Faith Baptist Church Success Story

Initially, maintenance requests were written on a notepad but this was ineffective, as was coding, assigning, and posting tasks on a wall-mounted calendar. For event management, only certain employees had a log-in to the event calendar, so it had to be printed and posted at least once a week; some part-time staff never saw it. A free electronic system that tracked maintenance requests was later implemented, but it had no event management capabilities, an important area of responsibility for the facilities management team. In addition, last-minute changes to existing events were often overlooked, and the addition of a new event with a short lead time often was not noticed in time to properly set up the room. Solutions to replace the free system were tested, but most were too expensive, and finding software that interacted with Outlook for calendaring purposes was difficult.

With FMX, users do not need their own computers because they can use a church computer or a smart phone to log in and see all the calendar events. This ensures last-minute changes are not overlooked and allows anyone on the staff to access the system and make and track a request. Because of its mobile friendliness, users can access information in FMX from any place, any time, and on any device. The software helps manage Faith Baptist Church’s events by preventing double-booked events. In addition, the calendar export feature allows events to be sorted and filtered to determine which events should be posted on the public calendar, with easy export to the website. Technical support is always available to address questions and issues promptly, and FMX’s price is fair and affordable.

The office manager no longer has to key in every request and route to the appropriate approvers, which has improved efficiency of the calendaring/scheduling process by 75%.