Posted on August 19, 2015 by Michelle James

Although scheduling systems are designed to increase efficiency they only allow you to allocate a pre- determined time slot to an operative’s day. How do you know that the time-slots for each job are correct?

More often than not, we see variations between the times your operatives record and the actual time it takes to complete a job.

This can cause a number of problems for your business.

How variations occur

Most field based organisations rely on their field teams to tell them how long a job takes. This should produce accurate results but in reality variations often occur. Here are examples of how this happens;

• • • • • Staff often override systems for good reasons, e.g. sickness, traffic and local knowledge

• • • • • Operatives forget how to use the systems, or are distracted by other work pressures.

• • • • • New software or upgrades can be rolled out without complete training or buy in from the workforce.

You already have the solution

By matching your scheduling software with data already collected by your tracking systems, we can help you understand true task duration, increase task per day rates and free up your operatives’ time with automatic data feeds.
Benefits to accuracy

To find out more about how accurate task duration can help your operations call us on 0121 232 8050.