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FRIPOO and the portatour® route planner

Massive time savings and 25 % fewer kilometers

Success Story

Performance with portatour®

from the perspective of the managing director

25 % fewer kilometers
15 minutes until new field rep is ready to go
1 minute time required per call report
Hansjörg Hug

Thanks to the optimized routes, we save up to 25 % of the distance, which reduces operating costs and also improves our environmental footprint.

Hansjörg Hug,
Managing Director

About FRIPOO and Hansjörg Hug

The renowned Swiss company based in Grüningen specializes in the manufacture of chemical-technical products. The product range extends from cleaning agents to windshield cleaners for a wide variety of vehicles, which are supplied in both small containers and large tankers to customers throughout Switzerland. With 15 employees, FRIPOO produces around 5 million liters of products annually and serves major customers, who account for the company's main turnover.

Hansjörg Hug is Managing Director at FRIPOO and brings many years of experience to the company. Prior to his appointment, he had already been with the company for 6 years and played a decisive role in opening up new business areas. One such area is the refueling of more than 70 fuel pumps, which are operated at various locations in Switzerland. To make the logistics for this new area efficient, Hug decided to use portatour®.

Why automatic route planning?

This decision was the result of a strategic consideration, as Hansjörg Hug explains: "We were faced with the challenge of ensuring a smooth supply of fuel to the pumps without having to accept unnecessary kilometers or empty runs. Planning routes manually requires a great deal of administrative effort and would have been highly inefficient given the traffic density in Switzerland." The Managing Director saw the automation of route planning as the perfect solution to save both time and money. In particular, the real-time route adjustments that portatour® makes possible without much effort were a decisive factor in choosing the software.

Hansjörg Hug realized that FRIPOO needed to be able to react flexibly to traffic situations and unforeseen events. The integration of real-time traffic data and the automatic recalculation of the optimal route ensures that the dispensers are always filled on time, even if problems occur en route. This not only offers operational flexibility, but also significantly greater efficiency in day-to-day business.

The manual planning of routes requires a great deal of administrative effort and would have been highly inefficient in view of the traffic density in Switzerland.

Hansjörg Hug, Managing Director

What are the biggest advantages?

One of the biggest advantages for Hansjörg Hug is the considerable time saved, both in route planning and reporting. "Route planning, which would have taken a lot of time and effort manually, is now completed within five minutes," says the Managing Director happily. "portatour® automatically takes into account the filling levels of the fuel pumps and current traffic information, which gives us great flexibility in the field. We can adjust the routes at any time without any additional work for the driver."

Another major benefit for FRIPOO is the great simplification of reporting: "After each visit of a fuel pump, the employee submits a short report, which takes an average of 1 minute." All reporting is done digitally and directly via portatour®, so that no additional office days are needed to document the work. The company has also seen a significant reduction in the number of kilometers driven: "The optimized routes save us up to 25% of the distance, which reduces operating costs and also improves our environmental footprint."

After each visit to a pump, the employee submits a short report, which takes an average of 1 minute.

Hansjörg Hug, Managing Director

Implementation and user-friendliness

The introduction of portatour® was straightforward and quick for FRIPOO. Hansjörg Hug already had experience with the software from previous jobs and worked closely with the portatour® team during implementation to develop a perfectly configured solution for FRIPOO. The system was ready for use in just a few sessions and could be integrated into operations immediately: "The tool proved to be extremely intuitive to use. As soon as the fuel pump figures and traffic information were integrated, route planning ran automatically and without any additional effort. In addition, new employees are able to learn portatour® within 10 to 15 minutes and get straight to work. That's really impressive."

All in all, portatour® has proven to be an extremely efficient and user-friendly solution for FRIPOO and Hansjörg Hug, which not only made route planning a pleasant side issue from day one, but also minimized the administrative effort. FRIPOO now benefits from a smooth, flexible and efficient logistics process, which translates into time, cost and mileage savings.

New employees are able to learn portatour® within 10 to 15 minutes and start working immediately. That is impressive!

Hansjörg Hug, Managing Director

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This is an amazing appication but it's a bit costly.

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The best system Sales and Marketing could ever purchase for hitting those execution goals, been using it for over 6yrs and would be totally lost with out it.

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beren brechtel
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Pretty great hoping they offer some discounts because it is a bit pricey but the product is excellent mabye just a little less off the monthly bill.

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Relaxed route planning!

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Carsten Conrad
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Great software, you just need more time to test it. Or you have top customer data from the start...

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Maik Donner
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I've been using it for years and don't want to be without it anymore

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Giovanni Casciello
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Practically perfect application. 🔝👍

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Steffen Lis
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It makes work enormously easier. The route is planned super quickly. You can create reports and tasks.

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Excellent, intuitive and very practical.

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Snap-on Tools Ingo Schmidt
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I'm totally satisfied

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Julien Buffetrille
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Really powerful application! Everything is configurable, customer support is assured and nothing can escape your notice. Your customers will thank you! Save time on the road thanks to intelligent route calculation! Well done !

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Top.

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Philippe SAUNIER
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Just awesome ! Time saving, savings, optimization, efficiency, performance... No hassle. The only downside is the cost but after all it's money.

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Adrian von Gunten
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Great program, use it briefly for Corona-related delivery services in dozens of towns. I was able to do more with the trial version. Too expensive in the short term, probably ok in the long term.

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judith bonnemaison
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Really practical. I'm in the trial version but I will definitely buy the full version

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Ralf Kron
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Best route planning app I've ever used!

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Excellent tool helping to maximise customer contact time.

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Very good app

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Very satisfied, can recommend this app for every field service

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One of the best apps of its kind! Many thanks to the developers, it helps me a lot professionally!!

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Nothing to say, complete top

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Does what I want. Excellent

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"Route planning
It's a great program that provides me with excellent support in the field."

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Help me organize my week! Excellent tool!

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Works very well!

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Great app for field sales force

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Extremely useful, ergonomic and complete.

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Great App!!!!

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great program for route planning

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perfect for field service

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This app has made my life so much easier and better. It has good customer tracking and reporting. And the customer service support is amazingly awsome.

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Top Service

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"Very satisfied
I can recommend this app to any field service"

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So far so good excellent customer service

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Great app for reps

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