Same stops. Fewer hours in the truck.
Route order is one of the few costs a pool company can cut without raising a price or losing a customer. POOLIO plans the week by tech, proposes a tighter order for each day, and lets you lock the stops that must not move.
- One-click optimization with a preview before it applies
- Locked stops for fixed windows and difficult access
- Workload balance visible per technician and per day
- Offline-capable technician view for dead-signal backyards
How a day gets tighter
Optimization that a dispatcher can trust
- Step 1
Start from the real week
Recurring stops define the normal week by day and tech, so optimization works on your actual schedule rather than a theoretical list of addresses.
- Step 2
Propose a tighter order
Run optimization and review the proposed sequence side by side with today's order before anything is applied.
- Step 3
Respect what cannot move
Gate codes, dogs, pool schools, HOA windows — lock those stops and the rest of the day is sequenced around them.
- Step 4
Balance the techs
See workload per tech for the day and move stops between routes when one person is carrying the whole afternoon.
- Step 5
Absorb the exceptions
Repairs, green pool recoveries and one-off visits schedule alongside recurring stops without breaking the recurring pattern.
- Step 6
Watch the drive cost
Miles and stop counts translate into drive hours and dollars, so route decisions stop being a gut feeling.
Operational outcomes
What tighter routing gives back
Hours, not minutes
Removing a few backtracks per day compounds across a five-day week and every tech on the payroll.
Capacity without hiring
The stops you can fit into an existing day are the cheapest accounts you will ever add.
Predictable service windows
A stable order makes it possible to answer 'when will you be here?' honestly.
POOLIO organizes the work and the follow-up. Results depend on your pricing, your route, and how your team uses the system — POOLIO does not guarantee revenue outcomes.
Who it is for
Who feels this first
Solo owners running the whole route
Every recovered hour is either a new stop or an earlier dinner. Both are worth having.
Companies with three or more techs
Unbalanced days are usually invisible until somebody quits. Workload per tech makes it obvious sooner.
Companies expanding into a new area
Density tells you whether a new pocket is a route day or a permanent detour.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does POOLIO reorder my stops automatically?
Only when you ask it to. Optimization produces a proposed order that you preview and apply — nothing is silently rearranged behind a tech's back.
Can I protect a customer with a fixed time window?
Yes. Stops can be locked so optimization leaves them exactly where they are and sequences the rest of the day around them.
Does it work across multiple technicians?
Yes. The route board shows the day by tech so you can see who is carrying twelve stops and who is carrying five, and move work between them.
What does better sequencing actually save?
Drive time, fuel and vehicle wear, and the end-of-day overtime that comes from a badly ordered route. The free density calculator turns your own miles and stop counts into an hours and dollars estimate.
Will the technician app still work with no signal?
Yes. The day's stops are cached, and checklists, chemistry, notes and photos queue locally and replay in order when the phone reconnects.
See what your drive time costs.
Run the free density calculator with your own miles and stop counts, then see how POOLIO sequences a real service day.