{"id":619,"date":"2015-05-07T13:07:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T13:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2022-11-23T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T19:30:13","slug":"is-portatour-the-best-route-planner-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/en\/is-portatour-the-best-route-planner-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Is portatour\u00ae the best route planner for me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a professional field rep and looking for the best route planner for your daily work? Keep reading. The following article provides a checklist that enables you to verify if portatour\u00ae is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/sales-route-planner\">best route planning software<\/a> for you.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>portatour\u00ae is suitable for you if &#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>you travel as a <strong>field rep<\/strong> by car,<\/li>\n<li>you know the <strong>addresses <\/strong>of the customers to be visited, and<\/li>\n<li>you visit <strong>4 or more customers<\/strong> per day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Does all of this apply?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/try\/en\"><strong>Try portatour\u00ae now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The more complex your tasks, the better portatour\u00ae will help, e.g. if:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>your\u00a0<strong>customers must be visited\u00a0<\/strong>regularly,<\/li>\n<li>customers must be visited in <strong>different intervals<\/strong> according to their importance,<\/li>\n<li>existing <strong>appointments in the calendar<\/strong> must be <strong>taken into account<\/strong> for the schedule,<\/li>\n<li>customers have <strong>limited business hours<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>sales calls have <strong>different durations<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>more than 100 customers <\/strong>must be visited,<\/li>\n<li>you spend <strong>2 hours or more in the car<\/strong> every day,<\/li>\n<li><strong>overnight stays on the way <\/strong>shall be included in the schedule,<\/li>\n<li><strong>appointments are<\/strong> often unexpectedly <strong>postponed or cancelled.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Does one or several of these points apply? Then you have found the best route planner for you!<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/try\/en\">Try portatour\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and get started!<\/p>\n<h3>Why is\u00a0portatour\u00ae recommended as a route planner for field reps?<\/h3>\n<p>Time is money, especially for professional field reps: With portatour\u00ae you can visit more customers per day while travelling fewer miles.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have uploaded the <strong>addresses<\/strong> to be visited, portatour\u00ae calculates the\u00a0daily <strong>routes<\/strong> at the push of a button und thus enables you visiting the addresses in the <strong>shortest possible time<\/strong> and travelling the <strong>shortest possible distances<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>portatour\u00ae is excellent when it comes to planning <strong>regular customer calls<\/strong>: You define the intervals of the visits for each customer. portatour\u00ae then schedules each customer <strong>automatically<\/strong> for the next call on a convenient day and <strong>at the same time optimizes the route<\/strong> by scheduling nearby customers for the same day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appointments<\/strong> in the calendar are taken into account, spare time is used in the best possible way to achieve additional calls: On the way to an appointment customers are automatically suggested\u00a0for a visit\u00a0if they are due.<\/p>\n<p>Equally, <strong>business hours<\/strong> are complied with, <strong>working hours<\/strong> are taken into consideration, possible <strong>overnight stays on the way <\/strong>are suggested, &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/en#featurelist\">over\u00a0100 different functions<\/a> help you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/route-optimizer-software\">optimize your routes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>portatour\u00ae is the tool of choice for professional field reps <strong>in over 100 sectors<\/strong> like e.g. pharma, consumer goods, industrial and commercial supplies, medical technology, cosmetics, wholesale, paper and stationery products, merchandising,\u00a0building and construction materials, electronic items, workshop and craftsmen supplies, car components, optics, tobacco products, heating and sanitary, market research, sports and leisure products, clothing and textiles, furniture and fittings,\u00a0telecommunication, etc. Read exemplary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/success\/en\">success stories<\/a> of our customers with portatour\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>Try portatour\u00ae\u00a0\u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/sales-route-planner\">online route planner for the professional sales rep<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3>In which cases do you need something different from\u00a0portatour\u00ae?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You transport goods from A to B?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Then you might be looking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/staedtler-logistik.de\/en\/logistics-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">logistics software for deliveries<\/a>. portatour\u00ae cannot take into account that goods must\u00a0first be picked up from A and then be transported to\u00a0B.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The majority of appointments is determined by your customers?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf your schedule is mainly based on customer requests \u2013 e.g. in the case of service calls \u2013 then portatour\u00ae has no freedom to optimize the route but can only follow the custumers&#8217; demands. For this purpose, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastleansmart.com\/en\/products\/fls-mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FLS MOBILE, the field service app<\/a> developed by our sister company.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You visit more than 125 addresses per day?<\/strong><br \/>\nEven portatour\u00ae has its limits\u00a0\u2013 (currently) portatour\u00ae cannot optimize more than 125 calls per day and field rep.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You walk, go by bike or use public transport?<\/strong><br \/>\nportatour\u00ae optimizes routes for vehicles (e.g. cars, trucks, motorbikes). You need a different route planning solution if you are walking (e.g. as a distributor of advertising material), going by bike or on public transport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Not sure yet?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/try\/en\">try portatour\u00ae for free<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Describe your individual situation and send an e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:sales%40po%72ta%74%6Fur%2Ecom\">sales@portatour.com<\/a>\u00a0to get our feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a professional field rep and looking for the best route planner for your daily work? Keep reading. 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