Field Services

The right technician, at the right time, every time

Our Field Service Routing API schedules and routes your field technicians automatically. It respects skills, certifications, appointment windows, SLAs, and last-minute emergency jobs. The result is less travel time, higher first-time fix rates, and higher productive time.

25% less travel time. More jobs done every day.

Less time on the road means more jobs completed per day, lower fuel costs, balanced work days and less overtime.

Manage the complexity of field service

Juggling thousands of moving parts is complex, we keep your field operations optimized and always on.

Last-minute cancellations and emergency jobs

React instantly to change.

Skills, certifications, performance, costs, locations…

Take into account all your constraints. 

Tight appointment windows and SLAs

Focus on what matters, deliver on promises.

A workforce that needs fair, efficient daily routes

Keep your workforce happy, win the war on talent.

Results for a non-disclosed US Telco

What route optimization with PlanningAI delivers

$200M

saved on a yearly basis

+950k

extra service calls/​year

+13%

first-time fix rate

-22%

travel time

Outsource complexity, deliver excellence

Multi-resource scheduling

Assign multiple vehicles/​people to the same visit at the same time. 

Advanced skill matching

Take into account skill dependent durations and avoid overqualified assignments.

Cost optimization

Favor assigning work to employees/​contractors based on cost efficiency. 

Fairness

Respect preferences, distribute work evenly and reduce overtime.

Performance

Favor higher-performing staff to important clients.

Priority visits

Flexibly adapt your schedules when priorities change, while minimizing disruptions.

Customer preferences

Match clients with preferred technicians.

Recommended time windows

Automatically schedule while your customer is available.

Dependencies

Respect required task sequence.

FAQ

Do you have questions? We have answers.

What benefits in cost savings and efficiency are expected?
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We typically see gains of 25-35% less drive time before and after integrating Timefold. This directly impacts fuel costs, reduced labor costs due to minimized over time and. As this also results in performing more jobs with the same staff you can easily see why you need Timefold for your technician routing.

Can a model on the platform be customized?
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Yes. While we strive to make our models as exhaustive as possible so they can be applied in almost every use case, we do understand that even if a solution fits 95%, that last 5% could still be a dealbreaker. This is why we can also provide customizations of our existing models.

ROI calculator

Find the cost savings hiding in your field operations

See how smarter scheduling and routing can reduce your drive time, increase technician capacity, and improve margins.

Scenario
Your fleet

Per technician, after holidays and leave.

A normal shift per technician per day
hrs
hrs
hrs
km

Including the depot round trip.

Cost
€

Gross salary.

€/ km

Cost reduction per year, same work done
Annual cost reduction 0

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With Timefold

    When scheduling works, everything works.

    Less waste. More control. Teams that trust the plan.