Inputs
Work enters the schedule from an approved estimate, service request, recurring visit, emergency call, or ready-to-produce job. Scheduling rules can account for priority, duration, territory, technician or crew skills, customer availability, equipment, parts, and job readiness.
Handoffs
Dispatch should give the assigned field team the current scope, customer details, location, notes, history, and required materials before they roll. Whiteboards, text threads, and disconnected calendars create double-booking, send the wrong skill set, and leave the field working from changes the office already replaced.
Reporting
Dispatchers can see committed work, open capacity, unscheduled backlog, active calls, and schedule changes in one operating view. Owners can monitor capacity by team, emergency demand, schedule utilization, and where promised work is at risk.