{"id":1598,"date":"2013-10-29T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:50:53","slug":"route-planning-for-field-reps-is-best-when-its-mobile-and-always-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leobard.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/29\/route-planning-for-field-reps-is-best-when-its-mobile-and-always-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Route planning for field reps is best when it&#8217;s mobile and always up to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a field rep? How much of your precious time are you at the customer and how much do you spend driving your car? I bet that many field reps, sales-reps, and service technicians out there are spending more time in the car than at the customer.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a blogpost about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\">portatour\u00ae \u2013 the personal route planner for field reps<\/a> over at the portatour blog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/en\/blog\/2013\/10\/16\/dynamic-route-planning-for-field-sales-reps-is-best-when-its-mobile-and-always-up-to-date\/\">http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/en\/blog\/2013\/10\/16\/dynamic-route-planning-for-field-sales-reps-is-best-when-its-mobile-and-always-up-to-date\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>portatour gives you more time at the customer and less miles to drive. It does this by planning optimized routes. You can plan schedules at home and update them on the road. Unforeseen appointments happen and not updating your plans will let you miss customers and waste time. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/en\/blog\/2013\/10\/16\/dynamic-route-planning-for-field-sales-reps-is-best-when-its-mobile-and-always-up-to-date\/\">read on here how route planning for field reps is best when it&#8217;s mobile and always up to date and pressing a button gives you a plan to make most out of each day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a field rep? How much of your precious time are you at the customer and how much do you spend driving your car? I bet that many field reps, sales-reps, and service technicians out there are spending more time in the car than at the customer. 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