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Job Scheduler

The schedule is a whiteboard, a shared calendar and someone's memory. When a job runs long or a van is in the shop, the knock-on effects show up the next morning. Job Scheduler keeps one schedule and checks every change against who and what is actually available.

EXAMPLEAn example of the kind of tool I build. Yours is designed around your own rules and data.

FIG. 1

How it works

EXAMPLE DATA

NEW BOOKINGS

  • JOB-311furnace service · Tue morning
  • JOB-312install · needs two techs
  • JOB-313urgent · no heat

CHECKS — JOB-311

  • tech free Tue morningOK
  • certified for gas workOK
  • van availableOK
  • travel fits the routeOK
  • verdictBOOK

SKILLS, LEAVE, VANS AND TRAVEL IN ONE CHECK

SCHEDULE

  • BOOKED · TUE 9–11JOB-311
  • SECOND TECH NEEDEDJOB-312
  • URGENT · SUGGESTED SWAPJOB-313

YOU CONFIRM EVERY CHANGE. NOTHING MOVES ON ITS OWN.

SPEC SHEET

DOES
Checks each booking against people, skills, equipment and travel, then proposes a slot.
INPUTS
Job requests, staff calendars, skills list, vehicles and equipment.
AI SCOPE
Rarely needed. Plain rules do the work.
FAILS
Safe. Conflicts are flagged for you, never resolved silently.
OWNER
You, at handover. Full source and docs.

EXAMPLE SCENARIO

A six-person heating and cooling company running two vans

BEFORE

  • Schedule rebuilt every evening from texts and phone calls
  • A job booked for a technician who's on leave
  • Customers told "sometime Tuesday"

AFTER

  • One schedule everyone sees, updated as jobs change
  • Bookings checked against skills, leave, vans and travel time
  • Customers get a confirmed time window you approve

SIGNS YOU NEED THIS

  • One person owns the schedule and can't take a day off
  • Double-bookings or missed appointments happen every month
  • Jobs get assigned to someone without the right certification
  • Moving one job takes half an hour of phone calls

USEFUL FOR

  • Field service & trades
  • Cleaning & maintenance crews
  • Equipment rental
  • Clinics & studios

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