Published October 16, 2026
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Field service parts inventory staleness: AI dispatch first-time fix vs idle time 5 minutes
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Wait up to five minutes only if stale-parts probability times second-trip cost exceeds five minutes of idle cost; otherwise dispatch now and verify en route.
Independent technical note mirroring the canonical version: https://technician.dev/blog/field-service-parts-inventory-staleness-ai-dispatch-first-time-fix-vs-idle-time-5-minutes.php
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Independent analysis; not peer-reviewed.