The Waiting List Map: Seeing Every Handyman Job That Needs a Day
The Problem With a List
A list of 30 jobs waiting to be scheduled doesn't tell you much. A map does. You see that eight of them are in the same three subdivisions, and two of them are next door to tomorrow's full-day job.
How the Waiting List Works
In HandymanBossPro, every job that needs a day sits on the Waiting List and drops a pin on a live map. Pins are colored by when they're due: not due yet, due now, or overdue past a 7-day grace. Seasonal work like gutter cleanings shows up on its own when it comes due.
Building a Day From the Map
Draw a circle around a part of town or click the pins you want, and assign them to a van in one step. They land on the dispatch board for that day, ready to put in order.
Small Jobs Don't Get Lost
Small jobs are the ones that slip: the $95 faucet swap, the loose railing. On a list they sink to the bottom. On a map, they sit right next to a bigger job and get done on the same trip.
A Daily Habit
Look at the map every afternoon when you build tomorrow. Fill each van's day around the anchor job, usually the biggest one, with the small jobs nearby.
Keep Reading
Next in this series: Automatic Customer Texts for Handymen: Reminders, On the Way and Arrived. Before that came Growing From One Truck to Three: What Your Handyman Software Has to Handle. For the full picture, go back to the handyman software overview.
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