Home Services & Contractors
Dispatch & Scheduling
Get the right technician to the right job the first time, with the field and the office looking at the same schedule.
Built for: Home-services and contracting businesses running one or more crews who are scheduling by phone, text thread, or whiteboard instead of a shared dispatch board.
Plan: Scheduling and dispatch are included on Forge Core. Multi-crew capacity planning and cross-location dispatch move to Forge Pro.
How does The Forge handle dispatch and scheduling for home-services crews?
Dispatch sees crew skills, certifications, location, and availability against each job's requirements, so the right technician is assigned the first time. The assigned crew receives the job details, address, and special instructions the moment they're scheduled, and job status updates flow back to the office in real time.
The problem
The wrong technician is sent, or dispatch is inefficient — half of scheduling still happens over text messages even with a dispatch board in place, so certifications, licensing, and proximity are being tracked in someone's head instead of the system.
What it costs you
- A tech without the right license or certification gets sent to a job that requires one.
- Dispatchers reassign jobs verbally, so nobody else knows the schedule changed until the customer calls to ask.
- Crew location and real-time job status are invisible to the office until someone calls the truck.
- Emergency and after-hours calls displace scheduled work with no visible recovery plan.
How The Forge addresses it
- 1
Call to booked job
A missed call creates a lead, triggers a follow-up sequence, books the appointment, and lands on the dispatch board with the customer record, service history, and property details attached — one thread from ring to schedule.
- 2
Skill- and certification-matched assignment
The dispatch board shows crew availability, skills, and current location, and flags jobs that require a specific license or certification — restricting assignment to qualified technicians.
- 3
Drag-and-drop rescheduling
When a job runs long or an emergency call comes in, rescheduling on the dispatch board automatically notifies the affected crew — no separate text thread required.
What managers can see
Completion rate
Jobs scheduled versus completed on time, by crew and location. First-visit completion versus callbacks is broken out separately.
Lead response time
How fast inbound calls and forms are worked, broken down by person, source, and time of day.
Dispatcher — day to day
- • Assigning technicians to jobs based on skill, location, and availability
- • Adjusting the schedule when jobs run long or emergency calls come in
- • Communicating job details and special instructions to the field
- • Tracking crew location and job progress throughout the day
What they see in The Forge
- Dispatch board showing crew availability, skills, and current location
- Job queue with required certifications and equipment flagged
- Real-time job status updates from the field
- Drag-and-drop rescheduling with automatic crew notification
Operations Manager — what changes
- • Standardizing dispatch and scheduling processes across crews and locations
- • Managing capacity, scheduling conflicts, and resource allocation
- • Reviewing completion quality by crew
What they see in The Forge
- Completion rate and first-visit resolution by crew
- Scheduling conflicts and unassigned jobs
- Escalation queue with customer history attached
What stays connected
- Business phone and call-tracking systems
- Estimating and takeoff tools
- Permit and inspection scheduling portals
Current connector status per app is tracked on the Integrations page.
What a dispatcher can and can't see
Dispatcher
- • Sees crew schedules, availability, and skill or certification flags needed for assignment
- • Can reschedule and reassign jobs on the dispatch board
- • Cannot see job pricing, margin, or customer payment status
- • Cannot edit a job record once it is marked complete
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See how The Forge would run dispatch & scheduling for your business.
Full $249 applies toward Managed Launch, an annual Core or Pro agreement, an approved integration, or migration assistance.