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Recurring Schedule Routing
is there a way to create a route that automatically routes properly? Im mowing, i drop in the customers on the weekly repeating routes and days. I get them routed, and (again as the system doesn't route by drive time but geo code) i have to move a bunch of them around. Its the same route. I would like to have a route template or something like that.⚡️Keyboard Shortcuts for Jobber
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One thing that would really help with the schedule!
Hey Jobber! One thing I notice almost every day when looking at my schedule, is that it automatically goes to the top of the calendar. It's obviously not an issue early in the month when that is what I want to see, but when we are in the later days, I have to scroll down to find the date/week we are in. Could you make it default to center the day or week we are in? Is it that hard to scroll down a little????What scheduling system works best for mobile service businesses covering multiple areas?
For service businesses covering multiple towns or rural routes, what scheduling system has worked best for cutting drive time between jobs while keeping paperwork, client communication, and follow-ups organized? I’m building processes for a mobile admin/logistics support business and want to stay efficient without losing track of documentation in the field. Do you schedule by area, urgency, or paperwork deadlines?
Best Way to Manage Recurring Jobs Across Multiple Crews?
Hey everyone, We're one season into trying a new workflow for scheduling jobs and I'm curious how others handle this. Last year, we assigned every employee to every job. The downside was that nobody could easily tell which jobs they were actually responsible for each day. This season, we created dedicated teams so the same crew visits the same properties each week. For the most part, it's worked really well. However, when rain delays force us to move routes around, crews sometimes need to cover properties that normally belong to another team. The problem is that when a job gets moved, the crew covering it can't see it because they aren't assigned to the recurring job. We then have to manually remove and reassign employees for each affected visit, which becomes pretty time-consuming. Has anyone found a good workaround for this? Ideally, we'd like to assign jobs to a "fleet" or "truck" rather than individual employees. For example: Truck A covers these properties Truck B covers these properties Then whichever employees are assigned to Truck A can see Truck A's route, regardless of who is working that day. I'm curious how other companies are managing this and whether there's a better way than manually reassigning employees every time a schedule changes. Thanks in advance!
How do you set up visit-specific checklists in Jobber for multi-visit jobs?
I am starting to use multiple visits under one job and want the ability to have checklists specific to that visit. As an example - we will have our fist visit be the site assessment and corresponding form/checklist Second visit will be for installation - and that corresponding form/checklist In theory this would be fine, but it gets confusing when the job forms are completely blank for each visit - if they are attached to the job, so they not hold the info from visit to visit? Is there a way around this to make it less confusing for our field teams with multiple empty checklists that don't apply to the visit?ROUTING
So serious question. how in the world do you actual route the properties because it certianly isnt by the least amount of drive time. is it just a geo code. or what it sucks and now i have proof. oh and the new scheduling where we can 'add' an end point. that is again suppossed to allow the routing to hit every property on the way to the end not just go through the route and then back track past every single property to end at the right spot. so here are a list of 5 properites 508 Gentry Crossings Boulevard / Mount Washington, KY 40047 107 Williamsburg Court / Mount Washington, KY 40047 107 Preserves Blvd / Mount Washington, KY 40047 284 Olde Colony Court / Mount Washington, KY 40047 182 Crossfield Drive / Mount Washington, KY 40047 put these into your google maps and see how you should hit them...i have more but this is just too funny. 508 and 182 are litterally down the street from ea other in the same neighborhood. the only way to go from 508 to 107 is litterally pass 182 and then go to the others and then go back into the neighborhood. next one 135 Hubbard Lane / Mount Washington, KY 40047 119 Gentle Wind Ct / Mount Washington, KY 40047 152 Strawberry Field / Mount Washington, KY 40047 12297 Highway 44 East / Mount Washington, Kentucky 40047 121 West Emerald Circle / Mount Washington, KY 40047 So enter these in and tell me the most efficient way to do this. by the way 135 and 12297 are literally neighbors, like right next door. Now for this one i chose these as i know because i have driven them is hit 152 then 12297/135 then go to 119 and then 121. it is the least amount of driving but the system shouldn't have me literally leave and then come back and park in the same spot. meaning fix the routing. scrap it and start over and it is that serious. if i had never used another system i might think this is ok. but it isn't if this is the only crm someone has used they will think oh this is great, and not realize that their drive times are killing them. and yes i could address it and "move" them. but a free crm i never had to.......think about that for a second its free and these examples NEVER happen. EVER. so i am not sure how you have it coded but it isn't' built by someone who works in the field. there was a older post from a guy who does snow routes...part of his problem is this right here. the route needs to be based on literally drive time and actually street driving. not a whatever this is doing. i have another example its literally my court. it wants me to do my house and my next door neighbor leave the circle drive 2 min to the next stop and then one more after than then hit my neighbor across the street leave the circle again and drive around the block hit another (the neighbor of the property before my across the street) then come back to the circle 2 more then go on.... its a problem...like a big enough problem it needs to be addressed. and a big enough problem i will drop jobber before next season if it isn't addressed. routing is an everyday thing. something that most guys will need to deal with every day. it has to work and make sense. im good with a few adjustments. but this is the same route every week i don't want to have to fix it all the time. i shouldn't have to move 8 out 10 properties to get them in the right order. if it made sense on paper sure, but those examples don't even make sense on paper
