Plank
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
What it is
Plank builds planning and scheduling software using mathematical optimization and consulting. Its web-based Plank Admissions system supports reviewer recruitment, candidate registration, interview scheduling, scoring, and email communication. Candidates, reviewers, and interviewers can register directly, with controls intended to prevent duplicate registrations and overbooked sessions. Programs can automatically assign candidates to file reviewers and interviewers using criteria and traditional, MMI, or MPI formats. Scoring forms can match program rubrics with anchors, checkboxes, numeric inputs, and comments. Teams can review scores and flagged concerns, then export rank lists by site for import into CaRMS. Email tools provide merge tokens, recipient filters, templates, and handling for replies and bounce-backs in inboxes such as Outlook. Files and scores stay on university servers, with nightly backups and transaction logging. Plank also offers a free browser-based ranked matching tool.
For and against
For
- Automates reviewer and interviewer assignments
- Supports traditional, MMI, and MPI interviews
- Customizable scoring forms and rubrics
- Exports rank lists for CaRMS
- Free browser-based matching tool
Against
- Pricing is available on request
- Focused experience is in post-secondary medical institutions
- Website privacy policy mentions Google Analytics cookies
- No security certification is described
The verdict
Plank combines admissions workflow tools with optimization-based scheduling and matching. Its capabilities fit institutions that need configurable assignments, scoring, communication, and data handling on their own servers.
Who it suits
Plank suits organizations managing admissions, matching, rotations, or other scheduling problems. It has particular experience with post-secondary medical institutions and offers web access.
On the record
- Admissions registrations
- Candidates, reviewers, and interviewers can register directly, with controls intended to prevent double registrations and overbooked sessions.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Assignment automation
- The system can automatically assign candidates to file reviewers and interviewers using specified criteria and interview formats including traditional, MMI, and MPI.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Automated assignments
- The system can automatically assign candidates to file reviewers and interviewers using specified criteria and supports traditional, MMI, and MPI interview formats.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- CaRMS workflow
- The system can export final rank lists by site for quick import into CaRMS.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Company and audience
- Plank says it has domain-agnostic skills and particular experience with post-secondary medical institutions.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Company focus
- Plank helps organizations solve planning and scheduling problems through software and consulting.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Plank says it works with programs to adapt the admissions system to their specific needs.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The admissions page says files and scores are stored on the university's own servers, with nightly database backups and transaction logging.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Education scheduling
- A tutor scheduling case study describes a web application that creates schedules from volunteer data and demand, and shows how edits affect subject coverage.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Email features
- Admissions includes personalized email merge tokens, recipient filters, templates, and handling for replies and bounce-backs in a regular inbox such as Outlook.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Email tools
- Email features include 16+ merge tokens, recipient filters, reusable templates, and replies and bounce-backs delivered to the user's regular inbox, such as Outlook.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Expertise
- The team says it has an academic background in mathematical optimization and interface design, with particular experience in post-secondary medical institutions.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Founded and headquarters
- Plank says it was founded in 2016 and lists its address at 60 St. George Street, Suite 331, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Free matching tool
- The homepage describes a free browser-based ranked matching tool for matching people such as students to internships or residents to hospitals based on preferences.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Free tool
- The company homepage describes its browser-based Online Ranked Matching Tool as free and says it matches people based on their preferences.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Interview-day tools
- The system provides participant sign-in sheets and name tags, and supports changes to interview assignments.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Interview registration
- Candidates, file reviewers, and interviewers can register directly, with controls intended to prevent duplicate registrations and overbooked sessions.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- The admissions page says files and scores are stored on the university’s own servers, the database is backed up nightly, and every transaction is logged.planwithplank.com · read 8 Oct 2026
