Field Sales / Services

Maintaining and operating a fleet of vehicles is a major expense for any business, and it can fluctuate significantly based on fuel costs, insurance premiums and much more. So how do you reduce fleet costs? There are many strategies that can reduce the cost and ensure you’re getting the most out of your money. Whether your fleet delivers services or transports goods, using data to make decisions is the best way to keep costs down. Fleet costs fall into several...

Keeping a sales team motivated can difficult. Sales teams start the month firing on all cylinders, but can lose momentum as the end of the month and targets loom near. This can be symptom of the sales team becoming disconnected from their goals. What goals do sales reps care about? Achieving sales targets and earning commission, but the problem can be connecting your sales team to these goals in a unique way that provokes a meaningful motivation. Sales teams need to...

Our last use case looked at how a retail organization was using mapping software to improve their business processes. This time we're looking at a field sales team in the hospitality industry and how territory mapping helps improve their sales methods. Summary This month, we're looking at a field sales firm in a competitive market selling to hotels, restaurants and the hospitality industry. Let's call them Company X. As a seller of hospitality products, Company X needs to showcase their...

In a previous post, we wrote about the importance of mapping software for field service management companies. In that blog, we looked at how thorough route optimization can save time and fuel. This is also important for sales teams who can invest a lot of time and resources to meet with clients in different territories. In today's business world, organizations need to be cost-efficient, and for sales reps on the road, fuel and time are can be major costs. Route...

The principle of mapping software is to connect routes in an optimized way. In this blog post, I'd like to take the opportunity to explain how cloud-based route mapping can enhance business operations and increase efficiencies for sales teams. Based on our experience with eSpatial, we can see a numerous key advantages of route optimization a cloud-based solution. What are the advantages of cloud-based route mapping? Cloud-based mapping software route maps are regularly updated to provide accurate up-to-date directions. Maps...

Unlike Portatour or RouteBuddy, eSpatial is not a dedicated route mapping software tool, but route mapping functionality is one of its key features. So now you're probably asking why you should you choose eSpatial rather than a dedicated route mapping software? Well here's our reasons... Build routes that work with existing data A route is no more than a line that connects together separate pieces of data on a map. The principle of mapping software is to do this in an...

Create maps with turn-by-turn navigation and share them online. Access your routes on smartphones, iPads and Android tablets. Sample eSpatial route map. Turn-by-turn navigation can be accessed via a variety of devices. 1. Sign up for a free eSpatial trial Get free access to eSpatial Pro (our most popular paid account) for 7 days, upload your spreadsheet data and then start creating optimized routes… 2. Open Routing tool After you’ve uploaded your data to eSpatial and plotted it, click Routing...