Integrate google maps route planning.
I have a client who I was referring your product to, and they asked a good question, which was can the system setup route planning for the day's tasks? Their business has many repeat scheduled services with a day the service needs to be done, not really a time in that day, so the to do list of that days tickets will come up, but then they would be required to use a 3rd party to do route planning and that would require manually typing, for example 20 addresses.
I looked up google maps transportation API prior to suggesting, and this feature, as well as a few others, such as traffic notifications, might be a huge welcome addition, not only for this reason, but techs on the road who are assigned and using the online app.
https://enterprise.google.com/maps/transportation/
If this feature were added, I have one additional suggestion, which would be to allow a customer to have preferred times for services in their profile. The route planning can then take into account if there are clients who have specific timing needs for any reason.
This API integration could have tons of uses, outside of what I described, so I really think it would be a worthwhile thing to research and a great value to repairshopr's customer base.
Brian
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Danny Hernandez
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Our current system allows us to map all work orders so we can group them more efficiently. The system doesn't suggest a route, but at least allows us to see all service calls in an area and we can divide it up the best way possible.