Gain 2 Safety Maintenance Operations per Day Without Hiring? Yes, It’s Possible!

Published on 7 October 2025 • Reading time: 7 min read

In the security industry, every minute counts. Your technicians handle multiple tasks: checking an alarm system, performing fire safety maintenance, installing video surveillance equipment, or responding urgently to a breakdown. Their role is essential: protecting people and property, reassuring customers, and ensuring compliance with safety standards.

However, despite their expertise, a significant part of their day is lost on the road. Longer-than-expected journeys, overly rigid schedules, and emergencies that disrupt everything. In the end, your teams complete fewer jobs than they could. This wasted time directly impacts profitability and customer satisfaction.

The solution isn’t necessarily hiring more technicians or requiring overtime. The real lever lies elsewhere: in how you organize your routes. With software like AntsRoute, your technicians can free up enough time to complete 1 to 2 additional maintenance operations every day.

Table of contents:

• The Limits of Traditional Planning
• Optimize Routes to Save Time
• Assign Tasks Smartly
• Anticipate and Manage Unforeseen Events with Flexibility
• Fast and Measurable Results

The Limits of Traditional Planning

If your security technicians struggle to complete all their maintenance work, it’s not a matter of skill. The real issue often lies in the planning tool itself. In many companies, scheduling still comes down to an Excel spreadsheet or a paper agenda.

These methods, while practical on a small scale, quickly show their limits as operations grow:

• Lack of overall visibility: It’s impossible to get a clear view of all routes, technician availability, and the real-time progress of maintenance operations.
• Poorly estimated travel times: Travel durations calculated “by approximation” end up being costly. Between traffic jams, hard-to-access areas, and temporary roadworks, trips often take twice as long as expected.
• Poor management of unforeseen events: Whether it’s an emergency alarm failure or a postponed fire inspection, every unexpected change disrupts the entire schedule, leading to cascading delays and dissatisfied customers.

☝️ In concrete terms, your teams spend more time in their vehicles than ensuring the safety of your clients. Every minute lost on the road is one less work completed during the day.

The limits of traditional safety maintenance operations planning.

Optimize Routes to Save Time

The success of a workday doesn’t just depend on the number of planned maintenance operations, but on the ability to complete them on time. And that’s often where things get complicated: between traffic jams and technicians sent across town, hours of productivity vanish. With a solution like AntsRoute, this problem disappears. In just a few seconds, your routes are recalculated to provide the shortest and most realistic itineraries, perfectly adapted to your on-the-ground constraints. The software takes into account:

• The precise location of each technician.
• Real-time traffic conditions.
• The time slots requested by your clients.

Results:

• Fewer kilometers driven = less fatigue and lower fuel consumption.
• More time in the field = up to 30% more efficiency.
• The right technician in the right place: no need to send Julien across town for a fire safety check when Sarah, already nearby, can handle it.

☝️ Example: A fire safety company based in Metz, France, used to complete an average of six extinguisher inspections per day. After adopting AntsRoute, its technicians now perform eight, simply by reducing unnecessary travel.

AntsRoute route optimization software.

Assign Tasks Smartly

Not all safety operations are the same. Installing an IP video surveillance camera, inspecting a fire alarm control panel, or repairing an alarm system each require different skill sets. Yet with a traditional Excel or paper-based schedule, these nuances are rarely considered. The result: some technicians end up overloaded while others still have available time slots.

With AntsRoute, you can record each technician’s specific skills (video surveillance, access control, fire safety maintenance, etc.), and the software automatically assigns each job to the most qualified profile.

☝️ Example: If a maintenance work requires a special certification to handle a fire alarm control panel, AntsRoute will only assign it to certified technicians.

At the same time, AntsRoute balances the workload: no more days when Julien handles ten jobs while Sarah only completes three. The result:

• Motivated teams.
• Stronger collective efficiency.
• Improved quality of service.

The routes of technicians are balanced with AntsRoute

Anticipate and Manage Unforeseen Events with Flexibility

In the security field, unexpected events aren’t the exception. They’re the rule. A client’s fire alarm breaks down, a surveillance camera fails at a sensitive site, or a mandatory inspection must be completed before a regulatory audit… With a traditional organization, these disruptions throw everything off balance. With AntsRoute, they can be managed in just a few clicks:

• Automatic reassignment: If a technician is delayed or unavailable, the job is instantly reassigned to the nearest available colleague.
• Emergency handling: A critical breakdown can be added to the schedule without disrupting the rest of the day’s missions.
• Instant communication: The client is notified in real time via SMS or email about the technician’s arrival. Result: less waiting, more trust.

☝️ Example: A hospital calls about a malfunction in its access control system. AntsRoute instantly identifies the nearest certified technician, reassigns the job, and notifies the client right away. The rest of the route continues as planned. Result: what could have been a loss of time and profitability turns into a demonstration of responsiveness and professionalism.

The impact of route optimization software in the Safety Maintenance Operations sector.

Fast and Measurable Results

Optimizing your routes with AntsRoute isn’t just about doing better with the same resources. It’s about achieving real, tangible results visible within the first few weeks.

• More daily jobs: By cutting unnecessary travel and balancing workloads, your technicians can complete up to two additional operations per day. Not bad, right? For a team of ten, that’s nearly 20 more jobs every day, or about 400 extra per month.
• Increased profitability without hiring: Your revenue grows without the need to recruit or add overtime. Each technician becomes more productive, and your profit margins improve thanks to lower operational costs (less fuel consumption, reduced vehicle wear, and fewer wasted hours).
• Happier, more loyal clients: Punctuality, transparency, responsiveness — your customers notice the difference quickly. A same-day repair or an on-time inspection is enough to strengthen their trust and loyalty.
• More relaxed technicians: Route optimization doesn’t just benefit the company. With realistic schedules and optimized travel, your teams experience less stress and have more time to focus on what truly matters: keeping your clients safe.

☝️ With AntsRoute, performance goes hand in hand with employee well-being, thanks to smarter and more human-centered organization.

Fewer unnecessary kilometers, flexible schedules, better task distribution, and most importantly, up to two additional maintenance jobs per technician per day: that’s what you gain by switching to optimized route management with AntsRoute. Your clients enjoy greater responsiveness, your technicians benefit from more comfort, and your company achieves higher profitability. What if you tried a new way to plan your maintenance operations for free starting today with AntsRoute?
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