enhancing our member portal to reflect the windows 8 look and feel.

I wish I can get ready for the windows 9 changes but I guess we'll just wait to hear from our clients.

Appreciating the opportunity to serve the fitness industry.

larry king
owner
www.shapenetsoftware.com