Plan a crew's day by route
Give it tomorrow's jobs and crew sizes, and get a sequence that fits travel time and time windows.
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Works with
- Slack
SlackHow do you plan a crew's day by route?
To plan a crew's day by route, ask Maito in Slack with the date and finish time. It reads the jobs from Jobber, groups them by area, orders each crew's stops, checks job lengths against your deadline, and flags anything that cannot fit.
How it's done today
The dispatcher orders addresses by feel in a spreadsheet.
What Maito does
- Read the day's jobs, windows and crew capacity
- Group stops by area
- Estimate drive time between stops
- Propose a sequence and flag jobs that don't fit
Example
@Maito plan tomorrow for the two cleaning crews. 11 jobs, both crews done by 5 PM.
Tomorrow, Thu Oct 22. Total drive time 2h 10m, down from about 3h 05m in the current order. Crew A (north side, 6 jobs) • 8:00 Acme Law, 90 min • 9:45 Globex Lobby, 60 min • 11:00 Initech, 120 min • 1:30 to 4:30: 3 more, ending at Stark Logistics Crew B (south, 5 jobs) • 8:30 Wonka Foods, 150 min • 11:15 to 4:45: 4 more Catch: Soylent Labs has a 3 to 5 PM window, 40 minutes from where Crew B ends at 3:50. It doesn't fit. Either move it to Friday or give Crew A a shorter Initech visit. Travel times are web estimates, not live traffic.
@Maito move Soylent to Friday morning and show me Crew B again.
With Soylent out, Crew B ends at 3:05 at Stark Logistics, 11 minutes earlier. Friday 9 AM has room for Crew B. I haven't changed the schedule until you confirm.
Tom (4:40 PM):
plan tomorrow for the two cleaning crews. 11 jobs, both crews done by 5 PM.
Maito (4:41 PM):
Tomorrow, Thu Oct 22. Total drive time 2h 10m, down from about 3h 05m in the current order.
Crew A (north side, 6 jobs)
• 8:00 Acme Law, 90 min
• 9:45 Globex Lobby, 60 min
• 11:00 Initech, 120 min
• 1:30 to 4:30: 3 more, ending at Stark Logistics
Crew B (south, 5 jobs)
• 8:30 Wonka Foods, 150 min
• 11:15 to 4:45: 4 more
Catch: Soylent Labs has a 3 to 5 PM window, 40 minutes from where Crew B ends at 3:50. It doesn't fit. Either move it to Friday or give Crew A a shorter Initech visit.
Travel times are web estimates, not live traffic.
Tom (4:46 PM):
move Soylent to Friday morning and show me Crew B again.
Maito (4:47 PM):
With Soylent out, Crew B ends at 3:05 at Stark Logistics, 11 minutes earlier. Friday 9 AM has room for Crew B. I haven't changed the schedule until you confirm.
How to set it up
- Set up
Nothing to set up. Ask in Slack or by email whenever you need it.
- Connect field service software
- Jobber
Not connected yet? Your agent sends you a link to sign in.
What it won't do
It can't see live traffic or a crew's mood. Treat the plan as a strong first draft.
Questions
Only if you ask. By default it posts a proposed plan for you to review.
No. It plans from addresses and job lengths, and you adjust for the day.
Yes. Tell it the crews and it balances the day between them.
