Some distributors asked for live location. Here's why we built “where the beat went” instead.
The question we hear most often after a demo is: can I see where my salesmen are? We decided not to build a live map, and we owe you the reasons.
What owners actually wanted
When we asked what they would do with the map, nearly everyone said the same thing: know whether the beat was done, and which shops were missed. That needs visits and orders, not a dot moving every minute.
What it costs the salesman
Live tracking drains the phone by noon and follows a person home. The best salesmen we met said they would leave a job over it, and in this trade a good salesman takes his shops with him.
What we built
“Where the beat went” shows, for each salesman and day, the shops visited, the orders taken, the shops missed and the dues collected, with the time of each. It's on the Godown and Network plans.