Maximizing Efficiency with Smart Scheduler by Wello Solutions
Wello Solutions introduces Smart Scheduler, a next-level tool designed to automate work order planning for your field service operations fully. Unlike tools like the Planning Assistant or Route Assistant, which guide users through the process, Smart Scheduler takes it a step further by autonomously optimizing schedules. This means you get the most out of your team, resources, and time, ensuring efficient and seamless service delivery.
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Streamlined Scheduling for Maximum Output
Smart Scheduler enables planners to choose technicians and work orders, apply customized computing rules, and let the tool autonomously optimize the schedule for up to a month. It ensures that the maximum number of work orders is completed within a given timeframe while optimizing routes to minimize travel time and streamline operations. The result? Your team can focus more on completing tasks and less on logistical issues.
How Smart Scheduler Works
Accessing the Tool:
Using the Smart Scheduler is straightforward. Simply navigate to the plan board and click the “Smart Scheduler” button in the top-right corner. From there, follow four simple steps to achieve optimal scheduling.
Step 1:
Configure Your Settings
Step2:
Select Your Resources
Step 3:
Choose the Work Orders
Step 4:
Compute and Review the Schedule
Configure Your Settings
- Resource Settings: You can select the timeframe for optimization, allowing you to adjust schedules for the next week or month. During peak times, you can add extra working hours, set limits on travel time outside of business hours, and exclude lunch breaks to keep operations uninterrupted.
- Work Order Settings: You can enable technician skills are matching, you can adjust the planning window, make SLA mandatory or not, and even allow the rescheduling of previously planned tasks within set parameters.
Select Your Resources
Once your settings are defined, the next step is to select the technicians for optimization. Smart Scheduler provides a clear view of each technician's total & available capacity and unavailability, ensuring the team’s schedule is balanced and efficient.
Choose the Work Orders
Work orders can be chosen from three categories:
Urgent Work Orders: High-priority tasks requiring immediate attention.
To Be Planned: Pending tasks that need to be scheduled.
Planned Work Orders: Jobs that may need to be rescheduled for better optimization.
With the grid and “group by” options, you can easily visualize the workload versus available technician capacity, ensuring you’re making the most efficient choices.
Compute and Review the Schedule
After selecting your resources and work orders, Smart Scheduler autonomously computes the optimal schedule based on the rules and timeframes you’ve defined. You’ll be presented with a detailed overview of planned and unplanned work orders and how time has been allocated.
Preview, Confirm, and Execute
Once the scheduling process is complete, you can preview the results on both the timeline and map. The tool also offers the flexibility to tentatively plan, giving more flexibility to manage last-minute changes. Or you can decide to confirm the proposal and plan directly.
Real-World Impact: User Stories
For the Service Manager:
The Smart Scheduler helps the service manager effortlessly assign jobs to technicians in the most optimized way, ensuring that each technician’s time is spent productively. With routes optimized and schedules adhering to set parameters, the manager can ensure that customer commitments are met without unnecessary delays.
For the Customer:
One key benefit is that with accurately computed travel times, the technician is more likely to stay on schedule, ensuring they arrive at the customer’s location on time—neither too early nor too late.
Technical Details
Smart Scheduler integrates several advanced technical features to ensure seamless functionality:
- Geolocalization: Technicians have a start location, and work orders are linked to customer addresses, ensuring realistic route optimization.
- Planning Parameters: Factors such as technician working hours, customer preferences, skill requirements, and SLAs are all considered when creating the schedule.
- Visual Tools: Review your schedule using summary views, timelines, and maps to visualize both scheduled and unscheduled tasks.
- Efficiency in Action: A popup window provides a loader while the schedule is being computed, followed by a detailed view of the results for easy review, editing, or approval.
Conclusion: Why Smart Scheduler?
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The Smart Scheduler by Wello Solutions is a game-changer for field service management. By automating the scheduling process and ensuring that every route is optimized, it takes the complexity out of planning and maximizes your team's efficiency. No more spending hours manually adjusting schedules – Smart Scheduler does the heavy lifting for you, allowing your business to focus on what truly matters: delivering excellent service to your customers.
Incorporating a user-friendly interface and powerful automation features, Smart Scheduler ensures that your operations run smoothly, with minimal manual intervention, making it an essential tool for any service-focused organization.
