Back to all BlogsAre you concerned by rising fuel costs?
It pays to be Uber-efficient in your Field Service business
Rising fuel costs can have a significant impact on field service businesses as they heavily rely on vans to go from customer site to site to perform servicing work.
As fuel costs rise, field service businesses operating vans will experience higher fuel expenses. This can eat into their profit margins on jobs and in general make it more difficult to remain competitive. Field service businesses that rely on vans may see a decrease in profitability as their fuel costs increase. They may need to adjust their prices or find ways to cut costs in other areas to maintain their profitability on customer jobs.
When fuel costs rise, field service businesses may need to reevaluate their job routes to find more fuel-efficient options. This can be time-consuming and will most likely require the use of routing software, such as Klipboard, to help optimise their routes for customer jobs.
Another consideration could be a potential shift to alternative energy sources such as electric or hybrid vans, to reduce fuel expenses. However, the cost of switching to alternative energy sources can be high, and it may take time for field service businesses to see a return on their investment.
Overall, rising fuel costs can have a significant impact on field service businesses that rely on vans, and may require adjustments to their operations to remain competitive and profitable.
With that being said are you…
Concerned that rising fuel costs are reducing your profit margins?
Frustrated that field team members are turning up to appointments and the customer is a no show?
Stressed by team scheduling errors, double bookings and wasted journeys?
How can Klipboard help with rising fuel costs…
Job management software can help field service businesses manage rising fuel costs by optimising their operations, reducing inefficiencies, and improving overall productivity. Here are some ways that Klipboard’s job management and field service software can help with current rising fuel costs:
- Route optimisation: our platform includes route optimisation features that will help you plan the most efficient routes for your engineers travelling to customer jobs. This can dramatically help reduce fuel costs by minimising the distance traveled between customer sites by arranging jobs in the most optimum route therefore reducing the time spent travelling on the road.
- Real-time tracking: Klipboard provides a real-time tracking map that enables field service businesses to track the location of their field engineers in real-time. This can help you to monitor and identify areas where you can reduce unnecessary travel and therefore unnecessary fuel consumption.
- Intelligent scheduling: Our drag and drop job dispatch and scheduling features, allows you to schedule jobs more efficiently and reduce the number of trips your vehicles need to make.
- Efficient resource allocation: We enable you to optimise resource allocation by matching jobs with the most appropriate team members based on skills, location and availability.This can help reduce the amount of fuel used as it will improve overall efficiency of job management.
- Job performance and insights analysis: Klipboard real time dashboard provides reporting and data analysis features that allow you to identify areas for operational and performance improvement on jobs. This can help your field service business make more informed decisions and potentially reduce their overall fuel costs over time.
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As a business owner you will be very aware of how competitive the market is and that being the cheapest option is not always the winning strategy. Bring additional value to your customers from the first point of contact by offering online work requests, automated booking confirmations and more.
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Cashflow is the life blood of any business and when a job is complete speed up your payment process by automatically notifying your client of invoices requiring payment.
Overall, job management software can be a valuable tool for field service businesses looking to manage rising fuel costs that is currently happening in the market and appears it will continue for sometime. By optimising you operations, reducing inefficiencies and improving productivity by deploying field service management software, you can reduce fuel consumption and improve your bottom line pretty much instantly.
