Agentek Expands Field Service Management with Real-Time Workforce Optimization from 360 Scheduling

Nottingham, UK, 1st August, 2008 - Agentek, Inc., a leading mobile field service software provider, today announced Agentek Workforce Optimization, a dynamic routing and scheduling optimization solution powered by a partnership with 360 Scheduling, the leading workforce scheduling engine.

Escalating fuel prices, unexpected repairs, high maintenance costs, traffic delays and rescheduling issues all erode field service profits. Agentek's new offering of street-level routing, time-of-day travel calculations and turn-by-turn direction capabilities reduce fuel expense, minimize travel, and maximize the field force productive time with customers.

"Forward-thinking organizations are looking to manage unexpected problems in real-time as well as shifting time wasted on working the internal systems to value added tasks supporting their customers," said Jeff Jarvis, President and CEO of Agentek.

Agentek's field service workforce optimization solution provides the ability to adjust quickly to changing business conditions, ensuring the right technician with the right skill level goes to the right job at the right time - enabling companies to dramatically cut costs, improve technician productivity and improve service level attainment.

"We have found in Agentek a like-minded organization, which passionately shares our vision of delivering best-in-class field service management solutions," said Laurent Othacéhé, 360 Scheduling's Chief Executive Officer. "We are proud that our web based real-time scheduling engine met with Agentek's exacting requirements for an enterprise class platform and was chosen for their next wave of innovation with field workforce optimization and mobility."

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For reader and editorial enquiries please contact:
William Allbrook,
Tel: 01666 826641, Email: william.allbrook@360scheduling.com

About 360 Scheduling
Headquartered in Nottingham, England, 360 Scheduling is the world's leading provider of mobile workforce scheduling. In addition to real-time route planning and enterprise-class optimization, the 360 Dynamic Scheduling Engine offers predictive deployment capabilities, demand forecasting, performance analysis and resource profiling in a Service Oriented Architecture platform. The 360 Dynamic Scheduling Engine has been chosen for integration by many vendors of Mobility and Service Management applications and has become the industry benchmark.
www.360scheduling.com

About Agentek:
Agentek is a leading provider of mobile field service software and workforce optimization solutions that enable businesses to achieve a predictable, reliable and repeatable customer experience from commitment to service fulfillment in real-time. From pre-packaged and configured applications to backend enterprise integration, Agentek delivers end-to-end mobile workforce optimization solutions that empower the field and unite the enterprise in field service, route accounting, direct store delivery and logistics automation. Find out how leading companies are leveraging Agentek's fully connected mobile technology to develop new service revenues, cultivate customer loyalty and gain competitive advantage.
www.agentek.com

 

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