Route Optimization Software for Pest Control Businesses

How Delivery Route Optimization Software Make Pest Control Businesses More Profitable
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Managing a pest control business isn’t as straightforward as having a brick and mortar store. Instead of waiting for your clients to come to you, your employees have to go out to meet them.

So, to have a great bottom line that gives you substantial profits, you have to figure out how to decrease your fuel costs. You also need to guarantee that your employees are doing what they’re supposed to do.

Luckily, delivery route optimization software is the key to making your business successful.

Save Time

If you still plan your routes manually, stop now. Route planning is too complex to do it with pen and paper. You have to figure out the route that your pest control teams should use to get to all your client and you have to factor in the traffic, construction sites, weather, one-way streets, customer availability, and other variables. This can take hours and then there isn’t even any assurance that the routes you’ve planned are accurate and efficient.

With a trip planner, route planning will take 30 seconds or less and you just need to upload your clients’ details. The results are accurate and optimized and so will get your pest control staff to your clients in the shortest distance and time possible.

Save Gas

Fuel is probably one of your biggest expenses and to be successful you need to reduce such costs.

Using delivery route optimization software means you give your employees more efficient routes and, when they work with such more efficient routes, they won’t need to use as much gas to finish their routes. The result is that you’ll be able to decrease your fuel expenditure substantially.

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Keep an Eye on Your Drivers

Do you know if your pest control employees are following the routes you give them? Are they making personal stops or hanging out with friends while they’re still on the clock? Since you can’t see them, how can you know what they’re actually doing?

The best route planners come with a GPS tracking feature that can help you here.  GPS tracking will show you where your employees are and how fast they’re going in real time. So, no matter what time of the day, you can monitor your team and make sure that they’re on schedule.

Make More Money

One of the biggest advantages of a road trip planner is that your staff is more dependable. Your clients would love this and so they’ll probably recommend your pest control business to their friends and family. This will further aid you in getting more clients and growing your business.

What do you think about using delivery route optimization software for your pest control business? Do you have any questions? Please feel free to comment below.

Also, here are three quick questions to ensure you understood how good route planning could be great for your bottom line:

  1. Why is pen and paper route planning problematic?
  2. How can route optimization software save you time and money?
  3. How can automated route planning ensure that your drivers are efficient?

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Whether you want to slash the time it takes you to plan routes for your drivers, increase the number of stops they can make, or keep your customers satisfied knowing that your drivers show up on time… Route4Me helps you achieve that!
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About author: Rahul Dasgupta

Rahul Dasgupta is a content writer with over 20 years of work experience. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and has written thousands of blog posts on route planning and scheduling, making it easy for readers to learn about these complex topics. Rahul enjoys playing tennis in his spare time and loves cuddling with his pet labrador Shinu. Rahul is a big fan of Roger Federer, Messi, and Bill Gates - he admires their drive to be the best at what they do and their philanthropic efforts.

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Route4Me has over 40,000 customers globally. Route4Me's Android and iPhone mobile apps have been downloaded over 2 million times since 2009. Extremely easy-to-use, Route4Me's apps create optimized routes, synchronize routes to mobile devices, enable communication with drivers and customers, offer turn-by-turn directions, delivery confirmation, and more. Behind the scenes, Route4Me's operational optimization platform combines high-performance algorithms with data science, machine learning, and big data to plan, optimize, and analyze routes of almost any size in real-time.